RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET
GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
APRIL 2005
THE GAME OF RUGBY IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLD WIDE. THIS WEB SITE'S MAIN FUNCTION IS THE RESEARCHING, COLLECTING, COLLATING, RECORDING AND UPDATING OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RESULTS AND RECORDS
Web sites I recommend this month
http://www.ferugby.com
Web site for Spanish Rugby Federation. In Spanish. Excellent coverage.
http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com
Web site for governing body for continental Europe. This site has a
much-improved coverage of the game re stats and data but they have still much
to do. Their data on all matches they are responsible for is patchy. Worth a
look.
http://www.irb.com
Web site for the governing body of World rugby. This is another huge rugby
organization that is beginning to improve its information and services.
http://www.rugby-journal.de Web site
(in German) for rugby in Germany. An excellent site covering the game at all
levels in that nation. Good data on the national team.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/olivier.vidal/enc+/
A very new web site that covers the players from the European Nation Cup teams
(as well as Spain and Germany), their clubs, their movements and their form. A
unique approach to the international game.
http://www.rugby.se This web site, in Swedish,
is very well set out and easy to find your way around. Because I’m usually
after data and stats not knowing Swedish is not a barrier.
http://www.kaunas.lt/regbis This is the
web site that keeps Lithuanians up to scratch with world rugby. Alfredas puts
in a lot of work and this site is always up to date.
Good
data as well.
Latest Results
30.04.2005
Andorra 38, Slovenia 5 in Andorra La Vela (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool A)
Austria 19, Moldova 17 in Vienna (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool B)
Belgium 36, Sweden 7 in Stockholm (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool C)
Latvia 19, Lithuania 12 in Riga (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool C)
China 22, Chinese Taipei 19
in Kunming (WCQ Asia Qualifying/Classifying Div.2)
Azerbaijan 11, Bosnia 8 in
Baku (FIRA-AER Division 3, Pool C)
23.04.2005
Argentina 68, Japan 36 in Buenos Aires
Croatia 44, Hungary 15 in Budapest (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool
A)
Germany 69, Austria 9 in Vienna (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool B)
Netherlands 24, Sweden 17 in Amsterdam (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool C)
Poland 49, Bulgaria 10 in Sofia (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool D)
Morocco 10, Tunisia 3 in Tunis (CAR Division 1, Pool C)
Botswana 19, Swaziland 12 in Gaborone (WCQ Africa Rnd 1A
South)
16.04.2005
Uruguay 24, Japan 18 in Montevideo
Moldova 55, Luxembourg 6 in Chisinau (WCQ Euro. Rnd
2, Pool B)
Belgium 15, Netherlands 10 in Vice (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool C)
Malta 23, Bulgaria 15 in Sofia (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool
D)
Cameroun 18, Nigeria 8 in Lagos (WCQ Africa Rnd 1A,
North)
Bosnia
36, Azerbaijan 17 in Zenica (FIRA-AER Div.3)
19.02.2005
Costa Rica 60, Panama 0
(Thanks to ‘Seahorse’)
12.03.2005
Trinidad-Tobago 47, Martinique 25 in Port of Spain (Thanks
to ‘seahorse’)
19.03.2005
Mexico 23, Costa Rica 6 (Thanks to ‘Seahorse’)
Coming
Up
07.05.2005
Luxembourg
v Austria in Cessange (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool B)
Netherlands
v Latvia in Amsterdam (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool C)
Poland
v Serbia-Montenegro in Lodz (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool D)
Zambia
v Senegal in TBC (WCQ Africa Rnd 1A Final, first leg)
Morocco
v Kenya in Casablanca (CAR Div.1, Pool C)
Norway
v Finland in TBA (FIRA-AER Div.3)
Israel
v Armenia in TBA (FIRA-AER Div.3)
08.05.2005
Japan
v Hong Kong in Tokyo (WC Asia Classifying, Div. 1)
THIS WEEKEND 30 APRIL
30.04.2005
Andorra 38, Slovenia 5 in Andorra La Vela (WCQ
Euro. Rnd 2, Pool A) HT 14-5
Andorra won by 33 points. I predicted Andorra by
3.
On a warm day
high up in the mountains that divide Spain and France, Andorra, with only one
club, came of age with this resounding win over the visiting Slovenia side. It
wasn’t the win that surprised rather the margin. Slovenia had held pool leader
Spain to a 26-26 draw a few weeks ago and was expected to win.
Here is an edited note from Peter Kavčič, Slovenia RFU.
“ I'll write you
a few words about Slovenian rugby. I saw you have noticed [on my web site] that
there were just 19 players from Slovenia to play against Andorra.
In Slovenia we
have three clubs of which one has dominated since Slovenia became an
independent state. Players who play for Slovenia are almost all from Slovenian
no.1 club RK Ljubljana. There are maybe one or two from other clubs. So if some players from Ljubljana are
injured we don't have replacements for them, because there are not any other
players who can play international rugby (in Slovenia there are maybe 30
players who takes rugby seriously). For the Andorra game we had 6 injuries in
the team, so we had problems making a team.
So if we have no
problems with injures we are quite a good team, capable of beating any team,
but as soon as one or two players are missing we are a totally different team.
Three Slovenian
teams are playing in Inter league with teams from Croatia and Bosnia. There are
three rounds left and Ljubljana is at the top of the table at the moment.”
Fair enough.
This match had
no bearing upon the outcome of Pool A. Spain and Croatia will go through to the
third round regardless of this result.
Teams
Slovenia
15 Matjaž Brlan (RK Ljubljana),
14 Luka Arko (RK Ljubljana), 13 Dejan Mrak (RK Ljubljana) [19 Damjan
Ahačič (RK Ljubljana)] , 12 Uroš Mikič (RK Ljubljana), 11
Marko Gumzej (RK Ljubljana) [18 Klemen Slavec (RK Ljubljana)], 10 Urban
Volavšek (RK Ljubljana), 9 Urban Magušar (RFC Bežigrad), 8 Tit Hočevar
(London Welsh, England), 7 Damjan Volavšek (RK Ljubljana), 6 Žarko
Krsmanovič (RK Ljubljana), 5 Peter Gobec (RK Ljubljana) [17 Nikola
Popadič (RK Ljubljana)], 4 Marko Maslakovič (RK Ljubljana), 3 Miroslav Lazic (RK Ljubljana),
2 Jošt Slapnicar (RK Ljubljana), 1
Igor Okič (RK Ljubljana) [16 Renato
Djuran (RFC Bežigrad)]
Thanks
to Nikola Popadič, Slovenia RFU
Referee: M. Mourinha (Portugal)
Thanks to www.fira-aer-rugby.com and Peter
Kavčič, Slovenia RFU
Previous
Encounters
11.11.2001
Slovenia 26-16 in Ljubljiana (FIRA Div.B, Pool A)
30.10.1999 Slovenia 16-3 in Ljubljiana (FIRA D1)
26.11.1994 Andorra 28-23 in Andorra La Vela (FIRA B3)
Austria 19, Moldova 17 in Vienna (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool B)
Austria won by 2 points. I predicted Moldova by
10.
