2008 IRB Nations Cup

2008 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries South Africa A
 Georgia
 Italy A
 Romania
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Modified Round-robin
Date11 – 20 June 2008
Tournament statistics
Teams6
Matches played9
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Tries scored25 (2.78 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Matias Arocena (Uruguay)
(34 points)
Top try scorer(s)Florin Corodeanu (Romania)
Dato Gasviani (Georgia)
Howard Noble (Emerging Springboks)
(2 tries)
Final
Champions South Africa A (2nd title)
Runners-up Georgia
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The 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Georgia, Russia and Uruguay).[1]

For the second consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Emerging Springboks were the overall winners for their second consecutive year.

The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.