2022 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship will be the 6th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Spain, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup).

2022 Rugby Europe Championship
Date5 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (14th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (15th title)
Kiseleff Cup Romania (1st title)
Matches played12
Attendance47,000 (3,917 per match)
Tries scored96 (8 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Manuel Ordas (55 points)
Top try scorer(s) Akaki Tabutsadze (6 tries)
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Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table after winning all of their matches in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 13th title and 10th Grand Slam as a result.[1]

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the second 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

Participants
Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Georgia Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena 54,202 Tbilisi Levan Maisashvili Merab Sharikadze
 Netherlands NRCA Stadium 7,000 Amsterdam Zane Gardiner Bart Wierenga
 Portugal Campo de Rugby do Jamor 2,500 Lisbon Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton
 Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207 Bucharest Andy Robinson Mihai Macovei
 Russia Slava Metreveli Central Stadium 10,200 Sochi Dick Muir Victor Gresev
 Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 15,800 Madrid Santiago Santos Fernando López

Table
Champions
Disqualified
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Georgia541017273+99258+1720020[a]
2 Romania5302153128+251918+111014
3 Spain5401170135+352316+710012*
4 Portugal521213998+411911+811012[a]
5 Netherlands510425212-187334-310004[a]
6 Russia50056275-1379-20101
Source - [2]
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
a Georgia, Portugal and Netherlands awarded 4 points for cancelled games against Russia[3][4]
* deducted points[5][6]

Fixtures

Week 1
5 February 2022
14:30 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  34–25  Russia
Try: Cojocaru (2) 11' c, 25' c
Macovei 40' c
Rupanu 72' c
Con: Boldor (3/3) 11', 25', 40'
Plai 72'
Pen: Boldor (1/2) 38'
Plai (1/1) 72'
 Report Try: Penalty try 6'
Parkhomenko (2) 62' c, 75' m
Con: Gaisin (1/2) 62'
Pen: Gaisin (2/3) 43', 47'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
LP1Vasile Bălan 74'
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru 73'
TP3Alex Gordaș 60'
LL4Marius Antonescu
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică 49' to 58'  64'
OF7Dragoș Ser 6' to 16'
N88Mihai Macovei (c)
SH9Gabriel Rupanu
FH10Tudor Boldor 64'
LW11Nicolas Onuțu
IC12Jason Tomane 75'
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa 70'
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Marius Simionescu 80'
Replacements:
HK16Tudor Butnariu 73'
PR17Constantin Pristăvița 74'
PR18Alexandru Țăruș 60'
LK19Marius Iftimiciuc
N820André Gorin 49'  58'  64'
WG21Paul Popoaia 70'
FH22Daniel Plai 64'
CE23Alexandru Bucur 75'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP1Nikoloz Kazalikashvili 57'
HK2Shamil Magomedov 57'
TP3Kirill Gotovtsev (c) 64'
LL4German Silenko 76'
RL5Maxim Gargalîc 59'  76'
BF6Victor Arhip 69' to 79'
OF7Nikita Bekov 74'
N88Nikita Vavilin
SH9Alexey Sherban 62'
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Vasily Artemyev 60'
IC12German Davydov
OC13Daniil Potikhanov 74'
RW14Andrei Karzanov
FB15Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK16Dmitry Parkhomenko 57'
PR17Azamat Bitiev 57'
PR18Vladimir Podrezov 64'
LK19Anton Makarenko 59' 77' to 80'
FL20Vladimir Geraskin 74'
SH21Efim Ryabishchuk 62'
WG22Daniil Semenov 60'
CE23Victor Kononov 74'
Coach:
Dick Muir

Touch judges:
George Selwood (England)
Mike Woods (England)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

