2015 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification
# 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. 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 | Try: Groenewald 27' c Chitokwindo 78' m Con: Cronjé (1/2) 28' Pen: Cronjé (1/3) 48' |

* Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk Attendance: 6,500 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' | 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' to 65' | | 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' | 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 | 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' to 76' |
| 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' to 61' |
| 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 | 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' to 71' |
| 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' to 73' | 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 | 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' to 78' | 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' to 76' |
| 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' to 41' | 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)
