NATIONS CUP

17.06.2015
Argentina XV v Spain in Bucharest (Nations Cup)
Namibia v Romania in Bucharest (Nations Cup)

Day One Results
Argentina XV 30, Namibia 10 in Bucharest (Nations Cup)
Romania 35, Spain 9 in Bucharest (Nations Cup)

Preview
Argentina XV should account for Spain in the first game. Spain has not provided a strong squad at this tournament (neither did they last year). Romania defeated them with ease on day 1.

The Namibia-Romania should be a more even contest. Romania won on day one against Spain but Namibia lost against the Argentina team 10-30.

Predictions:
Argentina by 30 v Spain: Score 46-16
Namibia to just edge the host by 3 points. Score 19-16

TEAMS

Argentina XV
1.- Santiago García Botta, 2.- Tomás Baravalle, 3.- Lucas Martínez; 4.- Manuel Plaza, 5.- Gerónimo Albertario; 6.- Lucas Maguire, 7.- Miguel Urtubey, 8.- Aníbal Panceyra Garrido; 9.- Lucas Alcácer (cap), 10.- Cristian Nacassian; 11.- Bautista Álvarez, 12.- Brian Ormson, 13.- Juan Ignacio Brex, 14.- Franco Cuaranta; 15.- Tomás Carrió.

Suplentes: 16.- Roberto Tejerizo, 17.- Facundo Bosch, 18.- Nicolás Mirande, 19.- Franco Baldoni, 20.- Martín Chiappesoni, 21.- Gonzalo Bertranou, 22.- Juan Cappiello, 23.- Augusto López.

Entrenadores: Felipe Contepomi y Ricardo Le Fort

http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4044

Spain
1. Fernando López 2. Juan Anaya 3. Fco Javier Sanz 4. Tomás Urbaitis 5. Anibal Bonán 6. David Barrera 7. José Luis Del Valle 8. Jaime Nava (c) 9. Gregory Maiquez 10. Marcos Puig 11. Ignacio Contardi 12. Thibaut Álvarez 13. Bradley Linklater 14. Antoine Sánchez 15. Sergi Aubanell

Suplentes: 16. Fco Blanco 17. Johnathan Phipps 18. Joe Hutchinson 19. Manuel Mora 20. Javier de Juan 21. Facundo Munilla 22. Pierre García 23. Gauthier Minguillón

http://www.ferugby.es/noticias2.php?titulo=Nations Cup: Leones contra Jaguares

Romania Squad

Mihai Adăscăliţei (Dinamo Bucureşti)
Marius Antonescu (Tarbes, France)
Adrian Apostol (Ştiinţa Baia Mare)
Ionuţ Botezatu (Ştiinţa Baia Mare)
Stelian Burcea (RCM Timişoara)
Valentin Calafeteanu (RCM Timişoara)
Alin Coste (Carcassonne, France)
Robert Dascălu (Steaua Bucureşti)
Dănuţ Dumbravă (Steaua Bucureşti)
Ionuţ Dumitru (Steaua Bucureşti)
Cătălin Fercu (London Saracens, England)
Csaba Gal (Universitatea Cluj)
Stephen Hihetah
Paulică Ion (Perpignan, France)
Florin Ioniţă (Steaua Bucureşti)
Mihăiţă Lazăr (Castres, France)
Viorel Lucaci (Steaua Bucureşti)
Mihai Macovei (Massy, France)
Randall Morrison (Timişoara Saracens)
Vlad Nistor (Castres, France)
Valentin Popîrlan (RCM Timişoara)
Alexandru Porojan (Steaua Bucureşti)
Horaţiu Pungea (Lyon, France)
Andrei Rădoi (Ealing Traifinders, England))
Jody Rose (Timişoara Saracens)
Sabin Strătilă (Steaua Bucureşti)
Florin Surugiu (CSM Bucureşti)
Alexandru Ţăruş (RCM Timişoara)
Otar Turaşvili (CSM Olimpia Bucureşti)
Andrei Ursache (Carcassonne, France)
Valentin Ursache (Oyonnax, France)
Florin Vlaicu (CSM Olimpia Bucureşti)
Michael Wiringi (Ştiinţa Baia Mare)

Coach: Lynn Howells

Adapted from http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=523

Namibia

1-Johnny Redelinghuys, 2-Callie Swanepoel, 3-Casper Viviers, 4-Janco Venter, 5-Nico Esterhuizen,
6-Thomasau Forbes,7- Leneve Damens, 8-PJ van Lill (captain), 9-Eugene Jantjies, 10-Shawn Kaizemi, 11-Conrad Marais, 12-JC Greyling, 13-Danie van Wyk, 14-David Philander,15- Johan Tromp.
The substitutes
16-DG Wiese,17- Jaco Engels,18- AJ de Klerk, 19-Tjiuee Uanivi, 20-Victor Rodrigues, 21-Eniell Buitendag, 22-Theuns Kotze, 23-Heinrich Smit. –

http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=27985&page_type=story_detail