2015 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification

For the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, there were three inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final qualification spot to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The process ended with the 20th and final team to qualify for the World Cup. Four teams, the best non-qualifier from each region except Oceania, competed for the last place at the Rugby World Cup finals in England.^[1] Uruguay won the final play, thus becoming the 20th qualifier for the World Cup and joined hosts England, Australia, Wales and Fiji in Pool A.

Format

The play-off was contested on a knockout basis, with one-game semi-finals and a two-legged home and away final. One semi-final featured the third place team from European qualification and the second place team from African qualification. The other saw the third placed team from the Americas qualification and the second place team from the Asia qualification.

The host of each semi-final was the team with the higher IRB Ranking at the moment it became known who the two teams were.

Teams

Confederation	Placement	Team
Africa	Round Three runner-up	Zimbabwe (27)
Americas	Round Three third	Uruguay (19)
Asia	Round Three runner-up	Hong Kong (23)
Europe	Round Six winner	Russia (20)

Matches

Preliminary round

The first match was contested between Russia and Zimbabwe, and the second match between Uruguay and Hong Kong. Upon completion of African qualifying on July 6, Russia outranked Zimbabwe 20th to 27th and thus earned the right to host. Likewise, upon completion of Asian qualifying on May 25, Uruguay outranked Hong Kong 20th to 23rd to earn the right to host.

2 August 2014
19:00 KRAT (UTC+08)

Russia	23–15	Zimbabwe
Try: Klyuchnikov 7' m Simplikevich 24' m Gresev 51' c Con: Kushnarev (1/3) 52' Pen: Kushnarev (2/3) 2', 73'	Stats^[2]	Try: Groenewald 27' c Chitokwindo 78' m Con: Cronjé (1/2) 28' Pen: Cronjé (1/3) 48'

Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk
Attendance: 6,500^[3]
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Team details


FB	15	Igor Klyuchnikov
RW	14	Mikhail Babaev
OC	13	Vasily Artemyev
IC	12	Alexei Makovetskiy
LW	11	Denis Simplikevich		76'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Alexander Yanyushkin		44' to 50'
N8	8	Viktor Gresev		59'	65'
OF	7	Andrei Temnov
BF	6	Andrei Garbuzov		76'
RL	5	Andrei Ostrikov		44'
LL	4	Alexander Voytov (c)
TP	3	Andrei Igretsov	55'		65'
HK	2	Valery Tsnobiladze		76'
LP	1	Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Stanislav Selskiy		76'
PR	17	Innokenty Zykov		59'
LK	18	Artem Fatakhov		44'
FL	19	Pavel Butenko		76'
CE	20	Igor Galinovskiy		76'
SH	21	Alexey Shcherban		44'	50'
FH	22	Ramil Gaisin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André


FB	15	Danny Robertson
RW	14	Tafadzwa Chitokwindo
OC	13	Riann O'Neill
IC	12	Daniel Hondo (c)
LW	11	Shayne Makombe
FH	10	Guy Cronje	50' to 64'
SH	9	Hilton Mudariki	65'
N8	8	Lambert Groenewald
OF	7	Jacques Leitao
BF	6	Graeme Lawler	59'
RL	5	Sanele Sibanda	74'
LL	4	Jan Ferreira	40'
TP	3	Kevin Nqindi	65'
HK	2	Keith Murray	65'
LP	1	Pieter Joubert
Replacements:
HK	16	Matthew Mandioma	65'
PR	17	Lawrence Cleminson	65'
FL	18	Takunda Chifokoyo	59'
FL	19	Fortunate Chipendu	40'
N8	20	Kingsley Lang	74'
SH	21	Peter du Toit	65'
FH	22	Lenience Tambwera	50'	64'
Coach:
Brendon Dawson

Touch judges:
Sean Brickell (Wales)
Wayne Davies (Wales)

2 August 2014
15:45 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	28–3	Hong Kong
Try: Berchesi 69' m Magno 80' m Pen: Ormaechea (5/8) 3', 28', 57', 67', 74' Berchesi (1/1) 43'	Stats^[4]	Pen: McAdam (1/1) 13'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Team details


FB	15	Gastón Mieres
RW	14	Santiago Gibernau	69'
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11	Jerónimo Etcheverry
FH	10	Felipe Berchesi
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto	77'
OF	7	Diego Magno
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara	67'
RL	5	Mathias Palomeque	55'
LL	4	Franco Lamanna	76'
TP	3	Oscar Durán	61'
HK	2	Nicolás Klappenbach (c)	61'
LP	1	Alejo Corral	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Arturo Avalo	61'
PR	17	Carlos Arboleya	61'
PR	18	Rodolfo De Mula	73'
FL	19	Santiago Vilaseca	55'
LK	20	Cristofer Soares De Lima	76'
FL	21	Juan de Freitas	67'
SH	22	Guillermo Lijtenstein	69'
FH	23	Alejo Durán	58'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Alex McQueen
RW	14	Salom Yiu Kam Shing		47'
OC	13	Lloyd Jones
IC	12	Jake Phelps
LW	11	Rowan Varty
FH	10	Chris McAdam		76'
SH	9	Jaime Hood		76'
N8	8	Pale Tauti		61'
OF	7	Matt Lamming
BF	6	Nick Hewson (c)	66'
RL	5	Jack Delaforce
LL	4	Paul Dywer		67'
TP	3	James Cooper		79'
HK	2	Alex Harris		61'
LP	1	Leon Wei Hon Sum	51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tom Bolland		61'
PR	17	Jack Bennett
PR	18	Phil Leung Chun Hon		79'
FL	19	Bill Brant		67'
FL	20	Alex Baddeley		61'
CE	21	Niall Rowark		76'
SH	22	Charles Cheung Ho Ning		76'
WG	23	Tom McQueen		47'
Coach:
Andrew Hall

