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SEPTEMBER 2016

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Updated Wednesday 28 September

LATEST NEWS

25.09.2016

Poland caused an upset defeating Ukraine 22-0 at home.

Comment
‘Unbelievable. I don't think anyone saw that coming. Has the work of the South Africans finally come to fruition or is this the end of the Ukrainian Golden generation? The Ukraine definitely missed Chaika at tight head prop, but the Poles played so well. Nowicki in the line out stole so many Ukrainian throw ins. Bartoszek was immense in the loose and the pack shoved the Ukraine off the ball in the scrum many times. Good for them. The Ukrainians weren't at their best though. Vertilesky at 8 wasn't match fit and was eclipsed by club mate Mirosz. The Poles knew exactly what Kramarenko would do and stopped him with incredible defence. Good for them. The challenge is now the game against Portugal in Feb before the Polish season starts, but after today's performance, who knows what's possible?’
‘Poulter’ at http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1062

18.09.2016

New Zealand clinched their fourth Rugby Championship in a row with an emphatic 41-13 win over South Africa in Christchurch. The superiority of the All Blacks was plain to see although the Springbox gave them a torrid time in the first half. This is a young South African side and, unlike the All Blacks, had few experienced players to take the place of those retiring after the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Australia sprinted to a 21-0 lead after only 14 minutes of the game against Argentina in Perth. This was a buffer against which Argentina were always going to struggle against and although they came back strongly Australia’s defence was up to the task and the Wallabies ran out winners 36-20. The win pushes Australia up into second place without any hope of overtaking the New Zealanders. The loss leaves Argentina at the bottom of the table.

The next round, on 1 October, sees Australia travel to South Africa whilst the All Blacks face up to Argentina in Buenos Aires.

Latest Data Stuff-Scroll down for details
2016 Test Rugby Fixtures/Results Updated (28.09)
Test Rugby Fixtures Ahead Updated for 1-2 October (28.09)
South American ‘B’ Championship Tournament Schedule Revised-Additions and Alterations (28.09)
GWC Rugby Rankings Updated (27.09)
Ghana Rugby Test Matches September/October Updated-Additions and Alterations (27.09)
2016-2017 Rugby Europe Championship Results and Points Table Updated-Tournaments (25.09)

For previews, reviews and results of test rugby to the end of 2015 go to http://rugby-international.blogspot.com/

TEST RUGBY RESULTS-Covering the Last Month

24.09.2016
Poland 22, Ukraine 0 in Lublin (REC Trophy)

17.09.2016
New Zealand 41, South Africa 13 in Christchurch (Rugby Championship)
Australia 36, Argentina 20 in Perth (Rugby Championship)

10.09.2016
New Zealand 57, Argentina 22 in Hamilton (Rugby Championship)
Australia 23, South Africa 17 in Brisbane (Rugby Championship; Mandela Trophy)

04.09.2016

Ghana 10, Togo 5 in Accra (Test Friendly)

03.09.2016

Czech Republic 56, Sweden 14 in Enkoping (REC Conference 1, North)

27.08.2016
New Zealand 29, Australia 9 in Wellington (Bledisloe Cup; Rugby Championship)
Argentina 26, South Africa 24 in Salta (Rugby Championship)
Kenya 34, Hong Kong 10 in Nairobi (Friendly)
Ecuador 26, Guatemala 25 in Guayaquil (South American B/C Playoff)
Lesotho 31, Malawi 11 in Blantyre (Friendly)

TEST RUGBY FIXTURES AHEAD

01.10.2016
Argentina v New Zealand in Buenos Aires (Rugby Championship)
South Africa v Australia in Pretoria (Rugby Championship)
Mexico v Guyana in Mexico City (WCQ RAN; Final)
Estonia v Hungary in Tallinn (REC Conference 2, North)

02.10.2016
Colombia v Ecuador in Lima (South America ‘B’ Championship)
Peru v Venezuela (South America ‘B’ Championship)
Ghana v Niger in Accra (Test friendly)

For all 2016 International Test Rugby Fixtures and Results see below.

