2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy

The 2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy is the seventh 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 Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland and Sweden.

2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy
Countries Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Poland
 Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Attendance4,600 (511 per match)
Tries scored68 (7.56 per match)
2023–24 (Previous) (Next) 2025–26

Participants

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Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  Croatia Stadion Lučko 1,500 Zagreb   Anthony Posa Nik Jurišić
  Czech Republic Markéta Stadium 10,000 Prague   Miroslav Němeček Dan Hošek
  Lithuania Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium 4,000 Šiauliai   Gediminas Marcišauskas Tautvydas Krasauskas
  Luxembourg Stade de Luxembourg 9,471 Luxembourg   Alexandre Benedetti Christian Olsen
  Poland Narodowy Stadion Rugby 2,425 Gdynia   Christian Hitt Piotr Zeszutek
  Sweden Trelleborg Rugby Arena 2,000 Trelleborg   Alex Laybourne Axel Kalling-Smith

Table

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Champions
Relegated to Conference
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 110 66 +44 14 10 +4 1 0 13
2   Poland 2 2 0 0 62 28 +34 7 3 +4 1 0 9
3   Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 80 70 +10 9 8 +1 0 2 6
4   Croatia 4 1 1 2 120 145 -25 18 18 0 0 0 6
5   Lithuania 4 1 0 3 102 138 -36 13 18 -5 1 0 5
6   Luxembourg 2 0 1 1 51 78 -27 6 10 -4 0 0 2
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
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Fixtures

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26 October 2024
14:00 EEST (UTC+2)
(1 TBP) Lithuania  47–20  Luxembourg
Repjrt
Siauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland)
26 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Sweden  22–16  Czech Republic (1 LBP)
Report
Trelleborg Rugby Arena, Trelleborg
Attendance: 600
Referee: Andrei Gheorghe (Romania)

2 November 2024
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
Lithuania  19–46  Sweden (1 TBP)
Report
Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Attendance: 300
Referee: Francisco Serra (Portugal)

9 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Czech Republic  49–26  Croatia
Report
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adele Robert (Belgium)

16 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Croatia  31–42  Sweden
Report
Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Attendance: 300
Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)
16 November 2024
16:00 CET (UTC +1)
(1 TBP) Poland  40–13  Lithuania
Report
Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edwin Van Der Spek (Netherlands)

23 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Croatia  32–23  Lithuania
Report
Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Attendance: 200
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
23 November 2024
20:15 CET (UTC +1)
(1 LBP) Czech Republic  15–22  Poland
Report
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 200
Referee: Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)

30 November 2024
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Luxembourg  31–31  Croatia
Report
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Phila Bitterhout (Netherlands)

22 February 2025
TBA
Poland  v  Croatia
TBA
Referee: TBA

8 March 2025
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Czech Republic  v  Luxembourg
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Referee: TBA

29 March 2025
TBA
Lithuania  v  Czech Republic
TBA
Referee: TBA
29 March 2025
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Luxembourg  v  Sweden
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

5 April 2025
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)
Luxembourg  v  Poland
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

12 April 2025
TBA
Sweden  v  Poland
TBA
Referee: TBA

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024-25 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  2. ^ "September 2024 Edition (2024-2025 season v1) RUGBY EUROPE INTERNATIONAL XV CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN & WOMEN 2024-2025 TOURNAMENT MANUAL" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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