The 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the

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tournament, created by

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. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of

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and without their

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, with

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hosting the competition. Like in 2016, the tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams; Emerging Italy,

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and

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played the other three teams; Argentina XV,

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and

. Hosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts. It is the third year in a row where the hosts capitalized on the home advantage to claim the title, with previous hosts Romania winning in

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and

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Teams

Below are the competing teams with their

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as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017): * (n/a) * (n/a) * (19) * (20) * (18) * (21)

Standings

Pool A

Pool B

Fixtures

Matchday 1

Notes: * Lesley Klim, Johan Retief and Mahepisa Tjeriko (all Namibia) and Jean-Baptiste Custoja, Fred Quercy, Andrea Rabago and Afa Tauli (all Spain) made their international debuts. ---- Notes: * This was the first ever time that Russia has beaten Argentina XV (formally known as Argentina Jaguars). * Kirill Gubin (Russia) made his international debut. ---- Notes: * Agustín Della Corte (Uruguay) made his international debut.

Matchday 2

---- Notes: * Emiliano Calle, Inaki Mateu and Tomás Munilla (all Spain) made their international debut. ---- Notes: * Alexander Budychenko and Evgeni Nepeivoda (both Russia) made their international debuts.

Matchday 3

Notes: * Justin Newman and

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(both Namibia) and Evgeni Mishechkin (Russia) made their international debuts. ---- ----

External links

Official Site 2017

References

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