2021 Rugby Europe Championship

2021 Rugby Europe Championship
2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries	Georgia; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Romania; Russia
Tournament statistics
Champions	Georgia (13th title)
Grand Slam	Georgia (10th title)
Antim Cup	Georgia (14th title)
Kiseleff Cup	Russia (1st title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	35,339 (2,356 per match)
Tries scored	96 (6.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
Official website	2021 Rugby Europe Championship
← 2020 (Previous)	(Next) 2022 →

The 2021 Rugby Europe Championship was the 5th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands (who promoted to the Championship after defeating Belgium in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship), and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament spanned from March to December, compared to previous editions where the tournament would have been held between February and March.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the first year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Squads[]

Participants[]

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
Georgia	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium	27,223 1,000	Tbilisi Telavi		Merab Sharikadze
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium	unknown	Amsterdam
Portugal	Estádio de Rugby Jamor	2,500	Lisbon	Patrice Lagisquet	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Stadionul Steaua II	8,207 2,000	Bucharest	Andy Robinson	André Gorin
Russia	Fisht Olympic Stadium Kaliningrad Stadium Nizhny Novgorod Stadium	47,659 35,212 44,899	Sochi Kaliningrad Nizhny Novgorod	Lyn Jones	Vitaly Zhivatov
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	12,400	Madrid	Santiago Santos	Fernando López

Table[]

Champions

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	153	73	+80	22	6	+16	3	0	1	24
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	136	104	+32	16	9	+7	1	1	0	14
3	Portugal	5	3	0	2	196	139	+57	25	20	+5	1	1	0	14
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	164	109	+55	21	14	+7	2	2	0	12
5	Russia	5	2	0	3	97	142	−45	11	18	−7	1	0	0	9
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	73	252	−179	10	38	−28	0	0	0	0
Source - ^[1] Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points \| Draw – 2 points \| At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point \| Loss within 7 points – 1 point \| Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point^[2]

Fixtures[]

Week 1[]

6 March 2021
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)

Russia	18–13	Romania (1 LBP)
Pen: Gaisin 2', 24', 45', 57', 64', 72'	Report	Try: Antonescu 7' Con: Vlaicu 8' Pen: Vlaicu 21', 76'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)


LP	1	Valery Morozov	76'
HK	2	Stanislav Sel'skiy	59'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev	19'
LL	4	Andrei Ostrikov
RL	5	Bogdan Fedotko
BF	6	Nikita Vavilin
OF	7		45'
N8	8	Victor Gresev (c)
SH	9
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin
LW	11	Vasily Artemyev
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky
OC	13	German Davydov
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16		59'
PR	17		76'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	19'
LK	19
FL	20	Anton Sychev	45'
SH	21
FH	22	Yuri Kushnarev
WG	23
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Ionel Badiu	41'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână	76'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș	58'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc	71'
BF	6	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Dragoș Ser	54'
N8	8	André Gorin
SH	9	Florin Surugiu
FH	10	Tudor Boldor
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Vlăduț Popa
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru
FB	15	Ionel Melinte	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru	76'
PR	17	Alexandru Savin	41'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș	58'
LK	19	Ionuț Mureșan
FL	20	Cristi Chirică	54'
SH	21	Gabriel Rupanu
FB	22	Daniel Plai	73'
FB	23	Paul Popoaia
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
Television match official:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)

6 March 2021
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	16–29	Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: 39' Con: Marques 40' Pen: Marques 5', 14', 44'	Report	Try: Modebadze 18' Bregvadze 29' Melikidze 50' Kharaishvili 66' Jalaghonia 80+5' Con: Matiashvili 51', 80+6'

Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)


