2007 IRB Nations Cup
Encyclopedia
The 2007 IRB Nations Cup was the second edition of the annual international rugby union
tournament. The tournament took place in Romania
. The Emerging Springboks
were the overall winners.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
tournament. The tournament took place in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. The Emerging Springboks
Emerging Springboks
The Emerging Springboks are the second national rugby union team in South africa after the national side. They compete every year in the Nations Cup alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania and Georgia as well as Argentina Jaguars and Italy A. Now and again they also play touring sides...
were the overall winners.
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 24 | 85 | 1 | 13 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 57 | 27 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 62 | ||||
| 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 85 | ||||
| 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 68 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 101 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Round 1
- 5 June Argentina A 27 - 20 Italy A
- 5 June Romania 8 - 61 Emerging Springboks
- 5 June Georgia 26 - 18 Namibia
Round 2
- 10 June Namibia 13 - 47 Argentina A
- 10 June Romania 19 - 8 Italy A
- 10 June Emerging Springboks 24 - 12 Georgia
Round 3
- 16 June Romania 28 - 16 Namibia
- 16 June Emerging Springboks 24 - 10 Argentina A
- 16 June Italy A 20 - 22 Georgia