2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy

2018-19 Rugby Europe Trophy
2018-19 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date	28 September 2018 – 14 April 2019
Countries	Czech Republic; Lithuania; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Switzerland;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Portugal (3rd title)
Grand Slam	Portugal (3)
Matches played	14
Attendance	29,521 (2,109 per match)
Tries scored	94 (6.71 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jorge Abecassis (49)
Top try scorer(s)	João Belo (5) ; Rodrigo Marta (5)
Official website	2018-19 Rugby Europe International Championships
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The 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the third Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.

This year's competition sees Lithuania joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 promotion play-off against Malta. After the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off of the 2017-18 season, which was played on 3 November 2018 between Portugal and Romania after the eligibility case of the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship, Portugal remained on the Trophy level and lost the relegation play-off for the second year in a row. ^[1]

Table

Champions and advances to Promotion/relegation play-off
Relegated

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff	Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
1	Portugal	5	5	0	0	272	31	+241	4	0	1	25
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	164	58	+106	2	0	0	18
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	108	138	−20	0	0	0	12
4	Poland	5	2	0	3	104	164	-60	1	1	0	10
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	4	63	175	−112	1	0	0	5
6	Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	59	205	−146	0	1	0	1
Pre-Tournament rankings in parentheses.^[2] Points were awarded to the teams as follows:^[3] Win - 4 points \| Draw - 2 points \| Loss - 0 points Match bonus points: Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent - 1 point \| Losing by 7 points or less - 1 point \| Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) - 1 point

Fixtures

29 September 2018
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Czech Republic	22-41	Poland
Try: Dan Hošek 37', 41' Tomáš Forst 73' Con: Tomáš Forst 38' Jiří Pantůček 74' Pen: Jiří Pantůček 51'	Gamesheet	Try: Piotr Zeszutek 11', 30' Michał Jurczyński 24' Daniel Gdula 55' Stanisław Powała-Niedżwieck 78' Con: Mateusz Adamski 12', 25', 31' Wojciech Piotrowicz 56', 79' Pen: Mateusz Adamski 8' Wojciech Piotrowicz 54'

Stadion Mládeže, Zlín
Attendance: 500
Referee:

Stuart Gaffikin


FB	15	Martin Kovář
RW	14	Tomáš Forst
OC	13	Jiří Pantůček
IC	12	Karel Berounský
LW	11	Daniel Stárka	57'
FH	10	Albert Froněk	71'
SH	9	Matyáš Hopp	52'
N8	8	Dan Hošek
OF	7	James Faktor
BF	6	Vojtěch Havel
RL	5	Jiří Frank	65'
LL	4	Robert Trefný	71'
TP	3	Martin Havlíček	71'
HK	2	Matouš Hodek	71'
LP	1	Anthony Kent	71'
Replacements:
	16	Adam Leitmančik	71'
	17	Michal Průša	71'
	18	Štěpán Pekař	71'
	19	Jan Olbrich	71'
	20	Radim Hutník	65'
	21	Zbyněk Schütz	52'
	22	Jakub Čížek	71'
	23	František Ševčík	57'
Coach:
Phil Pretorius


FB	15	Krystian Pogorzelski		41'
RW	14	Andrzej Charlat
OC	13	Michał Jurczyński
IC	12	Daniel Gdula
LW	11	Grzegorz Szczepański	36'	44'
FH	10	Mateusz Adamski		79'
SH	9	Mateusz Plichta
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek
OF	7	Lawrie Seydak
BF	6	Piotr Wiśniewski		66'
RL	5	Stanisław Powała-Niedżwieck
LL	4	Adam Piotrowski		77'
TP	3	Robizon Kelberashvili		44'
HK	2	Adrian Chróściel
LP	1	Kamil Bobryk	35'	77'
Replacements:
	16	Michał Gadomski	36'	44'	77'
	17	Radosław Bysewski		44'
	18	Wojciech Król		77'
	19	Marek Mirosz		66'
	20	Artur Fursenko
	21	Wojciech Piotrowicz		41'
	22	Maciej Grabowski		79'
	23	Sebastian Kostałkwoski
Coach:
Duaine Lindsay

