2011 Churchill Cup

2011 Churchill Cup
Date	4 June – 18 June 2011
Teams	6
Countries	Canada  England Saxons  Italy A  Russia  Tonga  United States
Matches played	9
Final
Venue	Sixways Stadium Worcester, England
Attendance
Champions	England Saxons (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
←2010

The 2011 Churchill Cup, the ninth and final edition of an annual international rugby union tournament, took place in Northampton, Esher, Gloucester and Worcester. This was just the second time in the tournament's history in which England played host.

The three regular participants in the event — the senior national sides of the United States and Canada, and England's "A" (second-level) national side, the England Saxons, were joined by second year participants Russia and two first-time competitors: Italy A and Tonga. England Saxons fielded a very young, promising team. At the same time, Italy A picked a very experienced side, with many of the regulars for the main national team.

The teams played in a round-robin format between two pools to decide the elimination matches. All six teams participate on the finals day: the two pool winners will compete in the Cup Final, the two runners-up will play in a Plate Final, and the two bottom-placed teams will meet in the Bowl Final.

The pool rounds were played at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton, Molesey Road in Esher, and Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester. The finals were played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	England Saxons	2	2	0	0	128	22	+106	2	10
2	Tonga	2	1	0	1	58	54	+4	1	5
3	United States	2	0	0	2	21	131	−110	0	0

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4 June 2011 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	87–8	United States
Try: Benjamin (3) 4' c, 10' m, 57' c Brown (2) 6' c, 42' m Young 24' c Penalty try 40' c Johnson 49' c Twelvetrees 52' c Trinder 60' c Sharples 67' c Kitchener 71' c Hodgson 73' c Con: Clegg (11/13)	Report	Try: LaValla 78' m Pen: Enosa 3'

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

FB 15 Mike Brown  50' RW 14 Topsy Ojo  50' OC 13 Henry Trinder IC 12 Billy Twelvetrees LW 11 Miles Benjamin FH 10 Rory Clegg SH 9 Micky Young  65' N8 8 Jordan Crane (c) OF 7 Tom Johnson BF 6 James Gaskell  14' RL 5 Dave Attwood LL 4 Mouritz Botha  58' TP 3 Matt Stevens 37' to 40' HK 2 Joe Gray  52' LP 1 Matt Mullan  58' Substitutes: HK 16 David Paice  52' PR 17 Kieran Brookes  37'  40'  58' LK 18 Graham Kitchener  58' FL 19 Jamie Gibson  14' SH 20 Paul Hodgson  65' FB 21 Alex Goode  50' WG 22 Charlie Sharples  50' Coach: Stuart Lancaster

FB 15 Mike Palefau RW 14 Mile Pulu  52' OC 13 Tai Enosa IC 12 Junior Sifa  77' LW 11 Colin Hawley FH 10 Troy Hall SH 9 Mike Petri (c)  70' N8 8 JJ Gagiano  62' OF 7 Danny LaPrevotte  52' BF 6 Pat Danahy RL 5 Scott LaValla LL 4 John van der Giessen TP 3 Will Johnson HK 2 Phil Thiel  47' LP 1 Eric Fry  47' Substitutes: HK 16 Chris Biller  47' PR 17 Shawn Pittman  47' LK 18 Louis Stanfill  52' N8 19 Inaki Basauri  62' SH 20 Tim Usasz  70' CE 21 Roland Suniula  52' CE 22 Andrew Suniula  77' Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Touch judges:
Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
Andrew Watson
Television match official:
David Matthews

• This was the highest margin of win of any England national team over the United States.

8 June 2011 17:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Tonga	44–13	United States
Try: Iongi (4) 10' c, 48' c, 58' c, 75' c Mapakaitolo 80' c Con: K. Morath (5/5) Pen: K. Morath (3) 2', 21', 48'	Report	Try: Emerick 33' c Con: Malifa (1/1) Pen: Malifa (2) 15', 65'

Molesey Road, Esher Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FB 15 Mateo Malupo RW 14 Viliami Helu OC 13 Suka Hufanga  68' IC 12 Etueni Siua  71' LW 11 Viliame Iongi FH 10 Kurt Morath SH 9 Soane Havea  61' N8 8 Vili Maʻafu  52' OF 7 Pepa Koloamatangi  29'  39' BF 6 Pasuka Mapakaitolo RL 5 Emosi Kauhenga  56' LL 4 Sione Timani TP 3 Kisi Pulu (c)  66' HK 2 Ilaisa Maʻasi  75' LP 1 Tonga Leaʻaetoa 27' to 39' Substitutes: HK 16 Atonio Halangahu  75' PR 17 Taʻu Faingaʻanuku  29'  39'  66' LK 18 Josh Afu  56' N8 19 Paula Kaho  52' SH 20 Daniel Morath  61' FH 21 Eddie Paea  68' CE 22 Silivenusi Taumoepeau  71' Coach: Isitolo Maka

