2011 Cup of Nations (rugby union)

The 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations was held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai as a season ending tournament for tier 3 teams from different continents.[2] The four competing teams were hosts UAE, Asian 5 Nations rivals Hong Kong, 2011 Africa Cup champions Kenya and South American Rugby Championship A Division team Brazil.

Not to be confused with 2011 IRB Nations Cup.
2011 Cup of Nations
Venue                 The Sevens, Dubai             
Countries United Arab Emirates

 Kenya
 Brazil

 Hong Kong
Date10–16 December 2011
Champions Hong Kong[1] (1st title)
Runners-up Kenya
Matches played6

The tournament was Brazil's first 15-a-side games outside of South America.[3]

Hong Kong won the tournament, winning all three games with a bonus point (scoring 4 or more tries in a game). Kenya finished runners-up, courtesy of a last minute win over Brazil in their opening game.

Format

The tournament is being played as a single round-robin, with the winner being the leading team after the third round of fixtures. The points for the tournament were awarded for: Win = 4 points Draw = 2 points Loss = 1 point Scoring 4 or more tries in one game = 1 bonus point Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point.

Fixtures and results
Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Hong Kong330015334119315
2 Kenya3201998118210
3 Brazil310294672737
4 United Arab Emirates300329193-16400
10 December 2011
13:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Brazil 25-27  Kenya
Try: (4 tries scored)
 Try: (5 tries scored)[4]
10 December 2011
15:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 14-72  Hong Kong
Try: (2 tries scored)
Con: (2 conversions scored)
 Try: Tom McQueen (2), Keith Robertson, Alex McQueen, Ed Haynes, Terence Montgomery, Rowan Varty, Cado Lee, Lee Jones, Tim Alexander, Alex Ng
Con: Alex McQueen (7)
Pen: Alex McQueen
13 December 2011
18:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Hong Kong 44-17  Kenya
Try: Mark Goosen, Rowan Varty, Charles French (2), Adam Raby, Paul Tauti
Con: Alex McQueen (4)
Pen: Alex McQueen (2)
 Try: Dennis Mwanja, Ronnie Mwenesi, (one further try - scorer unknown)
Con: (1 conversion scored)
13 December 2011
20:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 3-66  Brazil
Pen: (1 Penalty)
 Try: Martín Schaefer, Juli, Nativo, Nick, Diegão, Croffi, Gregg (2), Pedrinho, Du
Con: Gregg (5)
Pen: Gregg
Drop: Tanque
16 December 2011
15:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 12-55  Kenya
Try: (2 tries scored)
Con: (1 conversion scored)
 Try: Vincent Mose (2), Vincent Ong'era, Brian Okwomi, Anthony Nyandigisi, Allan Omuka, Kevin Omiyo, David Ambunya
Con: Vincent Mose (7)
Pen: Vincent Mose
16 December 2011
17:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Hong Kong 37-3  Brazil
Try: Alex McQueen (3), Keith Robertson, Ally Maclay, Rowan Varty, Lee Jones[5]
Con: Edward Haynes
 Pen: Daniel Gregg[6]

See also

References
  1. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/Kenya+second+in+Dubai/-/1106/1290456/-/whf9oa/-/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2011-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2011-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2011-12-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-12-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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