Austria won with
a dropped goal in the last seconds of the match causing one of the big upsets
of the season. Moldova, with the point they would get for turning up, had already
qualified and will join Germany in the next round.
Teams
15 Leonardo Schweighofer
(Getxo, Spain), 14 Yeong-u Seo (Vienna Celtic RFC),
13 Patrick Handl (RC Lycee
Francais), 12 Marius Johannik (RC Donau), 11 Hovik Avanesian (RC Donau), 10
Gael Mouysset (RC Lycee Francais), 9 Georg Kaiser (RC Lycee Francais), 8
Ferdinand Richter (Munich RFC, Germany), 7 Tobi Messerer (Karlsruhe RC,
Germany), 6 Alexander Krauchenberg (RC Donau), 5 Christoph Forchtner (RC
Donau), 4 Andreas Gaul, Capt. (RC Donau), 3 Nicolas Mottet (Paris University,
France), 2 Gareth Briggs (Vienna Celtic RFC), 1 Phillippe Chassaing (Orleans,
France),
Replacements: 16 Shervin Rafsandjani (RC Donau), 17 Christian
Radda (RC Donau), 18 Willi Payer (RC Lycee Francais), 19 Florian Steinhart (RC
Donau),
20 Stiig Gabriel (RC Donau),
21 M Bial (RC Lycee Francais), 22 Phillip Grausam (RC Donau).
Referee: M. Villegas (Spain)
Thanks to www.fira-aer-rugby.com and Andreas
Schwab, Austria RFU.
Previous
Encounter
20.04.2002 Moldova 27-14 in Vienna (FIRA Div. B, Pool A)
Belgium 36, Sweden 7 in Stockholm (WCQ Euro. Rnd
2, Pool C)
Belgium
won by 29 points. I predicted a draw.
This match was expected to be close. The Belgians proved
superior on the day and are now set at the top of their pool. Who will join
them in round three is still wide open.
This result spoilt the Swedish farewell party. Swedish
players Niklas Jaraker and Mike Tatu both played their last internationals for
Sweden. Jaraker, aged 39, first played for Sweden in 1986 and holds the record
for most tests, 53. The record was held previously by Keri Tapper. He was a
back, who played many years for Sweden, gaining his 50 tests when there were
fewer tests to be played.
Mike Tatu, also 39 and from New Zealand, first played for
Sweden v Russia in 1994
Article in Swedish here at http://www.rugby.se/t2.asp?p=5122&x=1&a=166138
Teams
Belgium
15 Alan Williams, 14 Noam
Dubart [20 Simon Marote] , 13 Thibaut André, 12 Jérôme Bize [21 Dirk
Haghedooren], 11 Aaron Demnati [22 Christophe Guillemot], 10 Peter
Duchau, 9 Sébastien Guns, 8 Charlie Fourneau [19 Michaël Demolder], 7 Pierre Plasman Capt., 6 Nathaniel Kerre, 5
Damien Godefroy [18 Alexandre Muls], 4 Mathieu Verschelden, 3 Christophe
Duret, 2 Norman Wende [17 Jérôme Wey], 1 Christophe Debaty [16 Denis
Franquin].
Sweden
15 Christoffer Lundell
(Göteborgs RK), 14 Andreas Bruhn (Göteborgs RK) [21 Robin Wallster
(Göteborgs RK)], 13 Kanogo Njuru (Hammarby IF Rugby), 12 Alexander Taylor
(Bracknell RFC, England) [22 Erik Wikström (Vänersborgs RK)], 11 Andrew
Saunders (Richmond RFC, England), 10 Nico Parmelund (Göteborgs RK), 9 Mike Tatu
(Vänersborgs RK) [20 Robert Kantmark (Malmö RC)], 8 Sebastian Taylor,
Capt. (Haberdasher Old boys, England), 7 Alan Letele (Vänersborgs RK), 6 Daniel
Lag (Uppsala RFC) [16 Fredrik Casselhag (Hammarby IF Rugby)], 5 Ivar
Bengtsson (Stockholm Exiles RFC) [19 Hannes Eriksson (Vänersborgs RK)],
4 Mattias Björkebäck (Malmö RC), 3 David Ray (Stockholm Exiles RFC), 2 Anders
Jansson (Stockholm Exiles RFC), [18 Jan-Olov Johansson (Spartacus RUFC)] 1 Niklas Jarĺker (Enköpings RK) [17 Björn
Sjögren (Stockholm Exiles RFC)].
Referee: M. Bargaunas (Roumania)
Thanks to www.fira-aer-rugby.com, http://www.sportkipik.be
, www.rugby.se and ‘Quentin’ FIRA-AER forum.
Last
Five Encounters
19.10.1986 Belgium 9-0 in Brussels (FIRA B2)
10.05.1986 Sweden 12-6 in Malmo (FIRA B2)
16.10.1984 Belgium 19-3 in Brussels (FIRA B2)
24.10.1981 Sweden 15-9 in Karlstad (FIRA C)
18.10.1980 Belgium 7-0 in Enkoping (FIRA C0
Latvia 19, Lithuania 12 in Riga (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool C)
Latvia won by 7 points. I predicted Latvia by 15.
Latvia now has a
possible chance of joining Belgium into round three. They will need to defeat
the Netherlands away next weekend for this to happen.
