Preview: Nations Cup, final round
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19
The final round of the Nations Cup will be played at Stadionul Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest on Friday. The match between Romania and Emerging South Africa, both unbeaten, will decide the winner of the tournament.
Russia and Uruguay have lost two of their three matches while Italy A and Georgia have both lost only to Emerging South Africa.
Russia vs Uruguay, kick-off 16.00 local time
Teams:
Russia: 15 Valery Ignatev, 14 Dmiry Zubarev, 13 Mikhail Babaev, 12 Sergey Belousov, 11 Oleg Kobzev, 10 Sergey Kuzmenko, 9 Victor Motorin, 8 Andrey Sorokin, 7 Artem Fatakhov, 6 Kirill Kushnarev, 5 Andrey Lugin, 4 Victor Kobzev, 3 Alexey Travkin, 2 Vladimir Marchenko (captain), 1 Alexander Khrokin
Replacements: 16 Alexey Volkov, 17 Vladimir Botvinnikov, 18 Alexey Chernyshev, 19 Sergey Bazhenov, 20 Alexey Andreev, 21 Sergey Shishkov, 22 Sergey Trishin
Uruguay: 15 Matias
Arocena, 14 Pablo Bueno, 13 Joaquin Pastore, 12 Santiago Rodino, 11 Agustin Perez Del Castillo, 10 Emiliano Caffera, 9 Juan Campomar (captain), 8 Ignacio Conti, 7 Juan Pablo Horta, 6 Santiago Carracedo, 5 Mario Sagario, 4 Martin Espiga, 3 Pablo Lemoine, 2 Carlos Arboleya, 1 Rodrigo Sanchez
Replacements: 16 Nicholas Klapenbach, 17 Sebastian Levaggi, 18 Juan Rombys, 19 Diego Magno, 20 Nicolas Morales, 21 Juan Martin Llovet, 22 Ivo Dugonjic
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Touch judges: Horatiu Bargaunas (Romania), Michale Chachua (Georgia)
Italy A vs Georgia, kick-off 16.00 local time
Teams:
Italy A: 15 Paolo Buso, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Alberto Sgarbi, 12 Alessio Galante, 11 Andrea Sartoretto, 10 Davide Duca, 9 Giulio Toniolatti, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Nicola Cattina, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Valerio Bernabò, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Matteo Pietrosanti, 2 Luigi Ferraro
(captain), 1 Alberto De Marchi
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 18 Agustin Cavalieri, 19 Silvio Orlando, 20 Pietro Travagli, 21 Diego Varani, 22 Andrea Barbieri
Georgia: 15 Otar Barkalaia, 14 Giorgi Shkinin, 13 Alexander Todua, 12 Lasha Khmaladze, 11 Irakli Chkhikvadze, 10 Lasha Malaguradze, 9 Bidzina Samkharadze, 8 Besarion Udesiani (captain), 7 Irakli Gundishvili, 6 Simon Maisuradze, 5 Kakhaber Uchava, 4 Giorgi Nemsadze, 3 Giorgi Khositashvili, 2 Iuri Natriashvilii, 1 David Gasviani
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Shota Melikidze, 18 Karlen Aseishvili, 19 Viktor Kolelishvili, 20 Giorgi Rokhvadze, 21 Beka Tsiklauri, 22 Irakli Kiasashvili
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)
Touch judges: Horatiu Bargaunas (Romania), Gustavo Gerbasi (Uruguay)
Emerging South Africa vs Romania, kick-off 20.00 local time
Emerging South
Africa: 15 Bjorn Basson, 14 Howard Noble, 13 Justin St Jerry, 12 Morgan Newman (captain), 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Jodie Rose, 9 Warren Malgas, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Devon Raubenheimer, 6 Francois Prinsloo, 5 Nico du Plessis, 4 Cobus Grobler, 3 Philip Lemmer, 2 Jody Jennecker, 1 Sangoni Moxi
Replacements: 16 Greg van Jaarsveldt, 17 Janro van Niekerk, 18 Berend Botha, 19 Zolani Mofu, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Isma-eel Dollie, 22 Richard Lawson
Romania: 15 Adrian Barbuliceanu, 14 Catalin Fercu, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Ionut Dimofte, 11 Stefan Ciuntu, 10 Danut Dumbrava, 9 Florin Surugiu, 8 Costica Mersoiu (captain), 7 Mihai Macovei, 6 Stelian Burcea, 5 Valentin Poparlan, 4 Florin Corodeanu, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 Florin Tasca, 1 Radu Basalau
Replacements: 16 Bogdan Zebega, 17 Mihaita Lazar, 18 Alexandru Grigore, 19 Daniel Carpo, 20 Valentin Ivan, 21 Romeo Gontineac, 22 Florin Vlaicu
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Touch
judges: Gustavo Gerbasi (Uruguay), Vladimir Volnik ( Russia)
