2019 World Rugby Nations Cup

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2019 rugby union tournament for national teams

The 2019 World Rugby Nations Cup was the fourteenth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby.

Countries

Argentina XV

Namibia

Russia

Uruguay

Tournament format(s)Round-robin

Date4 – 15 June 2019

Teams4

2019 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Argentina XV Namibia Russia Uruguay
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	4 – 15 June 2019
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Final
Champions	Uruguay (3rd title)
Runners-up	Russia
← 2018 (Previous)

Like in 2018, the tournament featured 4 teams. Argentina XV and Uruguay remained from the previous year, with Namibia and Russia returning to the competition after not participating in 2018.^[1]

Hosts Uruguay won the tournament for the third year in a row, having triumphed in 2017 and 2018.

As of 2023 this is the most recent edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup to take place.^[2]

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (4 June 2019):^[3]

Argentina XV (n/a)
Namibia (23)
Russia (20)
Uruguay (16)

Standings

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bounus points	Points
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Bounus points	Points
1	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	104	71	+33	14	9	3	11
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	94	88	+6	12	13	2	10
3	Argentina XV	3	1	0	2	94	101	–7	13	12	2	6
4	Namibia	3	1	0	2	55	87	–32	6	11	0	4
Points breakdown:4 points for a win2 points for a draw1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Round 1

4 June 2019
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	39–25	Namibia
Try: Montero 28' m Penalty try 40' Sbrocco 47' c Cordero (2) 52' c, 72' c Con: Castiglioni (2/3) 48', 53' Roger (1/1) 73' Pen: Castiglioni (0/1) Roger (2/2) 67', 80'	Report	Try: Nortjé 18' m Mouton 34' c Greyling 42' c Con: Loubser (2/3) 35', 43' Pen: Loubser (2/3) 61', 70'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)


FB	15	Tomás Albornoz	68'
RW	14	Facundo Cordero
OC	13	Agustín Segura
IC	12	Bautista Ezcurra
LW	11	Manuel Montero	1'	9'
FH	10	Teo Castiglioni	53'
SH	9	Martín Landajo	73'
N8	8	Santiago Montagner	40'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF	6	Nicolás Sbrocco	60'
RL	5	Jerónimo Ureta
LL	4	Ignacio Calas
TP	3	Lucas Favre	68'
HK	2	Jose Luis González	53'
LP	1	Nicolás Solveyra	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny	53'
PR	17	Rodrigo Martínez	62'
PR	18	Luciano Ortíz	68'
LK	19	Lucas Santa Cruz	60'
FL	20	Rodrigo Bruni	40'
SH	21	Manuel Nogués	73'
FH	22	Martín Roger	1'	9'	53'
WG	23	Tomás Cubilla	68'
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe


FB	15	Johann Tromp	53'
RW	14	JC Greyling
OC	13	Johan Deysel (c)
IC	12	Darryl de la Harpe	75'
LW	11	Oderich Mouton
FH	10	Cliven Loubser
SH	9	Eugene Jantjies	66'
N8	8	Janco Venter
OF	7	Max Katjijeko
BF	6	Thomasau Forbes	40'	49'	66'
RL	5	Tjiuee Uanivi	73'
LL	4	Johan Retief
TP	3	Aranos Coetzee	40' to 50'
HK	2	Obert Nortjé
LP	1	Desiderius Sethie	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Niel van Vuuren
PR	17	André Rademeyer	53'
PR	18	AJ De Klerk	40'	49'
LK	19	Wian Conradie	66'
FL	20	Prince !Gaoseb	73'
SH	21	TC Kisting	66'
CE	22	Justin Newman	75'
WG	23	PW Steenkamp	53'
Coach:
Phil Davies

4 June 2019
18:00 UYT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Uruguay	48–26	Russia (1 BP)
Try: Kessler 1' c Freitas (2) 13' m, 20' c Gaminara 34' c Civetta 55' c Magno 72' c Echeverría 78' m Con: Favaro (5/7) 2', 21', 35', 56', 73' Pen: Favaro (1/1) (40')	Report	Try: Matveev (3) 5' c, 26' m, 58' c Golosnitskiy 61' c Con: Kushnarev (1/2) 6' Gaisin (2/2) 59', 62'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)