IMPORTANT RUGBY STUFF

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INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY FIXTURES AND RESULTS

2017 International Rugby Fixtures and Results Created 06.09.2016

2016 International Rugby Fixtures and Results Updated 28.09.2016

Archives Updated 09.06.2016

GWC RUGBY RANKINGS

2016 GWC Rugby Rankings Updated 27.09.2016
Archives

YOUNGEST AND OLDEST TEST RUGBY PLAYERS

2015 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-Created 30.06.2016
2014 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-Updated 21.06.2016
2013 Youngest and Oldest Rugby Test Players-Updated 08.10.2015
2012 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-Updated 03.03.2013

2011 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players

2010 Youngest and Oldest Rugby Test Players

TEST RUGBY RECORDS

This is another new section added to rugbyinternational.net. Again it is a case of add as I go when I get time.

Individual Player Records Updated 10.09.2013

MATCH REPORT SHEETS AND COUNTRY LISTS UPDATED

Country Updates (06.09)

The following international test rugby nations have had their list updated. See top of page for alphabetical listing.

Austria	Guyana	Montenegro	Trinidad Tobago
Belarus	Hungary	Norway	Turkey
Bosnia Herzegovina	Iran	Paraguay	Ukraine
Brazil	Japan	Qatar	United Arab Emirates XV
Chile	Jordan	Saudi Arabia	United States
Denmark	Korea	Slovakia
Finland	Lebanon	Sweden
Gibraltar	Lithuania	Switzerland

Match Reports Updated (06.09)

The following international rugby match reports have been either created or updated and appear in the country lists at top of this page..

Compiled by Gary Carbines for rugbyinternational.net

4 October 2014 Estonia v Belarus (Updated)

8 November 2014: New Zealand v England (Updated)

15 November 2014: South Africa v England (Updated)

22 November 2014: England v Samoa (Updated)

6 February 2015: England v Wales (Updated)

14 February 2015: England v Italy (Updated)

1 March 2015: Ireland v England (Updated)

15 August 2015: England v France (Updated)

10 October 2015: England v Uruguay (Updated)

18 May 2016: Slovakia v Belarus (New)

21 May 2016: Montenegro v Belarus (New)

COUNTRY DATA

This is a new section of rugby test data on this site. This section hopes to cover each nation’s international rugby stats year-by-year.

This is a work in progress as I gradually upload the data for each nation. Click on the nation below and see where I’m up to.
If you can contribute to this data either by noticing errors or by adding to what I don’t have then contact me at rugint@bigpond.net.au
A special thanks to Stuart Farmer whose data on scrum.com for the main nations is, in most cases, my comparison.

Georgia’s test rugby data has been updated. The seasons 2012-13 to 2014-15 inclusive were added 12.02.2016

AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BENIN BERMUDA BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL CANADA CAYMAN ISLANDS CHINESE TAIPEI COLOMBIA DENMARK ENGLAND FIJI FRANCE GEORGIA GUYANA IRELAND ITALY IVORY COAST JAMAICA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN LUXEMBOURG MADAGASCAR MALI MAURITUS MEXICO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA ST VINCENT & GRENADINES SAMOA SCOTLAND SENEGAL SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SOUTH AFRICA SRI LANKA SWEDEN THAILAND TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD TOBAGO UNITED STATES VENEZUELA WALES ZAMBIA

58 nations added. Just 45 to go! Well over half way!

ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE FIXTURES LIST

GHANA RUGBY TEST MATCHES SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER (27.09)

04.09.2016
Ghana 10, Togo 5 in Accra (Friendly)

Ghana will also play Niger in Accra on 2 October in another friendly

ASIA RUGBY DIVISION 3, EAST SCHEDULE (23.09)

Venue: Bangkok

02.11.2016
Indonesia v Laos
China v Brunei

05.11.2016
Winner Ind/Laos v Winner China/Brunei (Final-1^st Place)
Loser Ind/Laos v Loser China/Brunei (Playoff 3^rd-4^th)

An explanation
‘Asia Rugby released an updated 2016 calendar and we have some changes in Asia Cup. The 3rd level pool East and pool South-East melted in a one only pool East with China, Indonesia, Brunei and Laos, to be played in Bangkok.)
Thanks to ‘Canalina’ at http://www.t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35&start=600

That means Chinese Taipei has withdrawn from Asia Rugby senior men’s competition for 2016

