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, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.
| 2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 22 October 2022 - 1 April 2023 | ||
| Countries |  Croatia Lithuania Sweden Switzerland Ukraine | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Switzerland (1st title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Attendance | 7,700 (770 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 80 (8 per match) | ||
| |||
Participants
edit| Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
| Croatia
|
Stari plac Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić |
5,000 5,000 |
Split Zagreb |
 Anthony Posa
|
Nik Jurišić |
| Lithuania
|
Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium | 4,000 | Šiauliai | Gediminas Marcišauskas
|
Tautvydas Krasauskas |
| Sweden
|
Malmö Stadion Olympiastadion |
26,500 14,417 |
Malmö Stockholm |
 Alex Laybourne
|
Sami Paulsson |
| 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 |
| Ukraine
|
Stari plac* | 5,000 | Split* | Valerii Kochanov
|
Oleh Kosariev Viacheslav Ponomarenko |
* Owing to the ongoing Russian invasion, Ukraine's home matches were played in Croatia
Table
edit| Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | 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 | 19 |
| 2 | Ukraine |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 135 | -18 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 139 | -57 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Lithuania |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 122 | -25 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Croatia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 133 | -33 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 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
edit| 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: 1,500 Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova) |
| 5 November 2022 14:00 EET (UTC+2) |
| (1 TBP) Lithuania | 39–20 | Ukraine |
| Report |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, 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 CET (UTC +1) |
| Ukraine | 32–59 | Switzerland (1 TBP) |
| Report |
| Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referee: Anthony Lac (Monaco) |
| 18 March 2023 15:30 CET (UTC +1) |
| (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 |
| Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai Attendance: 600 Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain) |
| 1 April 2023 14:00 EEST (UTC +3) |
| (1 LBP) Lithuania | 15–18[a] | Sweden |
| Report |
| Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai Attendance: n/a Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland) |
| 1 April 2023 16:00 CEST (UTC +2) |
| Croatia | 22–32 | Switzerland |
| Report |
| Gradski sportski centar, Makarska Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Killian O'Brien (Germany) |
- ^ Fixture reversed due to the Swedish RFU having no stadium available
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
edit- Rugby Europe - Official Site