LP	1		43' to 51'	65'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer	75'
TP	3		70'
LL	4
RL	5		55'
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8		60'
SH	9	Samuel Marques	80'
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)	65' to 75'
OC	13	José Lima
RW	14	Raffaele Storti
FB	15		75'
Replacements:
PR	16		43' 51'	65'
HK	17		75'
PR	18		70'
LK	19		55'
N8	20		60'
SH	21		80'
FH	22
FB	23	Nuno Sousa Guedes	75'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Guram Gogichashvili	60'
HK	2	Jaba Bregvadze	53'
TP	3	Giorgi Melikidze	53'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
RL	5	Nodar Tcheishvili	78'
BF	6	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	55' to 65' 65'
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze	66'
FH	10	Lasha Khmaladze
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze	35' to 45'
RW	14	Mirian Modebadze	67'
FB	15	Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	Shalva Mamukashvili	53'
PR	17	Beka Gigashvili	60'
PR	18	Giorgi Kharaishvili	53'
LK	19	Davit Gigauri	78'
FL	20	Irakli Tskhadadze	65'
SH	21	Mikheil Alania	66'
FH	22	Giorgi Babunashvili
WG	23	Demur Tapladze	67'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Television match official:
Stefano Roscini (Italy)

Week 2[]

13 March 2021
13:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 LBP) Portugal	27–28	Romania
Try: 10' 34' Storti 66' Con: Marques 11', 35', 67' Pen: Marques 17', 60'	Report	Try: Savin 49' Onuțu 74' Cojocaru 79' Con: Melinte 75', 80' Pen: Vlaicu 4', 21', 29'

Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 30
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	71'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer	40+4' to 54'
TP	3	Anthony Alves	53'
LL	4		49'
RL	5		3' to 13' 32' to 39'
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9	Samuel Marques
FH	10		40'
LW	11
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Lima
RW	14	Raffaele Storti
FB	15		40+4' 49' 53'
Replacements:
PR	16		71'
HK	17		40+4' 49'
PR	18		53'
LK	19		32' 39' 49' 79'
FL	20
SH	21
FH	22		40'
FB	23	Nuno Sousa Guedes	53'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Alexandru Savin	59'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână	23' to 33' 54'
TP	3	Alex Gordaș	40'
LL	4	Ionuț Mureșan	68'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Johannes van Heerden
OF	7	Cristi Chirică	23'
N8	8	André Gorin (c)
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	68'
FH	10	Tudor Boldor	68'
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu	64'
OC	13	Vlăduț Popa
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru	23' 34'
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru	23' 33' 54'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță	59'
PR	18	Costel Burțilă	40'
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc	68'
FL	20	Vlad Neculau	23'
SH	21	Gabriel Rupanu	68'
FH	22	Daniel Plai	68'
CE	23	Paul Popoaia	64'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
Richard Duhau (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Dellac (France)

14 March 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

(1 LBP) Spain	19–25	Georgia
Try: 4' Con: 4' Pen: 40', 47' 64', 69'	Report	Try: Jalaghonia 3' Tabutsadze 48' Bregvadze 67' Con: Abzhandadze 3', 68' Pen: Abzhandadze 14', 61'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	40'
HK	2		40'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	42'
LL	4		9' 14'	18' 32'
RL	5		61'
BF	6
OF	7		58'
N8	8
SH	9		67'
FH	10		53'
LW	11		50'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
PR	16		40'
HK	17		40'
PR	18		42'
LK	19		9' 14'	18' 32'
FL	20		58'
SH	21		67'
FH	22		53'
WG	23		50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Beka Gigashvili	52'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	40'
TP	3	Giorgi Kharaishvili	52'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
RL	5	Davit Gigauri
BF	6	Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF	7	Irakli Tskhadadze	58'
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze	66' 78'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Demur Tapladze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
RW	14	Akaki Tabutsadze
FB	15	Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	Jaba Bregvadze	40'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	52'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	52'
LK	19	Nodar Tcheishvili
FL	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	58'
SH	21	Mikheil Alania	66' 78'
FH	22	Giorgi Babunashvili
WG	23	Alexander Todua
Coach:

Touch judges:
Sébastien Minery (France)
Jean-Claude Labarbe (France)
Television match official:
Philippe Bonhoure (France)