5 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 TBP) Spain  43–0  Netherlands
Try: Usárraga 10' c
López 23' c
Jorba 38' m
Gimeno 44' c
Ordas 56' m
Minguillon 65' m
Ovejero 71' c
Con: Ordas (3/6) 11', 24', 45'
Bélie (1/1) 72'
 Report
LP1Fernando López (c) 46'
HK2Marco Pinto 46'
TP3Jon Zabala 27'  40'  46'
LL4Manuel Mora 51'
RL5Víctor Sánchez
BF6Asier Usárraga 67'
OF7Matthew Foulds
N88Facundo Domínguez
SH9Guillaume Rouet 57'
FH10Manuel Ordas
LW11Julen Goia 48'
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin 60'
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Gauthier Minguillon
Replacements:
PR16Gavin van den Berg 46'
HK17Santiago Ovejero 46'
PR18Joel Merkler 27'  40'  46'
LK19Aníbal Bonan 51'
FL20Michael Hogg 67'
SH21Tomás Munilla 57'
FB22Mathieu Bélie 48'
CE23Bautista Güemes 60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Hugo Langelaan 58'
HK2Ross Bennie-Coulson 22' to 32'  51'
TP3Andrew Darlington 51'
LL4Christopher van Leeuwen
RL5Louis Bruinsma 51'
BF6Christopher Raymond 25' to 32'  68'
OF7Wolf van Dijk
N88Dirk Danen (c)
SH9Caleb Korteweg 51'
FH10David Weersma
LW11Daan van der Avoird
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga 1'
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK16Mike Mbaud 25'  32'  51'
PR17Robin Moenen 58'
PR18Lodi Buijs 51'
LK19Dennis van Dijken 51'
FL20Jade Plane 68'
SH21Mark Coebergh 51'
FH22Mees van Oord 1'  64'
CE23Storm Carroll 64'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Leonardo Masini (Italy)
Television match official:
Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

6 February 2022
15:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  25–25  Portugal
Try: Tabutsadze 29' c
Kerdikoshvili 40' m
Jalaghonia 64' c
Con: Abzhandadze (2/3) 30', 64'
Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2) 26', 46'
 Report Try: Cardoso Pinto 36' m
Marta 50' c
Lima 58' c
Con: Marques (2/3) 52', 59'
Pen: Marques (2/2) 10', 28'
LP1Guram Gogichashvili 55'  68'
HK2Vano Karkadze 46'
TP3Beka Gigashvili 22'
LL4Grigor Kerdikoshvili 61'
RL5Lasha Jaiani
BF6Otar Giorgadze 67'
OF7Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
N88Tornike Jalaghonia
SH9Gela Aprasidze
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Mirian Modebadze 48' to 58'  59'
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c) 59' to 67'
OC13Demur Tapladze
RW14Akaki Tabutsadze
FB15Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK16Luka Nioradze 46'
PR17Mikheil Nariashvili 55'
PR18Luka Japaridze 22'  68'
LK19Nodar Tcheishvili 61'
FL20Niko Aptsiauri 67'
SH21Vasil Lobzhanidze
CE22Lasha Lomidze 59'  67'
WG23Davit Meskhi 59'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili
LP1Francisco Fernandes 52'
HK2Lionel Campergue 19' to 30'  40'
TP3Diogo Hasse Ferreira 59'  67'
LL4José Madeira
RL5Jean Sousa 64'
BF6João Granate 61'
OF7Steevy Cerqueira 61'
N88Rafael Simões
SH9Samuel Marques
FH10Jerónimo Portela 55'
LW11Rodrigo Marta 59'
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13José Lima
RW14Vincent Pinto
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto
Replacements:
PR16Geoffrey Moïse 52'
HK17Duarte Diniz 19'  30'  40'
PR18João Mateus 59'  67'
LK19Duarte Torgal 64'
FL20David Wallis 61'
N821Thibault de Freitas 61'
SH22Pedro Lucas 55'
WG23Simão Bento 59'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Ludovic Cayre (France)
Stéphane Boyer (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

