The 2009

IRB Nations Cup The Nations Cup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2006 at Estádio Universitário in Lisbon with Argentina A, Italy A, Portugal and Russia taking part. The tournament is part of the International Rugby Board's US $50 million St ...

was the fourth edition of the international

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tournament, a competition created by the

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. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (

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, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (

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and

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). For the third consecutive year the event was held in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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did not return to defend their title. Scotland A were the overall winners of the tournament. 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.

Final standings

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 3

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Top scorers

Top points scorers

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Top try scorers

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References

External links

IRB Overview
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