FB	15	Felipe Etcheverry
RW	14	Federico Favaro
OC	13	Nicolás Freitas
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Rodrigo Silva	73'
FH	10	Juan Manuel Cat
SH	9	Tomás Inciarte	59'
N8	8	Manuel Diana	56'
OF	7	Santiago Civetta
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)	73'
RL	5	Manuel Leindekar
LL	4	Gonzalo Soto Mera	59'
TP	3	Juan Pedro Rombys	66'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	73'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guillermo Pujadas	73'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas	73'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	66'
LK	19	Diego Magno	59'
FL	20	Alejandro Nieto	56'
FL	21	Manuel Ardao	73'
SH	22	Santiago Arata	59'
WG	23	Juan Pablo Costabile	73'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Vasili Artemiev (c)
RW	14	German Davydov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov	59'
LW	11	Kirill Golosnitskiy
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev	54'
SH	9	Dmitri Perov	59'
N8	8	Viktor Gresev
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev
BF	6	Patris Peki	59'
RL	5	Bogdan Fedotko
LL	4	Evgeny Elgin	59'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev	68'
HK	2	Evgeny Matveev	59'
LP	1	Andrei Polivalov	59'
Replacements:
PR	16	Sergei Chernyshev	59'
HK	17	Evgeny Mishechkin	59'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	68'
LK	19	Alexander Ilin	59'
FL	20	Roman Khodin	59'
SH	21	Vasili Dorofeev	59'
FH	22	Ramil Gaisin	54'
WG	23	Vladislav Sozonov	59'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Round 2

9 June 2019
14:00 UYT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	40–48	Russia (1 BP)
Try: Sbrocco 14' c Ureta 26' c Montagner 52' c Cordero (3) 58' c, 62' c, 72' m Con: Roger (5/6) 15', 27', 53', 59', 63'	Report	Try: Davydov (2) 3' c, 31' c Godlyuk 6' c Golosnitskiy (2) 34' c, 39' c Garbuzov 43' c Con: Gaisin (6/6) 4', 7', 32', 35', 40', 44' Pen: Gaisin (1/1) 12' Yanyushkin (1/1) 76'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 500
Referee: Francisco González (URU)


FB	15	Facundo Cordero
RW	14	Julián Domínguez
OC	13	Tomás Cubilla
IC	12	Lucas Mensa	44'
LW	11	Manuel Montero	40'
FH	10	Martín Roger
SH	9	Martín Landajo
N8	8	Nicolás Sbrocco	22'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF	6	Jerónimo Ureta
RL	5	Carlos Repetto	40'
LL	4	Ignacio Calas
TP	3	Martín Fernández Segurotti	69'
HK	2	Diego Fortuny	44'
LP	1	Nicolás Solveyra	44'
Replacements:
HK	16	José Luis González	44'
PR	17	Rodrigo Martínez	44'
PR	18	Luciano Ortíz	69'
LK	19	Lucas Santa Cruz	40'
FL	20	Santiago Montagner	22'
SH	21	Manuel Nogués
CE	22	Bautista Ezcurra	44'
WG	23	Tomás Albornoz	40'
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe


FB	15	German Godlyuk	71'
RW	14	German Davydov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitskiy
LW	11	Vladislav Sozonov
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin	69'
SH	9	Vasili Dorofeev	63'
N8	8	Viktor Gresev (c)
OF	7	Vitali Zhivatov
BF	6	Roman Khodin	63'
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov
LL	4	Evgeny Elgin	59'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev	56'	59'	63'
HK	2	Evgeny Matveev	56'
LP	1	Evgeny Mishechkin	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Sergei Chernyshev	56'
PR	17	Andrei Polivalov	56'
PR	18	Innokenty Zykov	56'	59'	63'
LK	19	Alexander Ilin	59'
FL	20	Tagir Gadzhiev	63'
SH	21	Dmitri Perov	63'
FH	22	Sergei Yanyushkin	69'
FB	23	Vasili Artemiev	71'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

9 June 2019
16:30 UYT (UTC-03)

(2 BP) Uruguay	28–30	Namibia
Try: Vilaseca (2) 37' c, 45' c Ardao 72' c Kessler 78' c Con: Favaro (4/4) 38', 46', 73', 79' Pen: Favaro (0/1)	Report	Try: Venter (2) 21' c, 26' c Greyling 63' c Con: Loubser (3/3) 22', 27', 64' Pen: Loubser (3/4) 10', 43', 80'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)


