The 2014
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 ninth edition of the international
rugby union
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tournament, a competition created by the
International Rugby Board
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international ru ...
. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the
2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
The 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the second edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board. It was played from 14 to 22 June 2014 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.
The hosts were joined by and two tea ...
in
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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. were joined by ,
Emerging Ireland
Emerging Ireland is an Irish rugby union team that represents Ireland in the World Rugby Nations Cup.
History
2013 Tbilisi Cup
The team was created to offer Tier 1 level opposition for Tier 2 sides in the IRB Tbilisi Cup, held in Tbilisi, Georgia ...
and
ENC side and defended the title they won in
2012
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and
2013
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.
Emerging Ireland
Emerging Ireland is an Irish rugby union team that represents Ireland in the World Rugby Nations Cup.
History
2013 Tbilisi Cup
The team was created to offer Tier 1 level opposition for Tier 2 sides in the IRB Tbilisi Cup, held in Tbilisi, Georgia ...
team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.
Standings
Fixtures
Matchday 1
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Matchday 2
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Matchday 3
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Top scorers
Top points scorers
Top try scorers
See also
* 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
The 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, was the ninth edition of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the annual Tier 2 Rugby union tournament. Unlike previous competitions, the tournament was divided into two conferences of three teams each, with no interconfer ...
* 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
The 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the second edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board. It was played from 14 to 22 June 2014 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.
The hosts were joined by and two tea ...
References
External links
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2014
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2014 rugby union tournaments for national teams
International rugby union competitions hosted by Romania
2013–14 in Romanian rugby union
2013–14 in Irish rugby union
2014 in Russian rugby union
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
Sport in Bucharest