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2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy

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2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy
Countries Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Poland
 Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Attendance3,200 (457 per match)
Tries scored56 (8 per match)
2023–24 (Previous) (Next) 2025–26

The 2024–25 Rugby Europe Trophy is the seventh 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 Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland and Sweden.

Participants

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Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Croatia Stadion Stari plac
Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
5,000
5,000
Split
Zagreb
New Zealand Anthony Posa Nik Jurišić
 Czech Republic Markéta Stadium 10,000 Prague Czech Republic Miroslav Němeček Dan Hošek
 Lithuania Klaipėda Central Stadium
Šiauliai Rugby Academy Stadium
4,428
4,000
Klaipėda
Šiauliai
Lithuania Gediminas Marcišauskas Tautvydas Krasauskas
 Luxembourg Stade de Luxembourg 9,471 Luxembourg Luxembourg Alexandre Benedetti Christian Olsen
 Poland Narodowy Stadion Rugby 2,425 Gdynia Wales Christian Hitt Piotr Zeszutek
 Sweden Olympiastadion
Trelleborg Rugby Arena
14,417
2,000
Stockholm
Trelleborg
England Alex Laybourne Axel Kalling-Smith

Table

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Champions
Relegated to Conference
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 110 66 +44 14 10 +4 1 0 13
2  Poland 1 1 0 0 40 13 +27 6 2 +4 1 0 5
3  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 65 48 +17 7 7 0 0 1 5
4  Lithuania 4 1 0 3 102 138 -36 13 18 -5 1 0 5
5  Croatia 3 1 0 2 89 114 -25 13 14 -1 0 0 4
6  Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 20 47 -27 2 5 -3 0 0 0
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
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Fixtures

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26 October 2024
14:00 EEST (UTC+2)
(1 TBP) Lithuania 47–20 Luxembourg
Repjrt
Siauliai Rugby Academy Stadium, Šiauliai
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Adrian Pawlik (Poland)
26 October 2024
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Sweden 22–16 Czech Republic (1 LBP)
Report
Trelleborg Rugby Arena, Trelleborg
Attendance: 600
Referee: Andrei Gheorghe (Romania)

2 November 2024
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
Lithuania 19–46 Sweden (1 TBP)
Report
Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
Attendance: 300
Referee: Francisco Serra (Portugal)

9 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Czech Republic 49–26 Croatia
Report
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adele Robert (Belgium)

16 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Croatia 31–42 Sweden
Report
Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Attendance: 300
Referee: Maria Latos (Germany)
16 November 2024
16:00 CET (UTC +1)
(1 TBP) Poland 40–13 Lithuania
Report
Narodowy Stadion Rugby, Gdynia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edwin Van Der Spek (Netherlands)

23 November 2024
14:00 CET (UTC +1)
Croatia 32–23 Lithuania
Stadion Lučko, Zagreb
Referee: Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
23 November 2024
20:15 CET (UTC +1)
Czech Republic v Poland
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Referee: Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)

30 November 2024
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Luxembourg v Croatia
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

22 February 2025
TBA
Poland v Croatia
TBA
Referee: TBA

8 March 2025
TBA
Czech Republic v Luxembourg
Markéta Stadium, Prague
Referee: TBA

29 March 2025
TBA
Lithuania v Czech Republic
TBA
Referee: TBA
29 March 2025
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Luxembourg v Sweden
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

5 April 2025
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)
Luxembourg v Poland
Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Referee: TBA

12 April 2025
TBA
Sweden v Poland
TBA
Referee: TBA

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024-25 Rugby Europe Trophy standings".
  2. ^ "September 2024 Edition (2024-2025 season v1) RUGBY EUROPE INTERNATIONAL XV CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN & WOMEN 2024-2025 TOURNAMENT MANUAL" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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