Teams
Latvia
Squad
Edgars Cirulis (RC Miesnieki),
Janis Skuja (RC Miesnieki),
Maris Robežnieks (RC Miesnieki),
Vilmars Sokolovs (RC Miesnieki),
Rolands Abele (RC Miesnieki),
Aldis Augstkalns (RC Miesnieki),
Tiško 'Adažu (SK Ovals),
Kristaps Andersons (RC Miesnieki),
Andrejs Aleksandrovs (RC Miesnieki),
Martinš Straume (LMT RC Ezi),
Aleksandrs Zimecs (SK
Ovals),
Valters Rankis (RC Miesnieki),
Karlis Rozentals (SK Ovals),
Guntis Cirša (RC Remus)
E.Pulikovskijs (SK Ovals),
Nikolajs Petjunins (SK
Ovals),
Demjans Zavadskis (SK
Ovals),
Sergejs Avdejevs ('Jenisej'
Krasnojarsk, Russia)
Janis Priede (RC Miesnieki),
Gunars Andersons (RC Miesnieki),
Andris Andersons (RC Miesnieki),
Viktors Silvoniks (RC Miesnieki),
Arvis Pilenieks (LMT RC Ezi),
Jevgenijs Švačko (SK
Ovals),
Vitalijs Haleckijs (SK
Ovals),
Jurijs Baranovs ('Jenisej'
Krasnojarsk, Russia)
15 Andrius Matiuchinas
(Baltrex Siauliai), 14. Justinas Vasiliauskas (Vairas Siauliai),
13. Gediminas Liutkus
(Baltrex Siauliai), 12. Kestutis Marcisauskas (Vairas Siauliai),
11. Andrius Zeltotrubovas
(RS Panevezys) [21 Rimantas Zeringis (Salda Siauliai)], 10. Edmundas
Scavinskas (Baltrex Siauliai) [20 Tomas Astrauskas (Salda Siauliai)],
9. Mindaugas Misevicius
(Vairas Siauliai), 8. Vitalijus Kostriucinas (RS Panevezys),
7. Andrius Martinskas
(Vairas Siauliai), 6. Vilius Kucinas (Vairas Siauliai)
[18 Gediminas Matiukas
(Vairas Siauliai)], 5. Laurynas Tipelis (Baltrex Siauliai) [16 Tomas
Zibolis (Baltrex Siauliai)], 4. Aleksandras Ciuchlejus (Baltrex Siauliai)
[19 Sigitas Cesna (GV
Vilnius)], 3. Justinas Arsanskis
(Vairas Siauliai) [17 Remigijus Morkunas (Vairas Siauliai)], 2. Tomas Burskys
(Baltrex Siauliai), 1. Mindaugas Grigas (Baltrex Siauliai),
Replacement not used: 22 Edvardas Zilius (Perkunas Plunge)
Coaches: Anatolijus Smirnovas, Petras Astrauskas
Referee: Tomas Tuma (Czech
Republic)
Spectators: 400
Thanks to http://www.kaunas.lt/regbis
Last
Five Encounters
08.05.1999 Latvia 30-10 in Vilnius (FIRA Pool A)
25.10.1997 Lithuania 25-23 in Vilnius (FIRA Silver)
11.05.1996 Latvia 34-20 in Riga (FIRA B3)
09.10.1994 Latvia 28-10 in Riga (FIRA B1)
29.05.1993 Latvia 7-6 in Siaultai (WCQ Euro. East)
China 22, Chinese Taipei 19 in Kunming (WCQ Asia Classifying Div.2)
China confirmed its status
as won of the fastest rising rugby nations of Asia when it defeated political
rival China-Taipei in Kunming.
This was the first of the
Asian Classifying games to see who will enter the World Cup qualifying rounds.
The draw for this region can be found earlier on this month’s news
25.05.2002 China-Taipei
29-21 in Shanghai (WCQ Asia Rnd 2)
Azerbaijan 11, Bosnia 8 in Baku (FIRA-AER Division 3, Pool C)
16.04.2005 Bosnia 36-17 in Zenica (FIRA-AER Div.3)
GWC
Rankings: Europe Table-Bosnia 34th, Azerbaijan 38th-Change
Husein Karić
Adis Bašić
Kenan Uzunović
MensurUuzunović
Albin Kapić
Kemal Šestić
Damir Džanić
Adis Selimspahić
Ermin Mušinović
Semir Ajanović
Sanjin Turalić
Armin Vehabović
Anes Smriko
Latif Bešo
Sedad Tufekčić
Sabahudin Subašić
Damir Razić
Mirsad Fetić
Damir Jasavić
Semir Pašić
Nermin Selimbegović
Adin Trako
(all
players from Čelik Zenica)
Thanks
to Mirza Kapic, Bosnia RFU
ENGLAND’S CHURCHILL CUP SQUAD (27.04)
Jonny Wilkinson has been selected for this tournament but
may still make the British and Irish Lions team to tour New Zealand.
Tournament matches
June 9: England v Canada, USA v Argentina
June 16: Winners play in Final, looses play for 3rd/4th
Olly Barkley (Bath), Chris Bell (Leeds Tykes), George
Chuter (Leicester Tigers), Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers), James Forrester
(Gloucester), Perry Freshwater (Perpignan), Andy Gomarsall (Gloucester,
vice-captain), Andy Goode (Leicester Tigers), Will Green (London Wasps), Phil
Greening (London Wasps) Andy Hazell, (Gloucester), Stuart Hooper (Leeds Tykes),
Chris Jones (Sale Sharks), Ugo Monye (NEC Harlequins), Tom Palmer (Leeds
Tykes), Peter Richards (London Wasps), Paul Sackey (London Wasps), Pat
Sanderson (Worcester Warriors, captain), James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester),
Mathew Tait (Newcastle Falcons), Mike Tindall (Bath), Phil Vickery
(Gloucester), Tom Voyce (London Wasps), Hugh Vyvyan (Saracens), Jonny Wilkinson
(Newcastle Falcons), Mike Worsley (NEC Harlequins).
Thanks to www.planet-rugby.com
23.04.2005
Argentina 68, Japan 36 in Buenos Aires HT
28-23
Argentina won by 32 points. I predicted Argentina
by 12.
Japan ended its
short South American tour with its second test defeat in a week. Argentina,
with most of its top players remaining with their European clubs, fielded very
much a second team.
