2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy

The 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the fourth Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off.

2019-20 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date26 October 2019 – 7 March 2020
Countries
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Attendance8,631 (1,439 per match)
Tries scored36 (6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Netherlands David Weersma (34)
Top try scorer(s)Netherlands Joshua Gascoigne (4)
Netherlands Jordy Hop (4)
Official website2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships
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This year's competition sees Ukraine joining the Trophy after winning its division in Conference 1 North. After the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off of the 2018–19 season, which was played on 15 June 2019 between Portugal and Germany, Portugal was promoted after its third try and Germany relegated to the Trophy level.

Table
Champions and advances to
Promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Netherlands (25)541014438+10630021
2  Switzerland (30)52219352+4111014
3 Ukraine (38)52216074−1920014
4 Germany (28)51226285−230008
5 Lithuania (37)511361103−421007
6 Poland (35)510444112−680105
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses.[1]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[2]
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | Loss – 0 points
Match bonus points:
Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point

Fixtures
26 October 2019
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Ukraine 27–10 Lithuania
Try: Vertyletskyi (2) 30' c, 40'+1 m
Radchuk 66' m
Kosariev 80'+4 c
Con: Kosariev (2/4) 30', 80'+4
Pen: Kosariev 10'		GamesheetTry: Miezys 35' c
Con: Vilimavičius (1/1) 35'
Pen: Vilimavičius 19'
Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
2 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Poland 15–35 Germany
Try: Buczek 40' m
Cal 55' c
Con: Gdula (1/2) 55'
Pen: Gdula (1) 7'		GamesheetTry: Rinklin 29' c
Lammers (2) 35' c, 40' m
Paine 72' c
Con: Klewinghaus (3/4) 29', 35', 72'
Pen: Klewinghaus (3) 2', 22', 60'
Stadion Miejski, Łódź
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Shota Tezvadze (Georgia)
9 November 2019
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Netherlands 64–8 Ukraine
Try: Hop (2) 21' c, 60' m
Gascoigne (4) 32' c, 44' c, 66' c, 75' c
Koning 39' c
Danen 50' c
Visser 63' c
Con: Weersma (8/9) 22', 33', 40', 45', 51', 64', 67', 76'
Pen: Weersma 13'		GamesheetTry: Shakura 7' m
Pen: Kosariev 15'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Jonathan Dufort (France)
16 November 2019
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Lithuania 9–40  Switzerland (1 TBP)
Pen: Vilimavičius (3/3) 6', 15', 19'GamesheetTry: Kavanagh 9' c
Heinrich 12' m
O'Grady 39' c
Wullschleger 48' c
Perrod 55' c
Penalty try 72'
Con: Perrod (4/5) 10', 40', 49', 56
Šiaulių savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ross Mabon (Scotland)
23 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Switzerland 20–23 Poland
Try: Delabays 25' c
Malyon 57' c
Con: Perrod (2/2) 26', 58'
Pen: Perrod (2) 2', 14'		GamesheetTry: Pogorzelski 67' m
Pen: Nowicki (6) 10', 18', 42', 53', 61', 74'
Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert O'Sullivan (Ireland)
23 November 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 7–37 Netherlands (1 TBP)
Try: Fairhurst 14' c
Con: Hohl (1/1) 15'		GamesheetTry: Hop (2) 10' c, 78' c
Van Kampen 65' c
Penalty try 80'
Con: Weersma (3/3) 11', 66', 79'
Pen: Weersma 20', 55', 62'
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,731
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
29 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 20–33  Switzerland
Gamesheet
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 650
Referee: Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
29 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 7–6 Poland (1 LBP)
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Killian O'Brian (Germany)
7 March 2020
14:55 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Netherlands 36–17 Lithuania
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joao Costa (Portugal)
N/A
N/A
Switzerland 0–0[3] Netherlands
Stade des Cherpines, Plan-les-Ouates
N/A
N/A
Germany 0–0 Lithuania
N/A
N/A
(1 TBP) Lithuania 25–0[3] Poland
N/A
N/A
Poland 0–25[4] Ukraine (1 TBP)
N/A
N/A
Ukraine 0–0[3]  Switzerland
N/A
N/A
Ukraine 0–0 Germany

Relegation/promotion play-off
29 May 2021[5][6]
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium 21–23 Netherlands
ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Top scorers

Top points scorers
Pos Name Team Pts
1 David Weersma  Netherlands 34
2 Simon Perrod   Switzerland 23
3 Joshua Gascoigne  Netherlands 20
Jordy Hop  Netherlands
5 Jedrzej Nowicki  Poland 18

Top try scorers
Pos Name Team Tries
1 Joshua Gascoigne  Netherlands 4
Jordy Hop  Netherlands
3 Felix Lammers  Germany 2
Eduard Vertyletskyi  Ukraine
5 23 players 1

See also

References
  1. "World Rugby Men's Ranking". WR.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "Competition Manual 2019-20" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. "NETHERLANDS CONFIRMED AS WINNERS OF RUGBY EUROPE TROPHY 2019/2020". Rugby Europe. July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. "2019-20 REIC Men XV - M14 POLAND Vs. UKRAINE | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  5. https://www.facebook.com/BelgianRugby
  6. "Belgium v Netherlands - REC play-off date confirmed".
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