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn
Daniel Carson
Television Match Official

Notes:

13 October 2018
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)

(1 TBP) Lithuania	30–10	Czech Republic
	Gamesheet

Šiaulių savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:

Pedro Mendes Silva


FB	15	Dainius Tamoliūnas
RW	14	Domantas Bagužis
OC	13	Mantautas Vilimavičius
IC	12	Donatas Vilimavičius
LW	11	Matas Miežys
FH	10	Tautvydas Krasauskas
SH	9	Tomas Bagdonas
N8	8	Žygimantas Radžius
OF	7	Justinas Urbonas
BF	6	Paulius Stingūnas
RL	5	Karolis Navickas	29'
LL	4	Darius Vaitkevičius
TP	3	Modestas Bekeris
HK	2	Tomas Zibolis
LP	1	Tautvydas Mažylis
Replacements:
	16	Donatas Trumpickas
	17	Sigitas Čiakas
	18	Vaidas Kizilaitis
	19	Airidas Savickas
	20	Deividas Vorašilka
	21	Aurimas Streckis
	22	Kęstutis Karbauskas
	23	Daivaras Jonaitis
Coach:
Ntando Manyosha


FB	15	Jakub Čížek
RW	14	Michal Neužil
OC	13	Jan Tieber
IC	12	Karel Berounský
LW	11	František Ševčík
FH	10	Albert Froněk
SH	9	Zbyněk Schütz
N8	8	Dan Hošek
OF	7	Radim Hutník
BF	6	Vojtěch Havel
RL	5	Lukáš Chytil
LL	4	Robert Trefný
TP	3	Martin Havlíček
HK	2	Matouš Hodek
LP	1	Anthony Kent
Replacements:
	16	Adam Leitmančik
	17	Michal Průša
	18	Štěpán Pekař
	19	Václav Monček
	20	Petr Máslo
	21	Matyáš Hopp
	22	Ali Samet
	23	Žemlička Jaroslav
Coach:
Phil Pretorius

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
José Termudo
Fernando Mendes
Television Match Official

Notes:

3 November 2018
18:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Poland	33–0	Lithuania
	Gamesheet

Stadion Miejski, Łódź
Attendance: 2,155
Referee:

Gianluca Gnecchi

17 November 2018
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Switzerland	17–5	Czech Republic
	Gamesheet

Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:

Maxime Burlet

17 November 2018
18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Poland	0–49	Netherlands (1 TBP)
	Gamesheet

Arena Lublin, Lublin
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:

Keith Allen

24 November 2018
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	36–15	Switzerland
	Gamesheet

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,400
Referee:

Shota Tevzadze

16 February 2019
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 TBP) Portugal	65–5	Poland
Try: Jean Sousa 25' João Belo 35' Salvador Vassalo 54', 80+3' Manuel Marta 60' Rodrigo Marta 67', 73' António Cortes 75' Con: Jorge Abecassis 26', 68', 74', 76', 80+4' Pen: Jorge Abecassis 5', 10', 20', 24', 33'	WR Report Gamesheet	Try: Dawid Plitcha 63'

Complexo Municipal de Atletismo, Setúbal
Referee:

Manuel Bottino


FB	15	Manuel Marta		69'
RW	14	Rodrigo Marta
OC	13	Rodrigo Freudenthal
IC	12	Tomás Appleton		58'
LW	11	António Cortes
FH	10	Jorge Abecassis
SH	9	João Belo	54'	65'	71'
N8	8	Vasco Baptista
OF	7	Salvador Vassalo
BF	6	João Granate
RL	5	Jean Sousa	50'	60'
LL	4	José D'alte		65'
TP	3	Diogo Hasse Ferriera
HK	2	Nuno Mascarenhas		51'
LP	1	João Corte-Real	51'	69'
Replacements:
	16	Bruno Rocha		51'
	17	Duarte Diniz		51'
	18	José Andrade	60'	65'
	19	Sebastião Villax
	20	Martim Cardoso	54'	65'	71'
	21	Vasco Ribeiro		58'
	22	António Marques		69'
	23	Francisco Bruno		69'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar


