| 2007 IRB Nations Cup | |
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| Tournament Format: | Modified Round-robin |
| Date: | 5 – 16 June 2007 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Peter Grant (Emerging Springboks) (44 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Tonderai Chavhanga (Emerging Springboks) Marius Delport (Emerging Springboks) (3 tries) |
| Count: | 1 |
| Website: | IRB Nations Cup |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2006 IRB Nations Cup |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Next Tournament: | 2008 IRB Nations Cup |
The 2007 IRB Nations Cup is the second edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).[1]
Originally scheduled to take place in the Tineretului Stadium, Bucharest, Romania,[2] in the event the matches took place at the city's Stadionul Arcul de Triumf.[3]
Argentina Jaguars were the defending champions, but the Emerging Springboks were the overall winners.
The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points< | -- | Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts--> | |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 24 | +85 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 57 | +27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 62 | -7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 85 | -31 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 68 | -20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 101 | -54 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Source : irb.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Player | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Peter Grant | 44 | ||
| 2 | Luciano Orquera | 30 | ||
| 3 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 29 | ||
| 5 | Tertius Losper | 21 | ||
| 6 | Merab Kvirikashvili | 20 | ||
| 7 | Tonderai Chavhanga | 15 | ||
| Marius Delport | ||||
| 9 | Justinus van der Westhuizen | 11 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonderai Chavhanga | 3 | ||
| Marius Delport | ||||
| 3 | Schalk Brits | 2 | ||
| Gonzalo Camacho | ||||
| Kabamba Floors | ||||
| Michele Sepe | ||||
| Jano Vermaak | ||||
| 9 | 1 |