FB	15	Felipe Etcheverry
RW	14	Federico Favaro
OC	13	Tomás Inciarte
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas
FH	10	Juan Manuel Cat
SH	9	Santiago Arata	50'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto	20'	27'
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea	50'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)	67'
RL	5	Manuel Leindekar
LL	4	Diego Magno	50'
TP	3	Juan Pedro Rombys	67'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	16' to 26'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guillermo Pujadas	20'	27'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas	60'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	67'
LK	19	Ignacio Dotti	50'
FL	20	Santiago Civetta	50'
SH	21	Agustín Ormaechea	50'
SH	22	Juan Pablo Costabile
FL	23	Manuel Ardao	67'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Johann Tromp
RW	14	JC Greyling
OC	13	Johan Deysel (c)
IC	12	Darryl de la Harpe
LW	11	Oderich Mouton	55' to 65'
FH	10	Cliven Loubser
SH	9	Damian Stevens	50'
N8	8	Janco Venter	60'
OF	7	Max Katjijeko
BF	6	Wian Conradie	60'
RL	5	Tjiuee Uanivi
LL	4	Johan Retief
TP	3	Aranos Coetzee	73'
HK	2	Obert Nortjé	79'
LP	1	André Rademeyer	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Niel van Vuuren	79'
PR	17	Desiderius Sethie	58'
PR	18	AJ De Klerk	73'
LK	19	Thomasau Forbes	60'
FL	20	Adriaan Booysen	60'
SH	21	Eugene Jantjies	50'
CE	22	Justin Newman
WG	23	Dumarcho Hartung
Coach:
Phil Davies

Round 3

15 June 2019
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)

Namibia	0–20	Russia
	Report	Try: Gadzhiev Gresev Con: Kushnarev (2/2) Pen: Kushnarev (2/2)

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Francisco González (URU)


FB	15	TC Kisting
RW	14	JC Greyling
OC	13	Justin Newman
IC	12	Johan Deysel (c)
LW	11	Dumarcho Hartung
FH	10	Cliven Loubser
SH	9	Damian Stevens
N8	8	Janco Venter
OF	7	Max Katjijeko
BF	6	Prince !Gaoseb
RL	5	Tjiuee Uanivi
LL	4	Johan Retief
TP	3	Aranos Coetzee
HK	2	Obert Nortjé
LP	1	Desiderius Sethie
Replacements:
HK	16	Niel van Vuuren
PR	17	AJ de Klerk
PR	18	Jason Benade
FL	19	Wian Conradie
FL	20	Adriaan Booysen
SH	21	Eugene Jantjies
WG	22	Darryl de la Harpe
CE	23	PW Steenkamp
Coach:
Phil Davies


FB	15	Vasili Artemiev (c)
RW	14	German Davydov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov
LW	11	Vladislav Sozonov
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Dmitri Perov
N8	8	Viktor Gresev
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev
BF	6	Vitali Zhivatov
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov
LL	4	Alexander Ilin
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov
HK	2	Sergei Chernyshev
LP	1	Andrei Polivalov
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonid Kalinin
PR	17	Evgeni Mishechkin
PR	18	Innokenty Zykov
LK	19	Evgeni Elgin
FL	20	Eme Patris Peki
SH	21	Ramil Gaisin
SH	22	Sergey Yanyushkin
WG	23	Nikita Churashov
Coach:
Lyn Jones

15 June 2019
18:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	28–15	Argentina XV
Try: Leindekar 7' c Kessler (2) 40' c, 44' m Con: Favaro (2/3) (8', 40') Pen: Favaro (3/3) 20', 28', 75'	Report	Try: Portillo 35' c Cruz 60' m Con: Roger (1/2) 36' Pen: Roger (1/2) 18'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

References

↑ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Nations Cup 2019 match schedule announced as teams prepare for Rugby World Cup 2019 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
↑ worldrugby.org. "Uruguay win World Rugby Nations Cup | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
↑ worldrugby.org. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby | worldrugby.org". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

v t e World Rugby Nations Cup (2006–2019)
2019 teams	Argentina XV Namibia Russia Uruguay
Former teams	Emerging Ireland (2014) Emerging Springboks (2007, 2008) France A (2009) Georgia (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Portugal (2006, 2011, 2012) Scotland A (2009, 2010) Russia (2014) South African Kings (2011)
Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	2006 Argentina A 2007 Emerging Springboks 2008 Emerging Springboks 2009 Scotland A 2010 Namibia 2011 South African Kings 2012 Romania 2013 Romania 2014 Emerging Ireland 2015 Romania 2016 Romania 2017 Uruguay 2018 Uruguay 2019 Uruguay

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