FB	15	Przemysław Rajewski	37'	71'
RW	14	Michał Jurczyński
OC	13	Daniel Gdula
IC	12	Kewin Bracik
LW	11	Grzegorz Szczepański
FH	10	Wojciech Piotrowicz
SH	9	Mateusz Plichta
N8	8	Piotr Zeszutek	50'
OF	7	Aleksander Nowicki
BF	6	Piotr Wiśniewski		49'
RL	5	Mateusz Bartoszek
LL	4	Ronan Seydak
TP	3	Radosław Bysewski		52'
HK	2	Grzegorz Buczek		61'
LP	1	Michał Gadomski		23'
Replacements:
	16	Adrian Potrykus		49'
	25	Adrian Chróściel		23'	49'
	18	Hugo Mazur
	19	Kostiantyn Bezverkhyi		61'
	20	Adrian Niemiee
	21	Dawid Plitcha		37'
	22	Artur Fursenko		71'
	23	Robizon Kelberashvili		52'
Coach:
Duaine Lindsay

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Gabriel Chirnoaga
Filippo Bertelli
Television Match Official

Notes:

9 March 2019
13:15 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	5–18	Portugal
	Gamesheet

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:

Maxime Burlet

16 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Switzerland	14–48	Portugal (1 TBP)
	Gamesheet

Centre sportif de Colovray, Nyon
Attendance: 2,107
Referee:

Inigo Atorrasagasti

16 March 2019
14:00 CET (UTC+01)

Czech Republic	22–24	Netherlands
	Gamesheet

Tarta Arena, Smíchov
Attendance: 850
Referee:

Paolo Duarte

23 March 2019
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal (1 TBP)	93–0	Czech Republic
	Gamesheet

Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: n.a.
Referee:

Tual Trainini

23 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Poland (1 LBP)	25–28	Switzerland
	Gamesheet

Stadion Miejski, Łódź
Attendance: 2,500^[4]
Referee:

Vlad Iordăchescu

6 April 2019
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Lithuania	7–48	Portugal (1 TBP)
	Gamesheet

Sporto centras, Jurbarkas
Attendance: 1,700
Referee:

Jonathan Dufort

13 April 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Switzerland	34–24	Lithuania
	Gamesheet

Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,309
Referee:

Alad Evans

8 June 2019
17:00 EEST (UTC+03)

Lithuania	3–50	Netherlands
	Gamesheet

Panevėžio kūno kultūros ir sporto centras, Panevėžys
Attendance: n/a
Referee:

Jonathan Erskine

Relegation/Promotion play-off

15 June 2019
13:50 CET (UTC+01)

Germany	32-37	Portugal
	Gamesheet

Frankfurt
Attendance: 800
Referee:

Sean Gallagher

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Jorge Abecassis	Portugal	49
2	Simon Perrod	Switzerland	39
3	Rodrigo Marta	Portugal	34
4	João Belo	Portugal	25
	Rodrigo Marta	Portugal
	Wojciech Piotrowicz	Poland

Top try scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Rodrigo Marta	Portugal	5
1	João Belo	Portugal	5
3	Manuel Marta	Portugal	4
3	Lucas Heinrich	Switzerland	4
5	Domantas Bagužis	Lithuania	3
	Caetano Branco	Portugal
	António Vidinha	Portugal
	Piotr Zeszutek	Poland
	Josh Gascoigne	Netherlands
	Amir Rademaker	Netherlands
	Wolf van Dijk	Netherlands

References

^ "Game Overview". Rugby Europe. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
^ "Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
^ "Competition Manual 2018-19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/190323_reic_polvsui_retrophy_gamesheet.pdf ^{[dead link]}

External links

Rugby Europe official website

[1] "Game Overview". Rugby Europe. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

[WR_Men's_Rankings-2] "Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[Competition_Manual_2018-19-3] "Competition Manual 2018-19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[4] ttps://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/190323_reic_polvsui_retrophy_gamesheet.pdf ^{[dead link]}

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Table

Fixtures

Relegation/Promotion play-off

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

See also

References

External links