Point scorers
Argentina
Tries: Genoud (2), Higgs (2), Ayerza, Leguizamon, Bosch, Albina, penalty
Conversions: Todeschini (5), Fernandez Miranda (2)
Penalty goals: Todeschini (3)
Japan
Tries: Motoki, Tachikawa, Onozawa, Ohata
Conversions: Morita (2)
Penalty goals: Morita (3)
Dropped goal: Morita
Teams
Japan
15 Goshi Tachikawa (Toshiba
Fuchu), 14 Daisuke Ohata (Kobe Steel), 13 Reuben Parkinson, 12 Yukio Motoki
(Kobe Steel), 11 Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory), 10 Kyohei Morita (Hosei
University), 9 Wataru Murata (Yamaha Motor) [20 Shota Goto (Waseda
University)], 8 Takuro Miuchi Capt. (NEC), 7 Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba Fuchu) [18
Ryota Asano], 6 Hare Makiri (Fukuoka) [19 Takeomi Ito], 5 Jamie
Washington, 4 Takanori Kumagae (NEC), 3 Ryo Yamamura (Yamaha Motor) [17
Kenji Kasai (Toshiba Fuchu)], 2 Ken Tsukagoshi (Toshiba Fuchu),1 Hiroshi
Takahashi (Toshiba Fuchu),
Replacements not used: 16 Masakazu Nakabayashi (Yamaha Motor), 21 Ayumu Goromaru (Waseda University), 22
Christian Loamanu (Shochi Fukaya High School),
Coach: Mitsutake Hagimoto
15 Federico Serra, 14
Fernando Higgs (Los Tordos), 13 Miguel Avramovic,
12 Francisco Leonelli (La
Tablada) [22 Gonzalo Tiesi], 11 Francisco Bosch (Hindu), 10 Federico
Todeschini [21 Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda (Hindu)], 9 Nicolás
Fernández Miranda, Capt. (Hindu) [20 Matías Albina (Los Tilos)], 8
Augusto Petrilli (Bourgoin, France), 7 Juan Manuel Leguizamón [18 Gerardo
Lazcano Miranda (Huirapuca)], 6 Federico Genoud (Los Tordos) [19 Agustín
Creevy], 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Pablo Bouza (Duende RC), 3 Eusebio Guińazú
(Mendoza RC),
2 Alberto Vernet Basualdo [16
Francisco Lecot],1 Marcos Ayerza [17 Pablo Henn (Hindu)].
Coach: Marcelo Loffreda
Thanks to www.uar.com.ar
Most of
Argentina’s European-based players stayed with their clubs.
Of the Argentina team on the European tour last year only
Borges, Bouza, Jean de la Cruz Fernandez Miranda, Guinazu and Petrilli played.
From the Argentina team that took part in the 2004 South America Championship
in May, only Bosch, Genoud, Leonelli, Higgs, Henn, G.Miranda and Albina
survived. A further ten players were new to test rugby.
Previous
Encounters
16.10.1999 Argentina 33-12 in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool D)
15.09.1998 Japan 44-29 in Tokyo
27.05.1993 Argentina 45-20 in Buenos Aires
15.05.1993 Argentina 30-27 in Tucaman
Croatia 44, Hungary 15 in Budapest (WCQ Euro. Rnd
2, Pool A)
Croatia won by
29 points. I predicted Croatia by 50.
Previous
Encounters
07.11.1998 Croatia 39-3 in Keeskemet (FIRA Pool B)
28.05.1994 Croatia 31-5 in Budapest (FIRA B2)
22.05.1993 Croatia 78-3 in Sisak (FIRA B2)
GWC
Rankings: Europe Table-Croatia 14th, Hungary 31st
Referee: M. Morgan (Austria)
Germany 69, Austria 9 in Vienna (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool B) HT 28-6
Germany won by 60 points. I predicted Germany by
42.
Tries: A.Pipa (3), Widiker (2), Fischer (2), Kasten,
M.Pipa, Stock.
Conversions: M.Pipa (3), Eckert (2).
Penalty goals: M.Pipa (3)
Penalty goals: Mouysset (3)
15 Benjamin Krause (SG
Hannover78/08 Ricklingen) [Markus Trick (SC Neuenheim)], 14 Klaus
Mainzer (SC Neuenheim), 13 Alexander Widiker (SC Neuenheim), 12 Sascha Fischer
(Périgeux), 11 Manuel Wilhelm (RG Heidelberg) [Gerrit van Look (Berliner
RC)], 10 Alexander Pipa (TSV Handschuhsheim), 9 Tim Kasten (RG Heidelberg) [Timur
Tekkal 9TSV Viktoria Linden)], 8 Jens Schmidt, Capt. (TSV Handschuhsheim),
7 Franck Moutsinga (Berliner RC) [Sebastien Chaule (TSV Handschuhsheim)],
6 Lars Eckert (SC Neuenheim), 5 Mustafa Güngör (RG Heidelberg), 4 Colin Grzanna
(Berliner RC), 3 Christopher Weselek (RG Heidelberg) [Hendrik van Look
(Berliner RC)], 2 Markus Walger (RK Heusenstamm),1 Mathias Pipa (TSV
Handschuhsheim) [Oliver Stock (RG Heidelberg)].
Coach: Rudolf Finsterer
Thanks
to www.rugby-journal.de
15 Hovik Avanesian (RC
Donau), 14 Marius Johannik (RC Donau), 13 Patrick Handl (RC Lycee Francais), 12
Stefan Robl (RC Innsbruck) [21 Yeong-u Seo (Vienna Celtic RFC) temp.],
11 Georg Kaiser (RC Lycee Francais), 10 Gael Mouysset (RC Lycee Francais), 9
Stiig Gabriel (RC Donau), 8 Florian Steinhart (RC Donau) [19 Christoph
Forchtner (RC Donau)], 7 Tobi Messerer (Karlsruhe RC, Germany) [20
Alexander Krauchenberg (RC Donau)], 6 Gareth Briggs (Vienna Celtic RFC), 5
Ferdinand Richter (Munich RFC, Germany), 4 Andreas Gaul Capt. (RC Donau), 3
Nicholas Mottet (Paris University, France) [17 Andreas Schwab (RC Donau)],
2 Shervin Rafsandjani (RC Donau), 1 Philippe Chassaing (Orleans, France) [16
Christian Radda (RC Donau)],
Replacements not used: 18 Willi Payer (RC Lycee Francais), 22 Phillipp
Quendler (RC Lycee Francais),
Coach Didier Louvat
Thanks to Andreas Schwab,
Austria RFU and team member.
Referee: M. Barros (Portugal)
Netherlands 24, Sweden 17 in Amsterdam (WCQ Euro.
Rd 2, Pool C)
Netherlands won by 7 points. I predicted
Netherlands by 8.