FB 15 Roland Suniula RW 14 Colin Hawley OC 13 Paul Emerick 66' to 67'  75' IC 12 Andrew Suniula LW 11 Kevin Swiryn FH 10 Nese Malifa  75' SH 9 Tim Usasz  71' N8 8 Nic Johnson OF 7 Todd Clever (c) BF 6 Inaki Basauri  50'  57'  66' RL 5 Scott LaValla LL 4 Louis Stanfill  75' TP 3 Shawn Pittman 47' to 57' HK 2 Chris Biller  47' LP 1 Mate Moeakiola  69' Substitutes: HK 16 Phil Thiel  47' PR 17 Eric Fry  50'  57'  69' LK 18 John van der Giessen  66' FL 19 Pat Danahy  75' SH 20 Mike Petri  71' CE 21 Tai Enosa  66'  67'  75' CE 22 Troy Hall  75' Coach: Eddie O'Sullivan

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce
Stuart Terheege
Television match official:
Geoff Warren

12 June 2011 14:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	41–14	Tonga
Try: Penalty try (3) 10' c, 32' c, 63' c Crane 15' c Twelvetrees 71' c Con: Clegg (5/5) Pen: Clegg (2) 40', 46'	Report	Try: Timani 49' c Koloamatangi 77' c Con: K. Morath (2/2)

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FB 15 Alex Goode  55' RW 14 Charlie Sharples OC 13 Henry Trinder  59' IC 12 Billy Twelvetrees LW 11 Topsy Ojo FH 10 Rory Clegg SH 9 Paul Hodgson  65' N8 8 Jordan Crane (c) OF 7 Tom Johnson  73' BF 6 James Gaskell  69' RL 5 Dave Attwood LL 4 Mouritz Botha TP 3 Matt Stevens HK 2 David Paice  55' LP 1 Matt Mullan  65' Substitutes: HK 16 Joe Gray  55' PR 17 Kieran Brookes  65' LK 18 Graham Kitchener  69' FL 19 Jamie Gibson  73' SH 20 Micky Young  65' CE 21 Jordan Turner-Hall  59' FB 22 Mike Brown  55' Coach: Stuart Lancaster

FB 15 Eddie Paea RW 14 Viliami Helu OC 13 Suka Hufanga IC 12 Sione Fonua  40' LW 11 Viliame Iongi FH 10 Kurt Morath SH 9 Daniel Morath  55' N8 8 Pasuka Mapakaitolo  61' OF 7 Pepa Koloamatangi BF 6 Josh Afu RL 5 Emosi Kauhenga  47' LL 4 Sione Timani  65' TP 3 Kisi Pulu (c) HK 2 Semisi Telefoni  58' LP 1 Tonga Leaʻaetoa  55'  61' Substitutes: HK 16 Atonio Halangahu  58' PR 17 Taʻu Faingaʻanuku  55' 61' to 71' LK 18 Kele Hehea  47' FL 19 Tevita Ula  65' SH 20 Soane Havea  55' FH 21 Mateo Malupo CE 22 Silivenusi Taumoepeau  40' Coach: Isitolo Maka

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	60	30	+30	1	9
2	Italy A	2	1	0	1	36	45	−9	0	4
3	Russia	2	0	0	2	37	58	−21	1	1

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4 June 2011 14:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Italy A	12–26	Canada
Pen: Tebaldi (4) 15', 32', 35', 63'	Report	Try: Carpenter 44' m Marshall 46' m Pritchard 56' c Con: Pritchard (1/3) Pen: Pritchard (2) 8', 70' Drop: Monro 29'

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

FB 15 Ruggero Trevisan  68' RW 14 Andrea Bacchetti OC 13 Denis Majstorovic IC 12 Matteo Pratichetti LW 11 Michele Sepe FH 10 Riccardo Bocchino SH 9 Tito Tebaldi  71' N8 8 Manoa Vosawai OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco BF 6 Valerio Bernabò (c) 42' to 52' RL 5 Marco Bortolami  53' LL 4 Corniel van Zyl  62' TP 3 Fabio Staibano  50' HK 2 Tommaso D'Apice  71' LP 1 Alberto De Marchi  45' Substitutes: HK 16 Andrea Manici  71' PR 17 Matías Agüero  45' PR 18 Dario Chistolini  50' LK 19 Joshua Furno  53' SH 20 Giulio Toniolatti  71' FB 21 DuRandt Gerber  68' LK 22 Francesco Minto  62' Coach: Gianluca Guidi

FB 15 James Pritchard RW 14 Ciaran Hearn OC 13 Conor Trainor IC 12 Ryan Smith LW 11 Phil Mackenzie FH 10 Ander Monro SH 9 Ed Fairhurst N8 8 Aaron Carpenter  71' OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole BF 6 Jebb Sinclair 18' to 24' RL 5 Brian Erichsen LL 4 Tyler Hotson TP 3 Jason Marshall HK 2 Pat Riordan (c) LP 1 Hubert Buydens  65' Substitutes: HK 16 Ryan Hamilton PR 17 Andrew Tiedemann  65' LK 18 Mitch Gudgeon FL 19 Nanyak Dala  18'  24'  71' SH 20 Sean White CE 21 Mike Scholz FB 22 Matt Evans Coach: Kieran Crowley