2016 SOUTH AMERICAN ‘B’ CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE REVISED (28.09)

Venue: Lima, Peru

02.10.2016
Colombia v Ecuador
Peru v Venezuela

05.10.2016
Winner Col/Ecu v Loser Peru/Ven
Winner Peru/Ven v Loser Col/Ecu

08.10.2016
Finals day. 3^rd Place final and First place final

Competition explanation
‘they only establish a day one fixture in order to try and ensure that the title is not decided until the final day of competition. If it all works out, the two undefeated teams should meet in Round 3. However, if one of the day one losers wins in Round 2, it can complicate things. Regardless, no match up is repeated in the tournament. At least, this has never occurred in the past.’

Thanks to ‘Antlat’ at http://www.t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1061

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS FOR THE 2016 NOVEMBER TEST RUGBY WINDOW (20.09)

In addition to the Cup of Nations and Korean tour of Chile outlined below we have..

5 Nov: Japan v Argentina in Tokyo (Date changed and venue confirmed)
5 Nov: Portugal ‘A’ v Belgium in Portugal (New-non test)
11 Nov: Barbarians (UK) RFC v Fiji in Belfast (New-non test)
12 Nov: Spain v Tonga in Madrid (New)
12 Nov: Germany v Uruguay in Frankfurt (Was v Brazil)
19 Nov: Spain v Uruguay in Malaga (Venue updated)
19 Nov: Tonga v United States in San Sebastian (New)
26 Nov: Scotland v Georgia in Kilmarnock (venue confirmed)
26 Nov: Fiji v Japan in Vannes (Venue confirmed)
26 Nov: Canada v Samoa in Grenoble (New)
3 Dec: Portugal v Brazil in Portugal

CUP OF NATIONS (20.09)

Again to be held in Hong Kong. This year Papua New Guinea being added to the mix. PNG will use this tournament in preparation for their 2017 campaign to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. World Rugby ranking points: Russia 61.91, Hong Kong 57.84, Zimbabwe 49.99, PNG 39.27

11.11.2016
Russia v Zimbabwe
Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea

15.11.2016
Russia v Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong v Zimbabwe

19.11.2016
Zimbabwe v Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong v Russia

KOREA TO TOUR CHILE (20.09)

Korea will play two tests in Chile in November. The first test is on the 12^th in Vina del Mar and the second on the 19^th in Santiago. This will be the first test between these two nations.
In World Rugby ranking points these two nations are very close together; Chile 55.73, Korea 54.85.
http://www.rugbiers.cl/chile-tiene-rival-para-ventana-de-noviembre/

SIX NATIONS TEST RUGBY FIXTURES 2017 (06.09)

04.02.2017
Scotland v Ireland at Murrayfield
England v France at Twickenham

05.02.2017
Italy v Wales in Rome

11.02.2017
Italy v Ireland in Rome
Wales v England in Cardiff

12.02.2017
France v Scotland in Paris

25.02.2017
Scotland v Wales at Murrayfield
Ireland v France in Dublin

26.02.2017
England v Italy at Twickenham

10.03.2017
Wales v Ireland in Cardiff

11.03.2017
Italy v France in Rome
England v Scotland at Twickenham

18.03.2017
Scotland v Italy at Murrayfield
France v Wales in Paris
Ireland v England in Dublin

RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016-2017 (06.09)
The schedule for this competition can be viewed here or in the Tournaments Lists below

TOURNAMENTS
(In the Process of being revised and reorganised)

International
Churchill Cup
Cup of Nations
Rugby Championship Updated 18.09.2016
Rugby World Cup
Tri Nations World Rugby/IRB Nations Cup

Africa
Africa Cup Updated 08.08.2016
CAR Championships
Victoria Cup
Elgon Cup

Americas
Americas Rugby Championship Updated 04.06.2016
Caribbean Championship
South American Championship/Cup Updated 28.08.2016

Asia
Asia Rugby Championship Updated 05.06.2016
Asia Games
Asia Nations

Europe
6 Nations
Rugby Europe Championship (ENC) Updated 25.09.2016

Oceania
Oceania Cup
Pacific Nations Cup

ARCHIVES

August 2016