2012 Namibian Tri-Nations

The Namibian Tri-Nations tournament (or Windhoek Lager Tri-Nations Rugby Series for sponsorship reasons) was designed to bring more international rugby union test matches to the lower tiered teams in the Confederation of African Rugby region.[1] Originally, the hosts Namibia were invited to Europe by the International Rugby Board to play part in the 2012 International Rugby Series. However, Namibia turned the offer down to create their own tournament so they could bring more international rugby to the Namibian fans at home.[2]

Tournament details
Host Namibia
VenueHage Geingob Stadium
Date10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) –
17 November 2012 (2012-11-17)
Countries
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runner-up Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Tries scored21 (7 per match)
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The tournament consisted of two further developing rugby nations: Europe's Spain and fellow African nation Zimbabwe. The tournament was played between November 10 and November 17, but was only played on three dedicated days at Namibia's national stadium, Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Windhoek. The tournament opened with the hosts playing Zimbabwe and ended again with the hosts, this time playing against Spain.

With the end result between Namibia and Spain, the European side won the tournament with two wins out of two.[3]

Table
Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference 4 Tries 7 Point Loss
1 Spain22008551+34109
2 Namibia21017471+3116
3 Zimbabwe20024784-37112

Matches

Namibia v Zimbabwe
10 November 2012
16:00 WAST (UTC+2)
Namibia 37–33 Zimbabwe
Try: Neel
Botha
Tromp
Redelinghuys
Con: Kotzé (1/4)
Pen: Kotzé (4)
Drop: Kotzé (1)		Report[4]Try: Makwanya
Penalty try
Nemadire (2)
Sithole
Con: Makwanya (1/5)
Pen: Makwanya (2)
Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Namibia Coach:
Namibia Johan Diergaardt
Zimbabwe Coach:
Zimbabwe Brendon Dawson

Zimbabwe v Spain
14 November 2012
18:00 WAST (UTC+2)
Zimbabwe 14–47 Spain
Try: S Jones
Pen: Tichafara Makwanya (3)		Report[5]Try: Anaya (2)
Magunazelaia
Sempere
C Smith
Tudela
Con: Carrión (3)
Sempere
Pen: Carrión (3)
Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Jason Jaftha (South Africa)
Zimbabwe Coach:
Zimbabwe Brendon Dawson
Spain Coach:
New Zealand Bryce Bevin

Namibia v Spain
17 November 2012
16:00 WAST (UTC+2)
Namibia 37–38 Spain
Try: Nel
de la Harpe
Tromp
Con: Kotzé (2/3)
Pen: Kotzé (6/8)		Report[6]Try: Tudela
Pardo
Feijoo
Con: Javier Carrión (1/3)
Pen: Javier Carrión (6/6)
Jaime Nava (1/1)
Drop: Jake Carter (0/1)
Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Namibia Coach:
Namibia Johan Diergaardt
Spain Coach:
New Zealand Bryce Bevin

See also

References
  1. Namibia to play Zimbabwe and Spain in Tri-nations tourney here Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Windhoek Lager to sponsor Tri-Nations Rugby Series Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Informante". www.informante.web.na. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Namibia beat Zimbabwe 37-33 | Namibia Sport". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  5. "Spain beat Zimbabwe 47-14 | Namibia Sport". www.namibiasport.com.na. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. "Namibia v Spain". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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