Week 3[]

20 March 2021
13:00 KALT (UTC+02)

Russia	6–23	Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Gaisin 38', 48'	Report	Try: Tabutsadze 29' Abzhandadze 39' Niniashvili 60' Con: Abzhandadze 61' Pen: Abzhandadze 3', 21'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 9,564
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)


LP	1	Valery Morozov	62'
HK	2	Stanislav Sel'skiy	63'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov	63'
LL	4	Andrei Ostrikov
RL	5	Bogdan Fedotko	67'
BF	6
OF	7	Nikita Vavilin	14' 28' 41'
N8	8	Victor Gresev (c)
SH	9		72'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin
LW	11	Vasily Artemyev
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky	50' 53' 70'
OC	13	German Davydov
RW	14
FB	15		66'
Replacements:
HK	16		63'
PR	17		63'
PR	18		63'
LK	19		67'
FL	20	Anton Sychev	14' 28' 41'
SH	21		72'
FH	22	Yuri Kushnarev	50' 53' 70'
FB	23		66'
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Beka Gigashvili	50'
HK	2	Giorgi Chkoidze	50'
TP	3	Giorgi Melikidze	50'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani	63'
RL	5	Davit Gigauri
BF	6	Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF	7	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	75'
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze	77'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze	68'
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
RW	14	Akaki Tabutsadze
FB	15	Davit Niniashvili	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jaba Bregvadze	50'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	50'
PR	18	Giorgi Kharaishvili	50'
LK	19	Nodar Tcheishvili	63'
FL	20	Irakli Tskhadadze	75'
SH	21	Mikheil Alania	77'
FH	22	Giorgi Babunashvili	68'
FB	23	Soso Matiashvili	70'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

20 March 2021
15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	22–16	Spain (1 LBP)
Try: Căpățână 60' Melinte 79' Pen: Vlaicu 25', 40', 47', 52'	Report	Try: Rouet 42' Con: Ordas 43' Pen: Ordas 8', 34', 77'

Stadionul Steaua II, Bucharest
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)


LP	1	Alexandru Savin	73'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână	73'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș
LL	4	Marius Antonescu	80'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Johannes van Heerden	77'
OF	7	Vlad Neculau
N8	8	André Gorin (c)
SH	9	Florin Surugiu
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Vlăduț Popa	40'
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru	70'
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru	73'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță	73'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc	80'
FL	20	Cristi Boboc	77'
SH	21	Gabriel Rupanu
CE	22	Tudor Boldor	40'
WG	23	Paul Popoaia	70'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	63'
HK	2		64'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	70'
LL	4
RL	5		49' to 59' 72'
BF	6
OF	7		77'
N8	8		58'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	66' to 76'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas
LW	11
IC	12		54'
OC	13	Álvar Gimeno
RW	14		78'
FB	15		70' to 80'
Replacements:
PR	16		63'
HK	17		64'
PR	18		70'
LK	19	Josh Peters	72'
FL	20		77'
SH	21
CE	22		54'
WG	23		78'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)
Giga Mshvenieradze (Georgia)
Television match official:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)

Week 4[]

27 March 2021
16:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	43–28	Spain
Try: 28' 39' 47' Storti 59' Marques 77' Fernandes 80' Con: Marques 29', 40', 48', 59', 79 Pen: Marques 71'	Report	Try: 6' Rouet 16' 36' Ordas 80' Con: Ordas 7', 17', 37', 80'

Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)


LP	1		45'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer
TP	3	Anthony Alves	68'
LL	4		17' to 27'
RL	5
BF	6		19'
OF	7
N8	8		57'
SH	9	Samuel Marques	8' to 18'
FH	10		79'
LW	11
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Lima	68'
RW	14	Raffaele Storti
FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes
Replacements:
PR	16	Francisco Fernandes	45'
HK	17		71'
PR	18		68'
FL	19		19'
N8	20		57'
SH	21
FH	22		79'
CE	23		68'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	45'
HK	2		54'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	51'
LL	4
RL	5		51'
BF	6
OF	7		64'
N8	8
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	68'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas
LW	11		49'
IC	12		56'
OC	13	Álvar Gimeno
RW	14
FB	15		61' to 71' 71'
Replacements:
PR	16		45' 45' to 55'
HK	17		54'
PR	18		51'
LK	19		51'
FL	20		64'
SH	21		68'
CE	22		56'
FB	23		71'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Cedric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