Week 2
12 February 2022
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)
(1 LBP) Russia  37–41  Spain
Try: Gresev 30' c
Ryabishchuk 33' c
Davydov 61' c
Zhivatov 76' c
Con: Gaisin (4/4) 30', 34', 62', 77'
Pen: Gaisin (3/3) 9', 42', 66'
 Report Try: Gimeno 3' c
Minguillon (2) 16' m, 36' m
Pinto 40' m
Ovejero 80' c
Con: Ordas (2/5) 3', 80'
Pen: Ordas (4/4) 27', 59', 65', 71'
LP1Nikoloz Kazalikashvili 60'
HK2Dmitry Parkhomenko 49'
TP3Vladimir Podrezov 49'
LL4Maxim Gargalîc 60'
RL5Anton Makarenko 40' to 50'  50'
BF6Victor Arhip
OF7Nikita Vavilin
N88Victor Gresev (c)
SH9Efim Ryabishchuk 60'
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Vasily Artemyev 65'
IC12German Davydov
OC13Daniil Potikhanov
RW14Andrei Karzanov
FB15Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK16Shamil Magomedov 49'  80'
PR17Azamat Bitiev 60'
PR18Nikoloz Narmania 49'
LK19Nikita Bekov 60'
FL20Vitaly Zhivatov 50'
SH21Alexey Sherban 60'
CE22Dmitry Gerasimov 65'
WG23Daniil Potikhanov
Coach:
Dick Muir
LP1Fernando López (c) 51'
HK2Marco Pinto 62'
TP3Jon Zabala 62'  74'
LL4Lucas Guillaume 2'
RL5Manuel Mora
BF6Matthew Foulds 41'
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Facundo Domínguez
SH9Guillaume Rouet 71'
FH10Manuel Ordas
LW11Gauthier Minguillon 74'
IC12Álvar Gimeno 29'  37'
OC13Fabien Perrin 77'
RW14Jordi Jorba 69'
FB15Charly Malié 50' to 60'
Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu 51'
HK17Santiago Ovejero 62'
PR18Joel Merkler 62' 73' to 80'
LK19Víctor Sánchez 2'
FL20Gautier Gibouin 41'
SH21Tomás Munilla 71'
FH22Mathieu Bélie 69'
CE23Bautista Güemes 29'  37'  77'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

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

12 February 2022
13:15 CET (UTC+1)
Netherlands  10–72  Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Danen 49' c
Con: Weersma (1/1) 50'
Pen: Weersma (1/1) 17'
 Report Try: Giorgadze (3) 8' m, 46' c, 59' c
Tabutsadze (2) 14' m, 38' m
Japaridze 24' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 28' c, 53' c
Jalaghonia 52' c
Modebadze 66' m
Chkoidze (2) 76' m, 82' m
Con: Abzhandadze (6/12) 25', 29', 47', 53', 54', 60'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP1Hugo Langelaan 65'
HK2Mark Darlington 54'
TP3Andrew Darlington 43'
LL4Dennis van Dijken 65'
RL5Jim Boelrijk 54'
BF6Louis Bruinsma
OF7Spike Salman
N88Dirk Danen (c)
SH9Caleb Korteweg 54'
FH10David Weersma 65'
LW11Daan van der Avoird 54'
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK16Ross Bennie-Coulson 54'
PR17Robin Moenen 65'
PR18Lodi Buijs 43'
LK19Liam Stone 54'
LK20Jade Plane 65'
SH21Hugo Schöller 54'
FH22Mees van Oord 65'
WG23Jules Godfroy 54'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili 51'
HK2Vano Karkadze 61'
TP3Luka Japaridze 51'
LL4Nodar Tcheishvili 61'
RL5Lasha Jaiani
BF6Otar Giorgadze
OF7Giorgi Tsutskiridze 68'
N88Tornike Jalaghonia
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze 61'
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Davit Meskhi
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c) 54'
OC13Demur Tapladze
RW14Akaki Tabutsadze 65'
FB15Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze 610'
PR17Guram Gogichashvili 51'
PR18Nika Khatiashvili 51'
LK19Giorgi Javakhia 61'
FL20Sandro Mamamtavrishvili 68'
SH21Gela Aprasidze 61'
CE22Tornike Kakhoidze 54'
WG23Mirian Modebadze 65'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Cédric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Pechambert (France)

