2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
The 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy is the sixth season of the second premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship which itself is a part of the Rugby Europe International Championships. The confirmed teams that are competing include Croatia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Sweden and Ukraine.
| 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 22 October 2022 - 1 April 2023 | ||
| Countries |  Croatia Lithuania.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Sweden Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Switzerland (1st title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Attendance | 7,700 (770 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 80 (8 per match) | ||
| |||
Participants
| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Croatia |
Stadion Stari plac Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić |
5,000 5,000 |
Split Zagreb |
 Anthony Posa |
Nik Jurišić |
| Lithuania |
Regbio stadionas (Šiauliai Rugby Academy) | 4,000 | Šiauliai | Gediminas Marcišauskas |
Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Switzerland |
Stade Municipal Yverdon Colovray Sports Centre Centre Sportif des Cherpines |
6,600 7,200 1,000 |
Yverdon-les-Bains Nyon Plan-les-Ouates |
 Olivier Nier |
Cyril Lin |
| Sweden |
Malmö Stadion Olympiastadion |
26,500 14,417 |
Malmö Stockholm |
 Alex Laybourne |
Sami Paulsson |
| Ukraine |
Spartak Stadium* Skif Stadium* KhTZ Stadium* |
4,800 3,742 2,000 |
Odesa* Lviv* Kharkiv* |
Valerii Kochanov |
Oleg Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko |
* Owing to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches were played in Croatia
Table
| Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | ||||||
| 1 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 72 | +133 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 135 | -18 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 139 | -57 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 122 | -25 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 133 | -33 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Source - [1] Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2] | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures
| 22 October 2022 14:15 CEST (UTC +2) |
| (1 LBP) Croatia | 22–27 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 650 Referee: Pedro Mendes-Silva (Portugal) |
| 29 October 2022 14:00 CEST (UTC +2) |
| (1TBP) Sweden | 37–17 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Olympiastadion, Stockholm Attendance: 1500 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova) |
| 5 November 2022 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| (1 TBP) Lithuania | 39–20 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: 700 Referee: Sulkhan Chikladze (Georgia) |
| 5 November 2022 14:00 CET (UTC +1) |
| Sweden | 12–69 | Switzerland (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 200 Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain) |
| 12 November 2022 15:00 CET (UTC +1) |
| (1 TBP) Switzerland | 45–6 | Lithuania |
| Report |
| Stade Juan Antonio Samaranch, Lausanne Attendance: 650 Referee: John Catteau (Belgium) |
| 11 March 2023 14:00 CEST (UTC +2) |
| Ukraine | 32–59 | Switzerland (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco) |
| 18 March 2023 15:20 CEST (UTC +2) |
| (1 TBP) Ukraine | 38–15 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Stari plac, Split Attendance: 250 Referee: Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium) |
| 25 March 2023 14:00 EET (UTC +2) |
| (1 LBP) Lithuania | 37–39 | Croatia |
| Report |
| Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: 600 Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain) |
| 1 April 2023 14:00 EEST (UTC +3) |
| (1 LBP) Lithuania | 15–18 | Sweden |
| Report |
| Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: n/a Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland) |
Notes:
- Fixture reversed due to the Swedish RFU having no stadium available
References
- "2022-23 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
- "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
External links
- Rugby Europe - Official Site
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