2012 International Rugby Series

2012 IRB International Rugby Series
Date 9 to 17 November 2012
Teams 5
Countries

 Canada
 Russia
 Samoa
 Tonga
 United States

Matches played 4
Venue Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, Wales
Champions

The 2012 IRB International Rugby Series was the first edition of a rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board for tier two and tier three nations, played at Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay. The matches between Canada, Russia, Samoa, Tonga and the United States were played over two match days on 9 November and 17 November 2012.[1]

The aim of the tournament was to increase the competitiveness between emerging rugby nations before the 2015 Rugby World Cup, to be held in England and Wales. Other unions involved in the 2012 International Rugby Series were Chile, Fiji, Georgia, Japan, Portugal, Romania and Uruguay.[2]

The tournament matches were in addition to those between tier one and tier two/three nations within the 2012-2019 international tours and test schedule which increased the opportunities for emerging rugby nations to play the world's best teams in June and November.


Fixtures

Week 1

9 November 2012
18:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
United States  40–26  Russia
Try: Fry 6' c
L'Estrange 17' c
Doyle 36' c
Wyles 46' c
Shaw 50' m, 58' c
Con: Wyles (5/6)
 Report Try: Ostroushko 53' m
Temnov (2) 61' m, 71' c
Con: Klyuchnikov (1/3)
Pen: Klyuchnikov 2', 12', 25' (3/4)
FB 15Chris Wyles
RW 14Cornelius Dirksen
OC 13Paul Emerick
IC 12Andrew Suniula
LW 11Luke Hume
FH 10Toby L'Estrange
SH 9 Robbie Shaw
N8 8 Todd Clever (c)
OF 7 John Quill
BF 6 Scott LaValla
RL 5 Louis Stanfill
LL 4 Brian Doyle'
TP 3 Eric Fry
HK 2 Chris Biller
LP 1 Shawn Pittman
Replacements:
HK 16Zach Fenoglio
PR 17Nicholas Wallace
PR 18Anthony Purpura
FL 19Inaki Basauri
FL 20Peter Dahl
SH 21Mike Petri
CE 22Roland Suniula
FH 23Gearoid McDonald
Coach:
Mike Tolkin
FB 15Igor Klyuchnikov
RW 14Denis Simplikevich
OC 13Vasily Artemyev
IC 12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11Vladimir Ostroushko
FH 10Sergey Sugrobov
SH 9 Alexey Shcherban
N8 8 Victor Gresev
OF 7 Pavel Butenko
BF 6 Andrey Temnov
RL 5 Kirill Kulemin
LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c)
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze
LP 1 Gregory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
HK 16Vladislav Korshunov
PR 17Alexey Volkov
PR 18Innokenty Zykov
LK 19Vladimir Boltenkov
FL 20Andrey Garbuzov
SH 21Gleb Babkin
FH 22Ramil Gysin
CE 23Dmitry Gerasimov
Coach:
Wales Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Chris Williams (Wales)
Television match official:
Huw Lewis (Wales)

9 November 2012
20:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Canada  12–42  Samoa
Try: Moonlight 70' m
Briad 74' c
Con: Pritchard (1/2)
 Report Try: Tuifu'a 4' c
Lilomaiava 16' m, 21' c, 41' c, 66' c
Con: So'oialo (4/5)
Pen: So'oialo 14', 50', 54' (3/3)
FB 15James Pritchard
RW 14Taylor Paris
OC 13Ciaran Hearn
IC 12Phil Mackenzie  31'
LW 11Matt Evans  65'
FH 10Connor Braid
SH 9 Sean White  67'
N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole
BF 6 Tyler Ardron  65'
RL 5 Tyler Hotson
LL 4 Jon Phelan  65'
TP 3 Doug Wooldridge  50'
HK 2 Ray Barkwill  50'
LP 1 Hubert Buydens  59'
Replacements:
HK 16Ryan Hamilton  50'
PR 17Jason Marshall  50'
PR 18Andrew Tiedemann  59'
LK 19Brett Beukeboom  65'
FL 20John Moonlight  65'
SH 21Eric Wilson  67'
CE 22Nick Blevins 53' to 63'  31'
WG 23Jeff Hassler  65'
Coach:
New Zealand Kieran Crowley
FB 15James So'oialo
RW 14Paul Perez
OC 13George Pisi
IC 12Setaimata Sa  51'
LW 11Robert Lilomaiava
FH 10Tusi Pisi  67'
SH 9 Jeremy Su'a  63'
N8 8 Taiasina Tuifua  51'
OF 7 Fomai Tivaini
BF 6 Ofisa Treviranus  61'
RL 5 Filo Paulo
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 Census Johnston  58'
HK 2 Ole Avei
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo (c)  67'
Replacements:
PR 16Viliamu Afatia  67'
LK 17Joe Tekori  61'
PR 18James Johnston  58'
HK 19Ropeti Lafo  72'
FB 20Fa'atoina Autagavaia  67'
SH 21Kahn Fotuali'i  63'
CE 22Johnny Leota  51'
FL 23Alafoti Faosiliva  51'  72'
Coach:
Stephen Betham

