2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy

2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date	28 October 2017 – 14 April 2018
Countries	Czech Republic Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Champions	Portugal (2nd title)
Grand Slam	Portugal (2)
Matches played	15
Attendance	20,850 (1,390 per match)
Tries scored	98 (6.53 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Liam McBride (57)
Top try scorer(s)	Sep Visser (8)
Official website	2018 Rugby Europe International Championships
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The 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the second Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.

This year's competition sees Czech Republic joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 promotion play-off against Malta. This year sees no relegated team from the Rugby Championship, after last year's winner Portugal lost the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off against Belgium.

Table

Champions and advances to Promotion/relegation play-off

Relegated

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff
1	Portugal	5	5	0	0	168	76	+92	2	0	1	23
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	199	110	+89	3	0	0	19
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	93	120	−27	1	0	0	13
4	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	109	122	−13	1	2	0	11
5	Poland	5	1	0	4	106	147	−41	0	3	0	7
6	Moldova	5	0	0	5	58	158	−100	0	1	0	1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points Draw – 2 points Loss – 0 points Match bonus points: Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point (or) Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point source: rugbyeurope.eu

Fixtures

28 October 2017 14:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Czech Republic	19–14	Poland (1 LBP)
	Gamesheet

Marketa stadium, Prague Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

11 November 2017 13:00 EET (UTC+02)

Moldova	7–59	Netherlands (1 TBP)
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Complexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei Attendance: 400 Referee: Claudio Blessano

18 November 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 LBP) Switzerland	27–30	Netherlands
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Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti

18 November 2017 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 TBP) Portugal	45–12	Czech Republic
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Complexo Desportivo do Estádio Nacional, Oeiras Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Christophe Ridley

18 November 2017 17:30 CET (UTC+01)

Poland	13–0	Moldova
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Mosir Stadium, Gdańsk Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Paulo Duarte

25 November 2017 13:00 EET (UTC+02)

(1 LBP) Moldova	20–22	Switzerland (1 TBP)
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Complexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei Attendance: 300 Referee: Nigel Correll

10 February 2018 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 TBP) Portugal	36–12	Netherlands
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Complexo Desportivo do Estádio Nacional, Oeiras Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sébastien Minery

24 February 2018 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	31–17	Switzerland
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Complexo Municipal de Atletismo, Setúbal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

3 March 2018 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Netherlands	71–30	Poland
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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ludovic Cayre

10 March 2018 15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Moldova	10–29	Portugal
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Complexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei Referee: Shota Tevzadze

10 March 2018 14:00 CET (UTC+01)

Czech Republic	17–13	Switzerland (1 LBP)
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Marketa stadium, Prague Attendance: 800 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu

17 March 2018 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Switzerland	30–24	Poland (1 LBP)
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Stade des Cherpines, Plan-les-Ouates Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrea Piardi

17 March 2018 15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Netherlands	27–10	Czech Republic
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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Maxime Burlet

24 March 2018 18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Poland	25–27	Portugal
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Stadion Widzewa, Łódź Attendance: 600 Referee: Dan Jones

21 April 2018 14:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Czech Republic	35–21	Moldova
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Marketa stadium, Prague Attendance: 600 Referee: Finlay Brown

Relegation/Promotion play-off

10 November 2018 16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	36–6	Portugal
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TBC Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ian Tempest

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Liam McBride	Netherlands	57
2	Louis Rodrigues	Portugal	55
3	Sep Visser	Netherlands	40

Top try scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Sep Visser	Netherlands	8
2	Josh Gascoigne	Netherlands	5
3	Siem Noorman	Netherlands	4

See also

• Rugby Europe International Championships
• 2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships
• Six Nations Championship
• Antim Cup

External links

• Rugby Europe official website