2007 Churchill Cup

The 2007 Churchill Cup was held from May 18 to June 2, 2007. It was the fifth year of the Churchill Cup. Six rugby union teams took part: Canada, England Saxons, Ireland A, New Zealand Māori, Scotland A, and the USA.

Format

Churchill Cup Final, 2007

The teams were split into two pools of three teams each. The winners of the two pools moved on to compete in the overall final, while the two runners-up competed for the Plate, and the two bottom-placed teams contested the Bowl. All of the finals were played on 2 June 2007 at Twickenham.

2007 was the first occasion where the competition was played outside of North America. This was because many players were to be in Europe ahead of the Rugby World Cup.

Results

USA Pool

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	England Saxons	2	2	0	0	69	6	+63	1	9
2	Scotland A	2	1	0	1	16	27	-11	0	4
3	United States	2	0	0	2	12	64	-52	1	1

2007-05-18 19:45

England Saxons	51 – 3	United States
Tries: Ojo Crane (3) Armitage (2) Evans Forster Dickson Con: Lamb (3)	(Report)	Pen: Malifa

Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 6,050 Referee: G. Clancy

2007-05-23 18:00

Scotland A	13 – 9	United States
Try: Lamont Con: Ross Pen: Ross (2)	(Report)	Pen: Viljoen (3)

Henley Attendance: 1,200 Referee: P. Smith

2007-05-28 15:00

England Saxons	18 – 3	Scotland A
Tries: Paice Abendanon Con: Barkley Pen: Barkley Mordt	(Report)	Pen: MacRae

Twickenham, London Attendance: 11,100 Referee: C. Pollock

Canada Pool

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Māori	2	2	0	0	109	45	+64	2	10
2	Ireland A	2	1	0	1	61	70	-9	2	6
3	Canada	2	0	0	2	43	98	-55	0	0

2007-05-19 20:00

Ireland A	39 – 20	Canada
Tries: Caldwell Cave Earls Hearty O'Connor Staunton Con: Staunton (3) Pen: Staunton	(Report)	Tries: Culpan van Camp Con: Pritchard (2) Pen: Pritchard (2)

Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A. Small

2007-05-25 20:00

Māori	59 – 23	Canada
Tries: Waldrom Te Whare Tahana (2) Horton Bruce Kawau Ellison Smith Con: Bruce (6)	(Report)	Tries: Kleeberger Pyke Carpenter Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard (2)

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 4,356 Referee: J. Jones

2007-05-29 20:00

Māori	50 – 22	Ireland A
Tries: Gear (2) Paku Ellison May (2) Bruce Con: Ellison (5) Sweeney Pen: Ellison	(Report)	Tries: Cave (2) Earls Gannon Con: Sexton

Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 6,295 Referee: A. MacPherson

Finals

Bowl Final

2007-06-02 11:30

Canada	52 – 10	United States
Tries: Stephen (2) Spicer Williams (2) Kleeberger D. Pletch Con: Pritchard (7) Pen: Pritchard	(Report)	Tries: MacDonald Sika

Twickenham, London Referee: C. Pollock

Plate Final

2007-06-02 13:45

Scotland A	21 – 22	Ireland A
Tries: Lawson Thom Evans Con: McRae Pen: McRae (3)	(report)	Tries: Murphy Wilson Earls Con: Sexton Keatley Pen: Sexton

Twickenham, London

Cup Final

2007-06-02 16:30

England Saxons	17 – 13	Māori
Tries: Sackey Voyce Croft Con: Barkley	(Report)	Tries: Tahana Kawau Pen: Ellison

Twickenham, London Attendance: 8,324 Referee: G. Clancy

See also

• Churchill Cup

References

External links

• Churchill Cup official site