28 March 2021
15:00 GET (UTC+04)

Georgia	28–17	Romania
Try: Penalty try 10' Gigashvili 51' Tabutsadze 70' Con: Abzhandadze 52' Pen: Abzhandadze 20', 40' Drop: Babunashvili 80'	Report	Try: Gorin 21' Căpățână 61' Con: Plai 22' Vlaicu 62' Pen: Vlaicu 44'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)


LP	1	Beka Gigashvili
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	18'
TP	3	Giorgi Melikidze	56'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
RL	5	Davit Gigauri	64'
BF	6	Mikheil Gachechiladze	24'
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze	65'
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
RW	14	Akaki Tabutsadze
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze	24'
PR	17	Nika Abuladze
PR	18	Giorgi Kharaishvili	56'
LK	19	Nodar Tcheishvili	64'
FL	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
SH	21	Mikheil Alania
FH	22	Giorgi Babunashvili	65'
FB	23	Soso Matiashvili
Coach:


LP	1	Alexandru Savin	6' to 16' 30'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	54'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș	63'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu	72'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Cristi Chirică	56'
OF	7	Cristi Boboc
N8	8	André Gorin (c)
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	64'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu	35'
IC	12	Tudor Boldor
OC	13	Alexandru Bucur
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru
FB	15	Ionel Melinte	32'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eugen Căpățână	54'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță	30'
PR	18	Costel Burțilă	63'
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc	72'
FL	20	Johannes van Heerden	56'
SH	21	Gabriel Rupanu	64'
FB	22	Florin Vlaicu	35'
WG	23	Paul Popoaia	32'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Francisco Serra (Portugal)
José Moita (Portugal)
Television match official:
Pedro Mendes Silva (Portugal)

Week 5[]

26 June 2021^[3]^[4]^[5]
17:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Georgia	48–15	Netherlands
Try: Niniashvili 10', 72', 79' Tabutsadze 25', 65' Lobzhanidze 37' Gogichashvili 54' Javakhia 60' Con: Abzhandadze 55' Babunashvili 61', 66', 73'	Report	Try: 35' 75' Con: 76' Pen: 16'

Caucasus Arena, Telavi^[6]
Attendance: 700
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)


LP	1	Nika Khatiashvili	40'
HK	2	Jaba Bregvadze	40'
TP	3	Giorgi Melikidze	40'
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze	58'
BF	6	Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze	69'
N8	8	Ilia Spanderashvili	34' to 44'
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	63'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze	56'
LW	11	Mirian Modebadze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze	63'
RW	14	Akaki Tabutsadze
FB	15	Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	Shalva Mamukashvili	40'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	40'
PR	18	Giorgi Kharaishvili	40'
LK	19	Giorgi Javakhia	58'
FL	20	Irakli Tskhadadze	69'
SH	21	Mikheil Alania	63'
CE	22	Demur Tapladze	63'
FH	23	Giorgi Babunashvili	56'
Coach:


LP	1		40'
HK	2		73'
TP	3		73'
LL	4		60'
RL	5		73'
BF	6		67'
OF	7		63' to 73'
N8	8
SH	9		60'
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12		4' to 14'
OC	13	(c)
RW	14		9'
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16		73'
PR	17		40'
PR	18		73'
LK	19		60'
FL	20		73'
SH	21		60'
WG	22		9'
FL	23		67'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Mihai Văcaru (Romania)
Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Cristian Răduță (Romania)

Week 6[]