Point
scorers
Netherlands
Tries: Viguurs (2), Schram
Conversions:
McHardy (2), Viguurs
Penalty
goal: McHardy
Sweden
Tries: Latele, Saunders,
Ray
Conversion: Lundell
Teams
Netherlands
15 Ian van der Werf
(Haagsche RC), 14 Piet Hein Schram (RC 't Gooi) [22 Edgar de la Hoz
(Castricumse RC)], 13 Jerker Grader, Capt. (RC 't Gooi), 12 James McHardy
(ASRC Ascrum) [21 Joe Hutana (Castricumse RC)], 11 Rigo Hoencamp
(Haagsche RC), 10 Bart Viguurs (Castricumse RC), 9 Chris Williams (ASRC Ascrum)
[20 Silvester Ramaker (RC
Delft)], 8 Benjamin Mast (Haagsche
RC), 7 Mark Springer (Amstelveen RC 1890), 6 Lammert Ruiter (Castricumse RC) [19
Derk Tazelaar (Haagsche RC)], 5 Remco Donkers (RC Eemland), 4 Tino de Groot
(RC 't Gooi) [18 Tim Schumacher (LRC Diok)], 3 Wesley Mulder
(Castricumse RC) [17 Mike Culum (Castricumse RC)], 2 Lister Kire
(Castricumse RC) [16 Joost Puijpe (Amstelveen RC 1890)], 1 Allard
Jonkers (RC 't Gooi)
Coach: Alex O’Dowd
Thanks to Piet van den
Deijssel, Nederlandse Rugby Bond
Sweden (incomplete)
15 Christoffer Lundell
(Göteborg RK), 14 Andreas Bruhn (Göteborg RK), 13 Kanogo Njuru, 12 Alexander
Taylor (Bracknell RFC, England), 11 Andrew Saunders (Richmond RFC, England), 10
Nico Parmelund (Göteborg RK), 9 Mike Tatu (Vänersborg RK), 8 Sebastian Taylor
(Harrow RFC, England), 7 Allan Letele (Vänersborg RK), 6 Fredrik Casselhag, 5
Ivar Bengtsson (Stockholm Exiles),
4 Mattias Björkebäck, 3 Dave
Ray (Stockholm Exiles), 2 Anders Jansson (Stockholm Exiles), 1 Niklas Jarĺker
(Enköping RK),
Thanks to http://www.rugby.se
Last
Five Encounters
08.05.2004 Netherlands 16-0 in Stockholm (FIRA-AER Div.2,
Pool A)
03.05.2003 Netherlands 39-26 in Amsterdam (FIRA-AER Div.2,
Pool A)
07.05.1994 Netherlands 44-6 in Vanersborg
06.11.1993 Netherlands 31-6 in Amsterdam (WCQ Euro, FIRA
B1)
15.10.1989 Netherlands 24-3 in Copenhagen (WCQ Euro.West)
GWC
Rankings: Europe Table-Netherlands 17th, Sweden 19th
Poland 49, Bulgaria 10 in Sofia (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2,
Pool D)
Poland
won by 39 points. I predicted Poland by 45.
This was the first time these two teams had met.
GWC
Rankings: Europe Table-Poland 18th, Bulgaria 33rd
Point
scorers
Poland
Tries: Wilczuk (3), Szostek (2), Wojaczek (2), Andrzejczuk,
Denisiuk
Conversions: Szostek (2)
Tries: Krushkin, Tsintsov
Teams
Poland
15 Łukasz Szostek (Arka
Gdynia), 14 Patryk Szwarc (Folc AZS Warszawa)
[ Krzysztof Hotowski
(Budowlani Łódź)], 13
Piotr Pietrzyk (Orkan Sochaczew),
12 Marcin Malochwy (Ogniwo
Sopot) [ Karol Kopyt (SKRA Warsawa)], 11 Mariusz Wilczuk (Ogniwo Sopot),
10 Maciej Szablewski (Lechia Gdańsk) [ Tomasz Grodecki (Budowlani
Łódź)], 9 Dariusz
Komisarczuk (Arka Gdynia), 8 Maciej Brażuk (Orkan Sochaczew), 7 Paweł
Dąbrowski (Arka Gdynia) [ Łukasz Miśkiewicz (Folc AZS
Warszawa)], 6 Rafal Sajur (Lechia Gdańsk) [ Marek Mirosz(Pogoń Siedlce)],
5 Robert Andrzejczuk (Arka
Gdynia), 4 Paweł Denisiuk (Arka Gdynia), 3 Rafał Witoszyński
(Ogniwo Sopot), 2 Jacek Wojaczek (Arka Gdynia) [ Kamil Bobryk (Pogon
Siedlce)], 1 Wojciech Ruszkiewicz (Arka Gdynia), [ Michał
Królikowski (Budowlani Łódź)].
Thanks to http://www.pzrugby.republika.pl/seniorzy.reprezentacja.html
via ‘Quentin’.
Bulgaria (Not available)
Referee: M. Samoylenko
(Ukraine)
Morocco 10, Tunisia 3 in Tunis (CAR Division 1, Pool C)
Morocco won by 7 points. I predicted Tunisia by
5.
Last
Five Encounters
24.04.2004
Morocco 17-7 in Casablanca (CAR Div.1, Pool A(North)
18.05.2002 Tunisia 27-26 in Tunis (WCQ Africa Rnd 3, North;
CAR (North 1)
19.05.2001 Morocco 30-3 in Casablanca (Africa Championship,
North)
17.03.2001 Morocco 17-14 in Tunis (Africa Championship,
North)
04.11.2000 Morocco 25-20 in Tunis (Africa Championship,
North)
GWC
Rankings: Africa Table-Morocco 3rd, Tunisia 4th
Prediction: Tunisia by 5 points.
Teams
Tunisia
15 Mohamed Ali Nawali, 14
Salah Blagui, 13 Mahmoud Khadraoui, 12 Hédi Souid, 11 Imed Adly, 10 Ajmi Saďd, 9 Mourad Souid, 8 Khaled
Zagdane, 7 Jalloul Hali,
6 Samir Limam, 5 Ahmed
Guerbej, 4 Sabri Gmir, 3 Lamjed Charrada, 2 Amir Hedidane, 1 Yusri Souguir.
Other squad members (from which presumably the replacements will be
chosen)
Makram Mazgouni, Imed Fhal,
Abbčs Kherfatti, Amine Garzallah, Slim Sallem, Saber Charrada, Mejdi Frikha,
Lotfi Ben M'Sallem, Mejdi Guirat, Mohamed Ben Hamida, Heďthem Chelly, Mohamed
Zied Halaďli, Nasreddine Hamrouni, Fakhreddine Lassoued, Tarek Ajroud, Sami
Alya, Moez Jama, Amara Dridi, Tarek Khédiri, Baligh Houij Bouhel, Kaďs Aďssa, Mokhtar Ktari, Haouadi Elloumi,
Botswana 19, Swaziland 12 in Gaborone (WCQ
Africa Rnd 1A South
Botswana won by 7 points. I predicted Swaziland
by 3.
Previous
Encounters
04.09.2004 Botswana 25-22 in Gaborone (CAR Div.2, South)
05.10.2002 Drawn 10-10 in Malkem (CAR Div.2, South)
01.09.2001 Botswana 13-3 in Gabera (WCQ Africa 1B)
01.07.1998 Botswana 23-8
GWC
Rankings: Africa Table-Swaziland 9th, Botswana 14th
Prediction: Swaziland by 3
points.