12 February 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  37–27  Portugal
Try: Ser 40' c
Cojocaru 54' c
Savin 67' c
Gorin 80' c
Con: Melinte (3/3) 41', 55', 67'
Plai (1/1) 80'
Pen: Melinte (3/3) 5', 36', 75'
 Report Try: Lima 24' m
Marta 31' c
Pinto (2) 37' c, 49' m
Con: Marques (2/4) 33', 39'
Pen: Marques (1/1) 28'
LP1Vasile Bălan 46'
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru 79'
TP3Alex Gordaș 46'
LL4Marius Antonescu 79'
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică 46'
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88Mihai Macovei (c)
SH9Gabriel Rupanu 50'
FH10Daniel Plai
LW11Marius Simionescu
IC12Jason Tomane
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa
RW14Ionuț Dumitru 79'
FB15Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK16Tudor Butnariu 79'
PR17Alexandru Savin 46'
PR18Alexandru Țăruș 46'
LK19Marius Iftimiciuc 79'
N820André Gorin 46'
SH21Florin Surugiu 50'
CE22Vlăduț Popa
WG23Nicolas Onuțu 79'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP1Francisco Fernandes 51'
HK2Lionel Campergue
TP3Diogo Hasse Ferreira 51'  75'
LL4José Madeira
RL5Rafael Simões
BF6João Granate 68'
OF7Steevy Cerqueira
N88Thibault de Freitas 56'
SH9Samuel Marques 52' to 62'
FH10Jorge Abecasis
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12Tomás Appleton (c) 68'
OC13José Lima
RW14Vincent Pinto
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto 77'
Replacements:
PR16Geoffrey Moïse 51'
HK17Duarte Diniz
PR18Cody Thomas 51'  75'
LK19Duarte Torgal 56'  77'
FL20David Wallis 68'
CE21Pedro Bettencourt 68'
SH22Pedro Lucas 77'
FB23Simão Bento 77'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn (Ireland)
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

Week 3
26 February 2022
15:00 WET (UTC+0)
(1 TBP) Portugal  59–3  Netherlands
Try: Belo 14' c
Diniz 22' m
Bettencourt (2) 30' c, 63' c
Simões (2) 38' c, 43' m
Marta 47' c
Storti 54' c
Antunes 76'
Con: Antunes (7/9) 15', 31', 39', 48', 55', 64', 77'
 Report Pen: Te Hauora Campbell (1/1) 1'
Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
LP1Francisco Fernandes 59'
HK2Duarte Diniz 45'
TP3Anthony Alvès 52'
LL4José Madeira
RL5José Rebelo de Andrade 65'
BF6Steevy Cerqueira
OF7David Wallis
N88Rafael Simões 57'
SH9João Belo 61'
FH10Jerónimo Portela 72'
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13Pedro Bettencourt
RW14Dany Antunes
FB15Nuno Sousa Guedes 41'
Replacements:
PR16David Costa 59'
HK17Nuno Mascarenhas 45'
PR18Diogo Hasse Ferreira 52'
FL19João Granate 65'
N820Manuel Picão 57'
SH21João Dias 61'
CE22José Lima 72'
WG23Raffaele Storti 41'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP1Hugo Langelaan 65'
HK2Ross Bennie-Coulson 56'
TP3Lodi Buijs 65'
LL4Dennis van Dijken
RL5Jim Boelrijk 50'
BF6Christopher Raymond
OF7Spike Salman
N88Dave Koelman 34' to 44'  44'
SH9Mark Coebergh 50'
FH10Mees van Oord 50'
LW11Daan van der Avoird 68'
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga (c)
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK16Mike Mbaud 56'
PR17Robin Moenen 65'
PR18Gabor Besuijen 65'
LK19Monty Leverstein 50'
FL20Liam Stone 44'
SH21Caleb Korteweg 50'
CE22Storm Caroll 50'
CE23Daily Limmen 68'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Riccardo Angelucci (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)
Television match official:
Alan Falzone (Italy)