10 July 2021
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Netherlands	28–61	Portugal (1 TBP)
Try: 37' 54', 84' 65' Con: 38', 54', 66', 85'	Report	Try: Tadjer 2' Storti 12', 14', 60', 75', 80' 37', 50', 67' Con: Marques 9', 13', 15', 40', 51', 61', 68', 76'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,600 ^[7]
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)


LP	1		73'
HK	2		73'
TP	3		40'
LL	4
RL	5		62'
BF	6	(c)	49'
OF	7
N8	8		17'
SH	9		62'
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13		73'
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16		73'
PR	17		40'
PR	18		73'
LK	19		62'
N8	20		17'
FL	21		49'
SH	22		62'
CE	23		73'
Coach:


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	62'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer	71'
TP	3	Anthony Alves	55'
LL	4
RL	5		71'
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8		66'
SH	9	Samuel Marques	78'
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Lima	66'
RW	14	Raffaele Storti
FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes	69'
Replacements:
PR	16		62'
HK	17		71'
PR	18		55'
LK	19		71'
N8	20		66'
SH	21		78'
FB	22		69'
CE	23	Pedro Bettencourt	66'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Television match official:
Sean Brickell (Wales)

Week 7[]

17 July 2021
13:30 MSK (UTC+03)

Russia	26–49	Portugal
Try: Gresev 29' 38', 59' Sychev 77' Con: Kushnarev 30', 39', 77	Report	Try: Appleton 7' 15' Lima 45' 56' Penalty try 61' 67' Con: Marques 8', 16', 46', 68' Pen: Marques 3', 32', 50'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)


LP	1	Valery Morozov	66'
HK	2		14'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov	63'
LL	4	Evgeny Elgin	65'
RL	5		60'
BF	6
OF	7	Nikita Vavilin	12' to 22'
N8	8	Victor Gresev (c)
SH	9		78'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin	12'
LW	11
IC	12	Dmitry Gerasimov
OC	13	Denis Simplikevich	54'
RW	14	German Davydov
FB	15		61' to 71'
Replacements:
HK	16		14'
PR	17		66'
PR	18		63'
LK	19		60'
FL	20	Anton Sychev	65'
SH	21		78'
FH	22	Yuri Kushnarev	12'
CE	23		54'
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	50'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer	68' 78'
TP	3	Anthony Alves	50'
LL	4		26' to 36'
RL	5
BF	6		68'
OF	7		63'
N8	8		78'
SH	9	Samuel Marques
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Lima	73'
RW	14	Raffaele Storti
FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes	65'
Replacements:
PR	16		50'
HK	17		68'
PR	18		50' 73' to 83'
FL	19		68'
FL	20		63'
SH	21
FB	22		65'
CE	23	Pedro Bettencourt	73'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Charles Samson (Scotland)

Week 8[]

6 November 2021
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	8–35	Russia (1 TBP)
Try: 58' Pen: 42'	Report	Try: Zhivatov 8' 28' 43' Morozov 51' 54' Con: Gaisin 9', 29', 44', 52', 55'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)


LP	1		70'
HK	2		52'
TP	3		56'
LL	4
RL	5		52'
BF	6	(c)	63'
OF	7
N8	8		70'
SH	9		56'
FH	10		52'
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16		52'
PR	17		70'
PR	18		56'
LK	19		70'
FL	20		52'
FL	21		63'
SH	22		56'
FH	23		52'
Coach:


LP	1	Valery Morozov	68'
HK	2		70'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev	65'
LL	4		68'
RL	5
BF	6	Vitaly Zhivatov (c)
OF	7		70'
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin
SH	9		72'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin	72'
LW	11
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky
OC	13
RW	14		65' to 75' 75'
FB	15	German Davydov
Replacements:
HK	16		70'
PR	17		68'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	65'
LK	19		68'
FL	20	Anton Sychev	70'
SH	21		72'
FH	22	Yuri Kushnarev	72'
WG	23		75'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
David Sutherland (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Week 9[]