AZERBAIJAN JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY
CLUB (22.04)
Last weekend Azerbaijan played its first international
rugby match. Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is situated on the
western shores of the inland Caspian Sea and has Russia, Georgia, Armenia and
Iran as its land neighbours.
The team travelled to Zenica in Bosnia to take on the
locals, who themselves can remember the day back in 1992 when they played their
first international rugby match.
Below is an edited email from Jahangir Tagiyev, Secretary
of the Azerbaijan Rugby Federation and player in the national team.
“For A long time we had been
playing against much stronger Georgian clubs and to be honest, we haven't won a
game against them so far but our level is good and much improved with what it
used to be a year and a half ago when we just invited the first professional
coach to teach us. Guram Modebadze, the Guru of Rugby for Georgians and now us
the Azeris. Guram was our inspiration not only for learning rugby but also
developing it despite of all the difficulties. You can only imagine how hard it
is to develop a new sport from complete scratch in a developing country. We
have gone a long way from being a club to a federation but that is another
story. But if there’s one name to be named in association with developing the
sport of rugby in Azerbijan it would be Robert Lambert, an enthusiastic Scot, who
came to Baku to work and create rugby. Bob is currently our Six Nations and IRB
liaison at the moment.
This first game was a test.
We have never had a chance to test ourselves against an even opponent. Georgian
clubs are much stronger and we can't precisely judge at what level we were by
playing against them. So this match was needed to identify where we stand. And
it was not bad. In fact, it made us believe that we will be able to get to the
next FIRA division very soon”
The team (Reorganized by
Rugbyinternational.net)
15 Azer Dushdurov (Baku RC
U21); 14 Tural (Baku RC); 13 Ragif Huseynli (Baku RC), 12 Muradkhan (Baku RC
U21), 11 Nasir (Baku RC), 10 Emin Agayev (Baku RC); 9 Alex Burnett (Baku Exiles
Club), 8 Eldegiz Rafibeyli (Baku RC); 7 Zaur Islamov (Baku RC), 6 Ali Alyev
(Baku RC U20), 5 Aleksey Borovskix (Baku RC);
4 Jahangir Tagiyev (Baku
RC), 3 Renard Aliyev (Baku RC U21); 2 Zulfugar Nabiyev (Baku RC), 1 Shahin
Arzumanov (Sumgait Rugby Club),
Replacements: 16 Emil (Baku RC), 17 Vasfi Aliyev (Baku RC),
18 Elkhan (Baku RC U20), 19 Farkhad Azayev (Baku RC U21), 20 Zahid (Baku RC
U21), 21 Anar Aliyev (Baku RC),
“As you see most of the
squad is from BRC - Baku Rugby Club - it's the first Azerbaian Rugby Club. Our
main choice prop is from Sumgait (a town in Azerbaijan, third by it's size) and
scrum half is from Baku Exiles club who are expatriates living and working in
Baku. Alex Burnett is a scott who has been living in Baku for 6 years, which
made him eligible for playing for national squad.”
Azerbaijan is playing in the
FIRA-AER Division 3, Pool C competition. Most other European teams are playing
in World Cup qualifiers at present. Those that didn’t qualify during Round 1
join Armenia, who opted not to take part in qualifying matches, in this division.
They are Bosnia, Finland, Israel, Norway, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
will play the return game against Bosnia in Baku on 30 April.
“For the game in Baku we
will have two more guys to join Seymur, prop and Ruslan Efendiyev - team
captain, flanker (6).
The coach is Guram Modebadze
and his assistand Vagif Sadatkhan.”
16.04.2005
Uruguay 24,
Japan 18 in Montevideo HT 5-15
Uruguay won by 6 points. I predicted Uruguay by 12.
Japan began their short South American tour with a
loss in Montevideo, a first time encounter between these two nations.
Japan built a handy lead at half time but Uruguay
made a grand comeback in the second half with 19 points being contributed by
full back Augustin Pérez del
Castillo.
Japan
face Argentina next Saturday.
GWC Rankings: World Table-Japan 13th,
Uruguay 21st change!
Point scorers
Tries: del Castillo (3), Dugonjic
Conversions: del Castillo (2)
Japan
Conversions: Morita
Penalty goal: Morita
Dropped goal: Morita
Teams
Uruguay
15 Augustin Pérez del
Castillo (Old Boys), 14 Ivo Dugonjic (Pucaru), 13 Joaquín Pastore (Old Boys),
12 Hilario Canessa (Old Christians), 11 Carlos Baldassari (Champagnat), 10
Diego Aguirre (Tours, France), 9 Juan Campomar, Capt.,(Old Boys), 8 Ignacio
Conti (Carrasco Polo), 7 Nicolás Grille (Trébol), 6 Alfredo Giuria (Beziers,
France) [Marcelo Gutiérrez, (Old Christians)], 5 Juan Alzueta (Trébol),
4 Rafael Álvarez (Old Christians) [Luis Ara, (Pucaru)], 3 Federico Capó
(Castres, France) [Diego Silveira, (Carrasco Polo], 2 Juan Pérez (Old
Boys) [Rodrigo Sánchez, (Carrasco Polo)],1 Diego Lamelas (Alumni,
Argentina).
Coach: Sebastián Pińeyrúa
Japan
15 Goshi Tachikawa (Toshiba
Fuchu), 14 Christian Loamanu (Shochi Fukaya High School) [Ayumu Goromaru
(Waseda University)], 13 Daisuke Ohata (Kobe Steel), 12 Reuben Parkinson [Yukio
Motoki (Kobe Steel)], 11 Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory), 10 Kyohei Motita
(Hosei University), 9 Wataru Murata (Yamaha Motor) [Shota Goto (Waseda
University)], 8 Takuro Miuchi, Capt. (NEC), 7 Tomoaki Nakai (Toshiba Fuchu)
[Takeomi Ito (Kobe Steel)], 6 Hare Makiri, (Fukuoka), 5 Jamie
Washington, 4 Takanori Kumagae (NEC), 3 Ryo Yamamura (Yamaha Motor) [Takagi
Shigeyasu (Yamaha Motor)], 2 Ken Tsukagoshi (Toshiba Fuchu), 1 Hiroshi
Takahashi (Toshiba Fuchu),
Coach: Mitsutake Hagimoto,
Referee: Leonardo Borghi (Argentina)
Thanks to http://www.uru.org.uy
Moldova 55,
Luxembourg 6 in Chisinau (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool B)
Moldova won by 49 points. I predicted Moldova by 60.
