2012 Namibian Tri-Nations

Tournament details
Host nation	Namibia
Venue	Hage Geingob Stadium
Date	10 November 2012 –; 17 November 2012
Countries	Spain; Namibia; Zimbabwe;
No. of nations	4
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runner-up	Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Tries scored	21 (7 per match)
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The Namibian Tri-Nations tournament (or Windhoek Lager Tri-Nations Rugby Series for sponsorship reasons) was designed to bring more international rugby union test matches to the lower tiered teams in the Confederation of African Rugby region.^[1] Originally, the hosts Namibia were invited to Europe by the International Rugby Board to play part in the 2012 International Rugby Series. However, Namibia turned the offer down to create their own tournament so they could bring more international rugby to the Namibian fans at home.^[2]

The tournament consisted of two further developing rugby nations: Europe's Spain and fellow African nation Zimbabwe. The tournament was played between November 10 and November 17, but was only played on three dedicated days at Namibia's national stadium, Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Windhoek. The tournament opened with the hosts playing Zimbabwe and ended again with the hosts, this time playing against Spain.

With the end result between Namibia and Spain, the European side won the tournament with two wins out of two.^[3]

Table[]

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points		Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	4 Tries	7 Point Loss	Table points
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	85	51	+34	1	0	9
2	Namibia	2	1	0	1	74	71	+3	1	1	6
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	47	84	-37	1	1	2

Matches[]

Namibia v Zimbabwe[]

10 November 2012
16:00 WAST (UTC+2)

Namibia	37–33	Zimbabwe
Try: Neel Botha Tromp Redelinghuys Con: Kotzé (1/4) Pen: Kotzé (4) Drop: Kotzé (1)	Report^[4]	Try: Penalty try (2) Con: (1/5) Pen: (2)

Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Namibia Coach:
Johan Diergaardt

Zimbabwe Coach:
Brendon Dawson

Zimbabwe v Spain[]

14 November 2012
18:00 WAST (UTC+2)

Zimbabwe	14–47	Spain
Try: Pen: (3)	Report^[5]	Try: (2) Magunazelaia Sempere Con: Carrión (3) Sempere Pen: Carrión (3)

Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Jason Jaftha (South Africa)

Zimbabwe Coach:
Brendon Dawson

Spain Coach:
Bryce Bevin

Namibia v Spain[]

17 November 2012
16:00 WAST (UTC+2)

Namibia	37–38	Spain
Try: Nel Tromp Con: Kotzé (2/3) Pen: Kotzé (6/8)	Report^[6]	Try: Feijoo Con: Javier Carrión (1/3) Pen: Javier Carrión (6/6) Jaime Nava (1/1) Drop: (0/1)

Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Namibia Coach:
Johan Diergaardt

Spain Coach:
Bryce Bevin

References[]

^ Namibia to play Zimbabwe and Spain in Tri-nations tourney here Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Windhoek Lager to sponsor Tri-Nations Rugby Series Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Informante". www.informante.web.na. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.namibiasport.com.na/node/26915^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Namibia v Spain". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[1] Namibia to play Zimbabwe and Spain in Tri-nations tourney here Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Windhoek Lager to sponsor Tri-Nations Rugby Series Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Informante". www.informante.web.na. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://www.namibiasport.com.na/node/26915^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Namibia v Spain". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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