February 4: Resumption of the European Nation Cup

25/01/2012 - 12/02/2012

10 days ahead of the opening of the RBS 6 Nations tournament, FIRA-AER is getting ready for the first matches of the European Nations Cup division A. On February 4, not only will France play Italy and Scotland play England,but the program will also see Romania vs Portugal in Bucharest. Ukraine vs Georgia in Dnepropetrovsk is postponed due to weather conditions.  

On February 5, 2011, Portugal had won over Romania with difficulty 24 to 17 but this second leg post RWC will be the occasion for Romania to show its progress. Since the two teams are very close in the ranking, it seems like the defeated team will not get the chance to overtake Georgia, comfortably settled as number 1 of the division.

In Dnepropetrovsk, the game between Georgia and Ukraine is postponed due to bad weather conditions in Ukraine.
As a record: Georgia had won over Ukraine 62 to 3 on February 12, 2011.Owing to poor weather conditions, Russia vs Spain will be played on May 19, 2012.

On February 11, Russia, after its first participation in the RWC, will go to Portugal with a desire for revenge. Indeed, the defeat from last year at home (19-21) is still hard to accept. Spain will host Georgia and try to do better than 60-0 in 2011.