2019 World Rugby Nations Cup

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

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

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]

Teams

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
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against
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

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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

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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

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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

1. 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.
2. worldrugby.org. "Uruguay win World Rugby Nations Cup | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
3. worldrugby.org. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby | worldrugby.org". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.