27 February 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+1)
Spain  38–21  Romania
Try: Marco Pinto 6' c
Foulds 10' c
Quercy (2) 19' c, 59' c
Gimeno 27' c
Con: Ordas (5/5) 7', 11', 20', 27', 60'
Pen: Ordas (1/1) 55'
 Report Try: Hinckley Vaovasa (2) 16' c, 65' c
Marius Simionescu 70' c
Con: Plai (3/3) 17', 66', 71'
LP1Fernando López (c) 47'
HK2Marco Pinto 44'
TP3Jon Zabala 58'
LL4Lucas Guillaume
RL5Manuel Mora 77' to 80'
BF6Matthew Foulds 45'
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Afaese Tauli 14' to 24'  71'
SH9Guillaume Rouet 62'
FH10Manuel Ordas 66'
LW11Gauthier Minguillon
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Charly Malié 60'
Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu 47'
HK17Santiago Ovejero 44'
PR18Joel Merkler 58'
LK19Víctor Sánchez 71'
FL20Facundo Domínguez 45'
SH21Tomás Munilla 62'
FH22Mathieu Bélie 60'
FB23Iñaki Mateu 66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Alexandru Savin 53'
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru 53'
TP3Alexandru Țăruș 55'
LL4Marius Antonescu 50'
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Mihai Macovei (c)
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88André Gorin 50'
SH9Florin Surugiu 50'
FH10Daniel Plai
LW11Marius Simionescu
IC12Jason Tomane 62'
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Ionel Melinte 55'
Replacements:
HK16Florin Bărdașu 53'
PR17Vasile Bălan 53'
PR18Costel Burtilă 53'
LK19Florian Roșu 50'
FL20Cristi Chirică 50'
SH21Gabriel Rupanu 50'
CE22Vlăduț Popa 62'
WG23Nicolas Onuțu 55'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Jonny Perriam (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

N/A
N/A
Georgia  Cancelled[7]  Russia
N/A
N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • Georgia awarded 4 points.

Week 4
N/A
N/A
Russia  Cancelled[7]  Netherlands
N/A
N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • Netherlands awarded 4 points.
12 March 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
(1 LBP) Romania  23–26  Georgia
Try: Cojocaru 7' m
Bărdașu 73' c
Con: Melinte (2/2) 39', 73'
Pen: Melinte (3/4) 17', 21', 43'
 Rerport Try: Lobzhanidze 9' c
Sharikadze 28' c
Todua 34' c
Tabutsadze 70' m
Con: Abzhandadze (3/4) 10', 28', 34'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
LP1Andrei Ursache 71'
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru 69'
TP3Vasile Bălan
LL4Marius Iftimiciuc
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică 71'
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88Mihai Macovei (c) 69'
SH9Gabriel Rupanu 51'
FH10Tudor Boldor 46'
LW11Marius Simionescu 63'
IC12Jason Tomane
OC13Nicolas Onuțu
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK16Florin Bărdașu 69'
PR17Constantin Pristăvița 71'
PR18Costel Burțilă
FL19Florian Roșu 71'
N820André Gorin 69'
SH21Florin Surugiu 51'
FH22Daniel Plai 46'
CE23Vlăduț Popa 63'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili 40'
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili 59'
TP3Beka Gigashvili 56'
LL4Lasha Jaiani
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze 48'
BF6Luka Ivanishvili
OF7Beka Saghinadze
N88Tornike Jalaghonia
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze 56'
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC13Giorgi Kveseladze
RW14Akaki Tabutsadze 5' to 15'
FB15Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK16Jaba Bregvadze 59'
PR17Guram Gogichashvili 40'
PR18Nika Khatiashvili 56'
LK19Grigor Kerdikoshvili 48'
FL20Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
SH21Gela Aprasidze 56' 63' to 73'
FB22Lasha Khmaladze
CE23Demur Tapladze
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Mark Butcher (Wales)
Television match official:
Elgan Williams (Wales)