Touch judges:
Andrew Small
Ian Tempest
Television match official:
David Matthews

8 June 2011 20:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Canada	34–18	Russia
Try: Mensah-Coker 12' c Trainor 35' m Monro 61' c O'Toole 70' m Evans 77' c Con: Pritchard (3/5) Pen: Pritchard 17'	Report	Try: Klyuchnikov 20' c Artemiev 26' m Con: Kushnarev (1/2) Pen: Kushnarev (2) 15', 40'

Molesey Road, Esher Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

FB 15 James Pritchard RW 14 Matt Evans OC 13 Conor Trainor  60' IC 12 Mike Scholz LW 11 Justin Mensah-Coker FH 10 Ander Monro (c) SH 9 Sean White  55' N8 8 Aaron Carpenter OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole BF 6 Jebb Sinclair  66' RL 5 Jamie Cudmore  74' LL 4 Tyler Hotson TP 3 Scott Franklin  67' HK 2 Ryan Hamilton  24' LP 1 Tom Dolezel  55' Substitutes: HK 16 Pat Riordan  24' PR 17 Andrew Tiedemann  67' PR 18 Hubert Buydens  55' LK 19 Mitch Gudgeon  74' FL 20 Nanyak Dala  66' SH 21 Ed Fairhurst  55' CE 22 Phil Mackenzie  60' Coach: Kieran Crowley

FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov RW 14 Vasily Artemiev OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy  53' IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Alexandr Shakirov  76' N8 8 Viacheslav Grachev  53' OF 7 Andrey Garbuzov BF 6 Andrey Temnov RL 5 Alexander Voytov LL 4 Vladimir Boltenkov  64' TP 3 Ivan Prischepenko  57' HK 2 Vladislav Korshunov (c)  74' LP 1 Sergei Popov Substitutes: HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze  74' PR 17 Alexey Travkin  57' LK 18 Alexey Panasenko  64' N8 19 Victor Gresev  53' SH 20 Andrei Bykanov  76' CE 21 Sergey Trishin  53' FH 22 Anton Ryabov Coach: Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
David Rose
Roy Maybank
Television match official:
Geoff Warren

12 June 2011 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Italy A	24–19	Russia
Try: Pratichetti 5' c Toniolatti 23' m Con: Tebaldi (1/2) 5' Pen: Tebaldi (3) 19', 32', 51' Bocchino 60'	Report[permanent dead link‍]	Try: Yagudin 54' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 54' Pen: Kushnarev (4) 22', 28', 43', 57'

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Attendance: 5,357 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

FB 15 Ruggero Trevisan RW 14 Giulio Toniolatti OC 13 Andrea Pratichetti IC 12 Matteo Pratichetti LW 11 Michele Sepe FH 10 Riccardo Bocchino SH 9 Tito Tebaldi N8 8 Manoa Vosawai OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco BF 6 Francesco Minto RL 5 Valerio Bernabò (c) LL 4 Joshua Furno TP 3 Fabio Staibano HK 2 Tommaso D'Apice LP 1 Alberto De Marchi Substitutes: 16 Andrea Mancini 17 Matías Agüero 18 Dario Chistolini 19 Marco Bortolami 20 DuRandt Gerber 21 Giovanbattista Venditti 22 Nicola Belardo Coach: Gianluca Guidi

FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov RW 14 Vasily Artemiev OC 13 Mikhail Babaev IC 12 Sergey Trishin LW 11 Rushan Yagudin FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Andrey Bykanov N8 8 Viacheslav Grachev (c) OF 7 Mikhail Sidorov BF 6 Victor Gresev RL 5 Denis Antonov LL 4 Alexey Panasenko TP 3 Alexey Chernyshov HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze LP 1 Grigory Tsnobiladze Substitutes: 16 Vladislav Korshunov 17 Alexey Travkin 18 Ivan Prischepenko 19 Andrey Garbuzov 20 Alexander Shakirov 21 Anton Ryabov 22 Igor Galinovskiy Coach: Kingsley Jones

18 June 2011 12:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

United States	32–25	Russia
Try: Emerick 23' m A. Suniula 57' c Clever 60' c Enosa 71' c Con: Malifa (3/4) 58', 61', 72' Pen: Malifa (2) 5', 49'	Report	Try: Ostroushko 30' m Voytov 51' c Artemiev 64' c Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 51', 64' Pen: Kushnarev (2) 1', 47'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

18 June 2011 14:15 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Tonga	18–27	Italy A
Try: Iongi 54' m Malupo 80' c Con: K. Morath (1/2) 80' Pen: Paea 12' K. Morath 68'	Report	Try: Bocchino 3' c A. Pratichetti 50' c Venditti 73' c Con: Tebaldi (3/3) 3', 50', 73' Pen: Tebaldi (2) 19', 42'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

18 June 2011 16:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	37–6	Canada
Try: Gaskell 21' m Benjamin (2) 23' c, 59' c Sharples 67' m Gibson 75' c Con: Clegg (3/5) 23', 59', 75' Pen: Clegg (2) 12', 50'	Report	Pen: Pritchard 29' Drop: Monro 14'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester Referee: Romain Poite (France)

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