These two teams will meet for the first time.
Luxembourg have not played since their disasterous
0-96 loss to Germany last November. Their match against Austria last month was
postponed due to a frozen pitch. They will be struggling against the home side.
Moldova will be having their first outing also since
November but they have the advantage of having pushed the German team 18-27 in
Chisinau in that match. Moldova should win this game easily.
GWC Rankings: Europe Table-Moldova 24th, Luxembourg 26th
Teams
Gilles Caviglia
Pierre Husson
Joseph Lister
Willy Lafaysse,
Luis Schroeder
Nicholas Van Zeeland
Denis Laloy
Enda Horan
Thomas Eichen
Andrew
Thompson
Chritophe Hoffmann
Zelito Nevos Dos Santos
Arnaud Tribellini
Paul
Sullivan
Steven Special
Jonathan Harris
Raudhri Guilfoyle
Nigel Sharplin
Jean-Francois Lens
Loic Herve
Cedric Herve
Janick D’Angelo
Coach: Marty Davis
Thanks to Bernard Jargeac,
Luxembourg Rugby Federation
Referee: M. Gavez (Croatia)
Belgium 15,
Netherlands 10 in Vice (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool C)
Belgium won by 5 points. I predicted Belgium by 3.
5000 spectators watched Belgium score a crucial 15-10
victory over their northern neighbours.
Belgium opened the scoring with a dropped goal to
flyhalf Williams and a penalty goal to winger Demnati. Netherlands’ McCardy
missed 3 early penalty goals in this hard, bruising encounter, but goaled later
in the half when the Netherlands were dominant.
After leading 6-3 at halftime Williams added two more
penalties early in the second half. The Netherlands scored a try after Belgium
was reduced to 14 after Demnati was sin-binned. This gave Belgium a narrow
12-10 lead. Later in the half Schmacher was sin-binned for the Netherlands,
during which time Williams sealed the result with his third penalty.
An upset victory for Belgium has put them at the top
of Pool C.
GWC Rankings: Europe Table-Netherlands 16th, Belgium 23rd CHANGE
Teams
Netherlands
15 Ian van der Werf (Haagsche RC), 14 Derek-Jan Haaster (Castricum RC) [22 Piet Hein
Schram (RC
`t Gooi Naarden)], 13 Jerker Grader,
Capt. (RC
`t Gooi Naarden), 12 James McHardy (Ascrum
Amsterdam) [21 Joe Hutana (Castricum
RC)], 11 Rigo Hoencamp (Haagsche RC), 10 Bart Viguurs (Castricum RC),9 Chris Williams (Ascrum
Amsterdam) [20 Silvester Ramakers (RC
Delft)], 8 Benjamin Mast (Haagsche RC), 7 Derk Tazelaar (Haagsche RC) [19 Mark Springer (Amsterdam RC)], 6 Lammert Ruiter (Castricum RC), 5 Remco
Donkers (Eemeland), 4 Timo de Groot (RC `t Gooi
Naarden) [18 Tim Schumacher (LRC
DIOK)], 3 Wesley Mulder (Castricum RC) [16 Dirk Willems (Haagsche RC)], 2 Lister Kire (Castricum RC), 1 Allard Jonkers (RC `t Gooi
Naarden).
Replacement not used:17 Mike Culum
(Castricum RC).
Coach: Alex Dowd
Thanks
to Piet van den Deijssel, Netherlands Team Manager
1.Christophe Debaty,
2.Norman Wende, 3.Jérôme Wey, 4.Mathieu Verschelden, 5.Damien Godefroy,
6.Grégory Paternoster, 7.Pierre Plasman, 8.Charlie Fourneau, 9.Sébastien Guns,
10.Peter Duchau, 11.Aaron Demnati, 12.Thibaut André, 13.Jérôme Bize, 14.Dirk
Haghedooren, 15.Alan Williams
Replacements: 16.Michel Bruyčre, 17.Denis Franquin, 18.Alex Muls,
19.Mika Demolder, 20.Frédéric Gruel, 21.Hervé De Grieck, 22.Simon Marton
Thanks to http://www.sportkipik.be
Last Five Encounters
17.03.2004 Netherlands 18-10 in Vise (Friendly)
22.02.2003 Belgium 32-25 in Middleburg (Friendly)
10.01.2001 Belgium 8-0 in Waterloo (Friendly)
18.04.1998 Netherlands 19-16 in Brussels (WCQ Euro.
Pool 2, Rnd B)
12.11.1994 Belgium 10-0 in S’hertogenbash (FIRA A1)
Malta 23,
Bulgaria 15 in Sofia (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool D)
Referee: M. Gustafsson (Sweden)
Cameroun v
Nigeria in Lagos (WCQ Africa Rnd 1A, North)
The Camerouns arrive in Lagos seeking an improved performance
against the Nigerians at home. The Senegalese exposed weaknesses in the
Nigerian team when they won 48-6 last month in Dakar. Even if the Camerouns
pick the same side that played and lost 0-6 to Senegal they will be too strong
for Nigeia.
These two teams have never met before.
GWC Rankings: Africa Table-Cameroun 7th, Nigeria 19th
Prediction: Cameroun by 35 points
Teams
Nigeria Squad of 26 (to be reduced to 22)
Forwards
Jibola Dalley (Racing)
Isa al Hassan (Lagos)
Mohammed Kabiru (Kaduna)
Osita Mougbo (Young Lions)
Peter Otemade(Racing)
Matthew Emeka (Eco II)
Bobmanuel Mojekwo (Eco II)
Sunday Bernard (Kaduna)
Harus (Eco II)
Dapo Ademola (Racing)
Segun Samuel (Kaduna)
Emmanuel Godwin (Zaire)
Tunji Fasimoye (Racing)
Simon Joseph (Kaduna)
Joseph Ofoha (Racing)
Backs
Sanni Halilu (Eco II)
Kingsley Iwhiwhu (Racing)
Azeez Ladipo (Racing)
Maleek Ahmed (Eco II)
Chike Nwagbogu (Racing)
Philip Onyekweli (Racing)
Lateef Yusuf (Kaduna)
Tata al Hassan (Kaduna)
Ladi Alakija (Racing)
Gbenga Hammed (Eco II)
Sunday Yayok (Kaduna)
Coach: Ntiense Williams
Thanks to Ntiense Williams,
Coach Nigeria team
Bosnia 36, Azerbaidjan 17 in Zenica (FIRA-AER
Div.3) HT 31-3
Bosnia
won by 19 points. I predicted Bosnia by 25.