13 March 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+1)
Spain  33–28  Portugal (1 LBP)
Try: Zabala 7' m
Quercy (2) 17' c, 25' c
Pinto 38' m
Con: Ordas (2/4) 18', 26'
Pen: Ordas (3/3) 44', 51', 58'
 Report Try: Bento 10' c
Bettencourt 32' c
Madeira 79' m
Con: Marques (2/2) 11', 33'
Pen: Marques (3/3) 6', 46', 54'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)
LP1Fernando López (c) 44'
HK2Marco Pinto 48'  77'
TP3Jon Zabala 66'
LL4Lucas Guillaume
RL5Manuel Mora
BF6Matthew Foulds 71'
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Afaese Tauli 62'
SH9Guillaume Rouet 66'
FH10Manuel Ordas 68'
LW11Gauthier Minguillon 74'
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin 76'
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Charly Malié 79' to 80'
Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu 44'
HK17Santiago Ovejero 48'  77'
PR18Joel Merkler 66'
LK19Víctor Sánchez 71'
N820Facundo Domínguez 62'
SH21Tomás Munilla 66'
FH22Bautista Güemes 68'
CE23Alejandro Alonso 76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Francisco Fernandes 59'
HK2Loic Bournonville 50'
TP3Anthony Alves 54'
LL4José Madeira
RL5Jean Sousa 67'
BF6Steevy Cerqueira
OF7David Wallis 50'
N88Rafael Simões 26'  36'  40'  67'
SH9Samuel Marques 77'
FH10Jerónimo Portela
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12José Lima (c)
OC13Pedro Bettencourt
RW14Vincent Pinto 63'
FB15Simão Bento 58'
Replacements:
PR16David Costa 59'
HK17Nuno Mascarenhas 50'
PR18Diogo Hasse Ferreira 54'
LK19José Maria de Andrade 50'
N820Thibault de Freitas 26'  36'  40'
SH21João Belo 77'
WG22Raffaele Storti 63'
FB23Manuel Cardoso Pinto 58'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
David Beun (France)
Christophe Bultet (France)
Television match official:
Eric Briquet-Campin (France)

Week 5
19 March 2022
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Netherlands  12–38  Romania (1 TBP)
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)
Television match official:
Andrew Mac Menemy (Scotland)

N/A
N/A
Portugal  Cancelled[7]  Russia
N/A
N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Portugal awarded 4 points.

20 March 2022
18:00 GET (UTC+4)
(1 TBP) Georgia  49–15  Spain
Report

Touch judges:
Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Ian Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Jon Mason (Wales)

Player statistics

Most points
Pos Name Team Pts
1 Manuel Ordas  Spain 55
2 Tedo Abzhandadze  Georgia 44
3 Ionel Melinte  Romania 40
4 Samuel Marques  Portugal 30
Akaki Tabutsadze  Georgia 30

International broadcasters
Country Broadcaster[9] Summary
 Georgia Rugby TV
Imedi TV		 Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page
 Netherlands Ziggo Selected games live on Ziggo Sport
 Portugal RTP Portugal games shown live via RTP 2 and their VoD service RTP Play
 Romania TVR Romania games shown live via TVR 1
 Russia Спортивный (Tricolor TV)
Наш спорт 20		 Russia games shown live via Спортивный (Tricolor TV) and available via streaming through their VoD service Наш спорт 20 (Russia only)
 Spain Teledeporte
RTVE.es		 Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and available via streaming through their VoD service TVE Play
 France RugbyZone All games available through streaming via RugbyZone
North America FloSports All games available through streaming via FloSports
Rest of the World Rugby Europe All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also

References
  1. "Georgia secure fourth consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. "2022 Rugby Europe Championship standings".
  3. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Georgia qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023 ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  5. "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  6. "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
  7. World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus
  8. "Georgia v Spain".
  9. "Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022".
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