2011 edition effectively served as a 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up for host Romania, defending Nations Cup champion Namibia, and Georgia. The Argentina Jaguars also returned from the 2010 edition. Portugal returned for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2006. South Africa made their first appearance since 2008 a successful one, with a team billed as the "South African Kings" — in reality, the Southern Kings, the country's planned future Super Rugby franchise — winning the event. Southern Kings did not return to defend their title in 2012, nor did Namibia or Georgia return to take part. Instead, Italy A (missing for a year) and Russia and Uruguay (missing for two years) reappeared. For the first time in the competition's history, host nation Romania won. They went on to retain the title in 2013, this time in a four-team round robin. Emerging Ireland made their first appearance in the competition in 2014, along with Uruguay, Russia, and host Romania. This edition is seen as important preparation for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In 2015, Namibia made their first appearance since 2011 as they began to prepare for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. They were joined by Spain who made their debut in the tournament, and the Argentina Jaguars, coached by Argentina's most capped and top point scorer Felipe Contepomi. Teams The teams that participated in the IRB Nations Cup and their finishing positions are as follows: Statistics Point scorers <small>Last updated: 21 June 2015 Try scorers <small>Last updated: 21 June 2015 Results {| class="wikitable" |-border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 ! bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Year ! bgcolor="#efefef" width="200"|Winner ! bgcolor="#efefef" width="90"|Host |- | 2006 || || |- | 2007 || ||rowspan="10"| |- | 2008 || |- | 2009 || |- | 2010 || |- | 2011 || South African Kings |- | 2012 || |- | 2013 || |- | 2014 || Emerging Ireland |- | 2015 || |- | 2016 || |- | 2017 || ||rowspan="3"| |- | 2018 || |- | 2019 || |} See also IRB Pacific Nations Cup IRB Tbilisi Cup Americas Rugby Championship Women's Nations Cup References External links IRB Nations Cup Official site Nations Cup