2012 International Rugby Series

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The 2012 IRB International Rugby Series was the first edition of a rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board for tier two and tier three nations, played at Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay in Wales. The matches between Canada, Russia, Samoa, Tonga and the United States were played over two match days on 9 November and 17 November 2012.^[1]

The aim of the tournament was to increase the competitiveness between emerging rugby nations before the 2015 Rugby World Cup, to be held in England and Wales. Other unions involved in the 2012 International Rugby Series were Chile, Fiji, Georgia, Japan, Portugal, Romania and Uruguay.^[2]

The tournament matches were in addition to those between tier one and tier two/three nations within the 2012-2019 international tours and test schedule which increased the opportunities for emerging rugby nations to play the world's best teams in June and November.

Fixtures[]

9 November 2012 18:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

United States	40–26	Russia
Try: Fry 6' c L'Estrange 17' c Doyle 36' c Wyles 46' c Shaw 50' m, 58' c Con: Wyles (5/6)	Report	Try: Ostroushko 53' m (2) 61' m, 71' c Con: Klyuchnikov (1/3) Pen: Klyuchnikov 2', 12', 25' (3/4)

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay, Wales Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

FB 15 Chris Wyles RW 14 OC 13 Paul Emerick IC 12 Andrew Suniula LW 11 Luke Hume FH 10 Toby L'Estrange SH 9 Robbie Shaw N8 8 Todd Clever (c) OF 7 John Quill BF 6 Scott LaValla RL 5 Louis Stanfill LL 4 Brian Doyle TP 3 Eric Fry HK 2 Chris Biller LP 1 Shawn Pittman Replacements: HK 16 Zach Fenoglio PR 17 Nicholas Wallace PR 18 Anthony Purpura FL 19 Inaki Basauri FL 20 Peter Dahl SH 21 Mike Petri CE 22 Roland Suniula FH 23 Coach: Mike Tolkin

FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov RW 14 Denis Simplikevich OC 13 Vasily Artemyev IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko FH 10 SH 9 N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 Kirill Kulemin LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) TP 3 HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze LP 1 Replacements: HK 16 Vladislav Korshunov PR 17 PR 18 LK 19 FL 20 Andrey Garbuzov SH 21 FH 22 CE 23 Dmitry Gerasimov Coach: Kingsley Jones

9 November 2012 20:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Canada	12–42	Samoa
Try: Moonlight 70' m 74' c Con: Pritchard (1/2)	Report	Try: Tuifu'a 4' c 16' m, 21' c, 41' c, 66' c Con: So'oialo (4/5) Pen: So'oialo 14', 50', 54' (3/3)

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay, Wales Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)

FB 15 James Pritchard RW 14 Taylor Paris OC 13 Ciaran Hearn IC 12 Phil Mackenzie  31' LW 11 Matt Evans  65' FH 10 Connor Braid SH 9 Sean White  67' N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c) OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole BF 6 Tyler Ardron  65' RL 5 Tyler Hotson LL 4  65' TP 3 Doug Wooldridge  50' HK 2 Ray Barkwill  50' LP 1 Hubert Buydens  59' Replacements: HK 16 Ryan Hamilton  50' PR 17 Jason Marshall  50' PR 18 Andrew Tiedemann  59' LK 19 Brett Beukeboom  65' FL 20 John Moonlight  65' SH 21  67' CE 22 Nick Blevins 53' to 63'  31' WG 23 Jeff Hassler  65' Coach: Kieran Crowley

FB 15 James So'oialo RW 14 Paul Perez OC 13 George Pisi IC 12 Setaimata Sa  51' LW 11 FH 10 Tusi Pisi  67' SH 9 Jeremy Su'a  63' N8 8  51' OF 7 BF 6 Ofisa Treviranus  61' RL 5 Filo Paulo LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu TP 3 Census Johnston  58' HK 2 Ole Avei LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo (c)  67' Replacements: PR 16 Viliamu Afatia  67' LK 17 Joe Tekori  61' PR 18 James Johnston  58' HK 19  72' FB 20 Fa'atoina Autagavaia  67' SH 21 Kahn Fotuali'i  63' CE 22 Johnny Leota  51' FL 23 Alafoti Faosiliva  51'  72' Coach: Stephen Betham

17 November 2012 18:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

United States	13–22	Tonga
Try: Shaw 38' c Con: Pangelinan Pen: Pangelinan 28', 45' (2/4)	Report	Try: 2' m Lilo 59' c Piukala 75' c Con: Lilo (2/3) Pen: Lilo 51' (1/3)

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay, Wales Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)

17 November 2012 20:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Canada	35–3	Russia
Try: Hassler 19' c, 57' c Paris 42' c Blevins 44' m Con: Pritchard (3/4) Pen: Pritchard 4', 10', 33' (3/4)	Report	Pen: Klyuchnikov 8' (1/3)

Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay, Wales Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)

FB 15 James Pritchard RW 14 Jeff Hassler OC 13 Ciaran Hearn IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Taylor Paris FH 10 Harry Jones SH 9 N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c) OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole BF 6 Tyler Ardron RL 5 Tyler Hotson LL 4 Jebb Sinclair TP 3 Jason Marshall HK 2 Ryan Hamilton LP 1 Andrew Tiedemann Replacements: PR 16 Hubert Buydens HK 17 Ray Barkwill PR 18 Doug Wooldridge LK 19 CE 20 Phil Mackenzie FL 21 Nanyak Dala SH 22 Phil Mack FH 23 Connor Braid Coach: Kieran Crowley

FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov RW 14 Denis Simplikevich OC 13 Vasily Artemyev IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov LW 11 FH 10 SH 9 N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 BF 6 RL 5 Kirill Kulemin LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) TP 3 HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze LP 1 Replacements: HK 16 Vladislav Korshunov PR 17 PR 18 FL 19 Andrey Garbuzov FH 20 SH 21 FL 22 CE 23 Sergey Trishin Coach: Kingsley Jones

Sponsorship[]

The competition is funded by the International Rugby Board and supported by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Conwy County Borough Council.

See also[]

• List of international rugby union teams
• IRB International Rugby Series

References[]