Touch judges:
UAR Appt (Argentina)
UAR Appt (Argentina)
Television match official:

Qualification round

The final stage of the Repechage qualification, and Rugby World Cup qualification, was a two-legged series between Russia and Uruguay. As Uruguay were the higher ranked team upon completion of the preliminary round, they traveled to Russia for the first leg and host the second. Uruguay won the series with an aggregate score of 57–49.

First leg

27 September 2014
16:00 KRAT (UTC+08)

Russia	22–21	Uruguay
Try: G. Tsnobiladze 39' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 40' Pen: Kushnarev (5/5) 2', 20', 33', 53', 66'	Stats^[5]	Pen: Berchesi (7/9) 4', 18', 26', 37', 56', 60', 63'

Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Team details


FB	15	Vasily Artemyev
RW	14	Mikhail Babaev	61'
OC	13	Dimitry Gerasimov		75'
IC	12	Alexei Makovetskiy
LW	11	Vladimir Ostroushko
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Alexander Yanyushkin		68'
N8	8	Viktor Gresev
OF	7	Andrei Garbuzov
BF	6	Andrei Temnov		77'
RL	5	Kirill Kulemin
LL	4	Alexander Voytov (c)		50'
TP	3	Evgeni Pronenko		50'
HK	2	Valery Tsnobiladze		72'
LP	1	Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Vladislav Korshunov		72'
PR	17	Andrei Igretsov	63'	50'
FL	18	Andrei Ostrikov		50'
FL	19	Pavel Butenko		77'
WG	20	Denis Simplikevich		75'
SH	21	Ruslan Yagudin		68'
FB	22	Ramil Gaisin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André


FB	15	Gastón Mieres
RW	14	Santiago Gibernau
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11	Jerónimo Etcheverry	75'
FH	10	Felipe Berchesi
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7	Diego Magno	75'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara
RL	5	Rodrigo Capó Ortega
LL	4	Santiago Vilaseca	62'
TP	3	Oscar Durán	53'
HK	2	Nicolás Klappenbach (c)	77'
LP	1	Alejo Corral
Replacements:
HK	16	Arturo Ávalo	77'
PR	17	Carlos Arboleya	53'
LK	18	Franco Lamanna	78'
LK	19	Mathias Palomeque	62'
FL	20	Juan de Freitas	75'
WG	21	Leandro Leivas
SH	22	Alejo Durán
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Olly Hodges (Ireland)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Second leg

11 October 2014
15:45 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	36–27	Russia
Try: Prada 45' c Corral 54' c Ormaechea 63' c Con: Berchesi (3/3) 46', 55', 64' Pen: Berchesi (5/6) 14', 19', 32', 34', 77'	Stats^[6]	Try: Yanyushkin 38' m Artemyev 72' c Con: Kushnarev (1/2) 73' Pen: Kushnarev (5/6) 10', 21', 24', 36', 45'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Team details


FB	15	Gastón Mieres
RW	14	Santiago Gibernau		48'
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11	Jerónimo Etcheverry		71'
FH	10	Felipe Berchesi
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto		64'
OF	7	Diego Magno
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara		73'
RL	5	Rodrigo Capó Ortega
LL	4	Santiago Vilaseca		45'
TP	3	Oscar Durán		45'
HK	2	Nicolás Klappenbach (c)		60'
LP	1	Alejo Corral
Replacements:
HK	16	Arturo Ávalo		60'
PR	17	Carlos Arboleya	68'	45'
LK	18	Franco Lamanna		64'
LK	19	Mathias Palomeque		45'
FL	20	Juan de Freitas		73'
WG	21	Leandro Leivas		48'
SH	22	Alejo Durán		71'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Vasily Artemyev
RW	14	Denis Simplikevich	66'
OC	13	Mikhail Babaev
IC	12	Dimitry Gerasimov
LW	11	Vladimir Ostroushko
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Alexander Yanyushkin		76'
N8	8	Viktor Gresev
OF	7	Andrei Ostrikov
BF	6	Andrei Temnov		70'
RL	5	Kirill Kulemin
LL	4	Alexander Voytov (c)		55'
TP	3	Andrei Igretsov	31'	47'
HK	2	Valery Tsnobiladze		57'
LP	1	Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Vladislav Korshunov		57'
PR	17	Evgeni Pronenko		47'
FL	18	Andrei Garbuzov		55'
FL	19	Pavel Butenko		70'
WG	20	Igor Klyuchnikov
SH	21	Alexey Shcherban		76'
FB	22	Ramil Gaisin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André

Man of the Match:
Agustín Ormaechea (Uruguay)

Touch judges:
Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)
Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
Television match official:
Santiago Borsani (Argentina)

References

^ "Repechage Playoff Chart". RWC 2015. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
^ "Музыка сумбура". redyarsk.ru. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-27.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18.

External links

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