Touch judges:
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Chris Williams (Wales)
Television match official:
Huw Lewis (Wales)

Week 2

17 November 2012
18:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
United States  13–22  Tonga
Try: Shaw 38' c
Con: Pangelinan
Pen: Pangelinan 28', 45' (2/4)
 Report Try: Helu 2' m
Lilo 59' c
Piukala 75' c
Con: Lilo (2/3)
Pen: Lilo 51' (1/3)
FB 15Zach Pangelinan
RW 14Cornelius Dirksen
OC 13Paul Emerick
IC 12Andrew Suniula
LW 11Luke Hume
FH 10Toby L'Estrange
SH 9 Robbie Shaw
N8 8 Todd Clever (c)
OF 7 John Quill
BF 6 Scott LaValla
RL 5 Louis Stanfill
LL 4 Brian Doyle
TP 3 Eric Fry
HK 2 Chris Biller
LP 1 Shawn Pittman
Replacements:
HK 16Derek Asbun
PR 17Nicholas Wallace
WG 18Zach Pangelinan
FL 19Inaki Basauri
FL 20Peter Dahl
SH 21Mike Petri
CE 22Roland Suniula
FH 23Gearoid McDonald
Coach:
Mike Tolkin
FB 15Vungakoto Lilo
RW 14Viliami Helu
OC 13Sukanaivalu Hufanga
IC 12Sione Piukala
LW 11Fetu'u Vainikolo
FH 10Fangatapu Apikotoa
SH 9 Taniela Moa
N8 8 Viliami Ma'afu
OF 7 Nili Latu (c)
BF 6 Steve Mafi
RL 5 Lua Lokotui
LL 4 Joseph Tuineau
TP 3 Halani Aulika
HK 2 Elvis Taione
LP 1 Alisona Taumalolo
Replacements:
HK 16Ilaisia Ma'asi
PR 17Kisi Pulu
PR 18Tevita Mailau
FL 19Hale T Pole
SH 20Joshua Afu
FH 21Viliame Iongi
WG 22Edmond Paea
WG 23Alipate Fatafehi
Coach:
Mana Otai

Touch judges:
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Paul Adams (Wales)

17 November 2012
20:00 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Canada  35–3  Russia
Try: Hassler 19' c, 57' c
Paris 42' c
Blevins 44' m
Con: Pritchard (3/4)
Pen: Pritchard 4', 10', 33' (3/4)
 Report Pen: Klyuchnikov 8' (1/3)
FB 15James Pritchard
RW 14Jeff Hassler
OC 13Ciaran Hearn
IC 12Nick Blevins
LW 11Taylor Paris
FH 10Harry Jones
SH 9 Eric Wilson
N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole
BF 6 Tyler Ardron
RL 5 Tyler Hotson
LL 4 Jebb Sinclair
TP 3 Jason Marshall
HK 2 Ryan Hamilton
LP 1 Andrew Tiedemann
Replacements:
PR 16Hubert Buydens
HK 17Ray Barkwill
PR 18Doug Wooldridge
LK 19Jon Phelan
CE 20Phil Mackenzie
FL 21Nanyak Dala
SH 22Phil Mack
FH 23Connor Braid
Coach:
New Zealand Kieran Crowley
FB 15Igor Klyuchnikov
RW 14Denis Simplikevich
OC 13Vasily Artemyev
IC 12Dmitry Gerasimov
LW 11Vladimir OstRUShko
FH 10Sergey Sugrobov
SH 9 Alexey Shcherban
N8 8 Victor Gresev
OF 7 Pavel Butenko
BF 6 Andrey Temnov
RL 5 Kirill Kulemin
LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c)
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze
LP 1 Gregory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
HK 16Vladislav Korshunov
PR 17Alexey Volkov
PR 18Innokenty Zykov
FL 19Andrey Garbuzov
FH 20Ramil Gysin
SH 21Gleb Babkin
FL 22Yuri Vengerov
CE 23Sergey Trishin
Coach:
Wales Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Paul Adams (Wales)

Sponsorship

The competition is funded by the International Rugby Board and supported by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Conwy County Borough Council.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IRB boss Bernard Lapasset 'delighted' IRB rugby series will be held at Eirias Park". Daily Post. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Wales to host IRB International Rugby Series". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 25 September 2012.