13 November 2021
17:30 EET (UTC+02)

(1 TBP) Romania	56–15	Netherlands
Try: Simionescu 10' Dumitru 19', 48', 56' Cojocaru 29', 43' 31' Bărdașu 80' Con: Melinte 11', 20', 30', 32', 44', 49', 57', 80'	Report	Try: 25' 71' Con: 26' Pen: 35'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest^[8]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță	60'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	60'
TP	3	Vasile Bălan	60'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu	73'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Cristi Chirică
OF	7	Mihai Macovei (c)	29' to 32'
N8	8	André Gorin	65'
SH	9	Gabriel Rupanu	49'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Marius Simionescu
IC	12
OC	13		57'
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru	65'
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Florin Bărdașu	60'
PR	17	Alexandru Savin	60'
PR	18	Costel Burțilă	60'
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc	73'
N8	20	Florian Roșu	29' 32' 65'
SH	21	Florin Surugiu	49'
CE	22	Taylor Gontineac	57'
WG	23	Paul Popoaia	65'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


LP	1		73'
HK	2		57'
TP	3		60'
LL	4
RL	5		52'
BF	6
OF	7		52'
N8	8	(c)	58'
SH	9		57'
FH	10		57'
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16		57'
PR	17		73'
PR	18		60'
LK	19		52'
FL	20		52'
N8	21		58'
SH	22		57'
FH	23		57'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

14 November 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Spain	49–12	Russia
Try: 7' Gimeno 23' 35', 44' 62' Losada 67' 73' Con: 7', 23', 36', 45' Ordas 63', 68', 73'	Report	Try: 47' 65' Con: 65'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid^[9]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	50'
HK	2		64'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	66'
LL	4		66' 80'
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8		43'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	64'
FH	10		47'
LW	11		68'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno	41' to 51'
OC	13
RW	14	Joan Losada
FB	15	J. W. Bell
Replacements:
PR	16		50'
HK	17		64'
PR	18		66'
LK	19		66'
N8	20		43' 80'
SH	21		64'
FH	22	Manuel Ordas	47'
WG	23		68'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Valery Morozov	10'
HK	2		41' 73'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev	55'
LL	4		55'
RL	5
BF	6	Vitaly Zhivatov (c)	16'
OF	7		34' to 44'
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin	58'
SH	9		65'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin	68'
LW	11
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky	63'
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15	German Davydov
Replacements:
HK	16		41' 73'
PR	17		16'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	55'
LK	19		55'
N8	20	Anton Sychev	58'
SH	21		65'
FH	22		68'
CE	23		63'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Jason Bessant (Wales)
Tom Spurrier (Wales)
Television match official:
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Week 10[]

18 December 2021^[10]
14:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	7–52	Spain (1 TBP)
	Report

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Andrew Cole (Ireland)
Jonny Erskine (Ireland)
Television match official:
Colin Stanley (Ireland)

International broadcasters[]

Country	Broadcaster	Summary
Georgia	Imedi TV	All games exclusively live and free on and Imedi TV
Netherlands	Ziggo	All games exclusively live and free on Ziggo
Portugal	RTP2	Home games live and free on RTP2 and
Romania	TVR	All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
Russia	Match TV Sportrecs.com	All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on Sportrecs.com
Spain	GOL TEN	Home games live and free on either GOL or TEN, deferred broadcasts on GOL
Europe	Rugby Europe	All games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

References[]

^ "Championship 2021".
^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".
^ "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".
^ "Netherlands confirm REC home fixtures".
^ "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wqqftt3r/netherlands-v-por.pdf
^ "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Championship 2021".

[1] "Championship 2021".

[2] "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[2021-schedule-rugby-europe-3] "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".

[new-dates-unveiled-for-rugby-europe-4] "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".

[Netherlands-5] "Netherlands confirm REC home fixtures".

[georgia-rugby-6] "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[7] ttps://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wqqftt3r/netherlands-v-por.pdf

[8] "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[9] "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[2021-schedule-10] "Championship 2021".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]