Serbia secured third place in the tournament with a 50-10 win over Ukraine, Nik Cotric with two of their tries, his first one Serbia’s third inside the opening 14 minutes. “We knew, after Tuesday’s result against Wales, we needed to put a few things right,” noted Serbia men’s head coach Darren Fisher. “The objective was to start strongly and we did that, the big positive was our first half performance.” 

Like they had been against France, Ukraine were cheered on by a large enthusiastic support with Oleksandr Skorbach’s arcing run at the end for his try their highlight. Ukraine men’s head coach, Dan Beardshaw, noted: “If we had more time with the boys we would improve further. I don’t think the scoreline reflects our performance, we were just a bit inexperienced and immature at times, especially in the first half when we didn’t capitalise on a couple of opportunities.”