2022–23 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date22 October 2022 - 1 April 2023
Countries Croatia
 Lithuania
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Matches played10
Attendance7,700 (770 per match)
Tries scored80 (8 per match)
2021–22 (Previous) (Next) 2023–24

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.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Croatia Stari plac
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
5,000
5,000
Split
Zagreb
New Zealand Anthony Posa Nik Jurišić
 Lithuania Regbio stadionas (Šiauliai Rugby Academy) 4,000 Šiauliai Lithuania Gediminas Marcišauskas Tautvydas Krasauskas
 Sweden Malmö Stadion
Olympiastadion
26,500
14,417
Malmö
Stockholm
England 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
France Olivier Nier Cyril Lin
 Ukraine Stari plac* 5,000 Split* Ukraine Valerii Kochanov Oleg Kosariev
Viacheslav Ponomarenko

* Owing to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Ukraine's home matches were played in Croatia

Table

Champions
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Switzerland440020572+133298+2130120
2 Ukraine4202117135-181520-51009
3 Sweden420282139-571119-81009
4 Lithuania410397122-251315-21207
5 Croatia4103100133-331218-40105
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

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
Regbio stadionas, 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
15:20 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
Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: 600
Referee: Ignacio Munoz-Martin (Spain)

1 April 2023
14:00 EEST (UTC +3)
(1 LBP) Lithuania 15–18 Sweden
Report
Regbio stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Lukasz Jasinski (Poland)

Notes:

  • Fixture reversed due to the Swedish RFU having no stadium available

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)

See also

References

  1. "2022-23 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  2. "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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