Bosnia raced away to a match winning 31-3 lead by half time
taking advantage of Azerbaidjan’s inexperience. The Azerbaidjan pack weighed
100kg more than Bosnia but the Bosnians dominated all phases of play in this
half.
In the second half Bosnia used all its replacements who
were younger players. Azerbaidjan.
This was Azerbaijan’s first test match. Some players were
from France-based clubs but mostly they were from Azerbaijan. There coach is
Georgian.
The Azerbaijanians tried to break Bosnian defence, but the
defence pattern of Bosnia (in first half) was supreme. Further to that, the
Bosnian team used short passes in back play which confused the Azerbaijan team,
so they were not able to defend from set play.
The FIRA-AER 3rd Division contains all the
European teams who were either eliminated in the first round of the World Cup
European qualifiers, or who chose not to take part.
Point
scorers
Bosnia
Tries: Kapić (2),
Tufekčić, Selimspahić, Uzunović, Mušinović
Conversions: Kapić (3)
Teams
Bosnia
(all players from Čelik Zenica)
15. Albin Kapić [19.
Damir Razić], 14. Sedad
Tufekčić, 13. Benjamin Kapić
(Capt),
12. Nermin
Selimbegović, 11. Adis Selimspahić [22. Latif Bešo], 10. Sabahudin Subašić, 9. Armin Vehabović, 8. Damir Džanić, 7. Sanjin Turalić,
6. Kenan Uzunović, 5. Kemal Šestić [18. Mensur
Uzunović], 4. Ermin Mušinović, 3. Husein Karić [16. Rusmir
Ljutvijević], 2. Semir
Ajanović [17. Mirsad Fetić], 1 Semir Pašić.
Replacements not used: 20. Senad Tabaković, 21. Edin Hrapović,
15 Azer Dushdurov (Baku RC
U21); 14 Tural (Baku RC); 13 Ragif Huseynli (Baku RC), 12 Muradkhan (Baku RC
U21), 11 Nasir (Baku RC), 10 Emin Agayev (Baku RC); 9 Alex Burnett (Baku Exiles
Club), 8 Eldegiz Rafibeyli (Baku RC); 7 Zaur Islamov (Baku RC), 6 Ali Alyev
(Baku RC U20), 5 Aleksey Borovskix (Baku RC);
4 Jahangir Tagiyev (Baku
RC), 3 Renard Aliyev (Baku RC U21); 2 Zulfugar Nabiyev (Baku RC), 1 Shahin
Arzumanov (Sumgait Rugby Club),
Replacements: 16 Emil
(Baku RC), 17 Vasfi Aliyev (Baku RC), 18 Elkhan (Baku RC U20), 19 Farkhad
Azayev (Baku RC U21), 20 Zahid (Baku RC U21), 21 Anar Aliyev (Baku RC),
Referee: M. Parrini
(France)
Match report (edited) and Bosnia data thanks to Mirza
Kapic, Bosnia Rugby Union.
Incidentally Mirza mentions that the other Bosnian clubs
are not at the standard for international play. Those clubs are Sarajevo,
Tomislav, Vitez, Zenica'72 and Rudar.
BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS TOUR PART 2005 (15.04)
Something
very special in world rugby is about to happen. A team from the British Isles
and Ireland will make a full tour (meaning tests AND mid-week games) to New
Zealand.
The
team will represent the four ‘Home Unions’-England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales. Before the individual unions began sending their teams on tours, this
was the only way a rugby player from the British Isles and Ireland could visit
and play rugby in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Justin
Marshall, the New Zealand halfback, raised an interesting point from the
player’s point of view in an interview this week. He said the Tri-Nations
tournament was becoming boring-more of the same, and that there must be more
variety in the world of international rugby. Well now we have some variety.
I
have put this view on the Internet before. Break up the monotony of the
Tri-Nations and make it a bi-annual tournament with ‘full tours’ by New Zealand
to Australia, Australia to South Africa, South Africa to New Zealand etc, in
the alternate years. If its financially possible for the Lions to tour New
Zealand, Australia and South Africa, why not begin an old trend and bring more
interest, perhaps passion, back into this grand game.
Backs:
Iain Balshaw (England and Leeds), Geordan Murphy (Ireland and Leicester), Jason
Robinson (England and Sale Sharks), Gareth Thomas (Wales and Toulouse), Shane
Williams (Wales and Neath-Swansea Ospreys), Josh Lewsey (England and Wasps),
Shane Horgan (Ireland and Leinster), Denis Hickie (Ireland and Leinster), Tom
Shanklin (Wales and Cardiff Blues), Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland and Leinster,
captain), Gavin Henson (Wales and Neath-Swansea Ospreys), Ollie Smith (England
and Leicester), Gordon D'Arcy (Ireland and Leinster), Will Greenwood (England
and Harlequins), Stephen Jones (Wales and Clermont Auvergne), Ronan O'Gara
(Ireland and Munster), Charlie Hodgson (England and Sale Sharks), Matt Dawson
(England and Wasps), Dwayne Peel (Wales and Llanelli Scarlets), Gareth Cooper
(Wales and Newport Gwent Dragons), Chris Cusiter (Scotland and Borders).
Forwards:
Graham Rowntree (England and Leicester), Andrew Sheridan (England and Sale
Sharks), Matt Stevens (England and Bath), Gethin Jenkins (Wales and Cardiff
Blues), Julian White (England and Leicester), John Hayes (Ireland and Munster),
Gordon Bulloch (Scotland and Glasgow), Steve Thompson (England and
Northampton), Andy Titterrell (England and Sale Sharks), Shane Byrne (Ireland
and Leinster), Danny Grewcock (England and Bath), Ben Kay (England and
Leicester), Malcolm O'Kelly (Ireland and Leinster), Donncha O'Callaghan
(Ireland and Munster), Paul O'Connell (Ireland and Munster), Michael Owen
(Wales and Newport Gwent Dragons), Richard Hill (England and Saracens), Neil
Back (England and Leicester), Martyn Williams (Wales and Cardiff Blues), Lewis
Moody (England and Leicester), Simon Taylor (Scotland and Edinburgh), Martin
Corry (England and Leicester), Lawrence Dallaglio (England and Wasps).
23.05.2005 v Argentina - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
(19:45 BST)
24.05.2005 Lions depart for New Zealand
04.06.2005 v Bay of Plenty - Rotorua International
Stadium,
08.06.2005 v Taranaki - Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
11.06.2005 v NZ Maori - Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
15.06.2005 v Wellington - Westpac Stadium, Wellington
18.06.2005 v Otago - Carisbrook, Dunedin
21.06.2005 v Southland - Rugby Park Stadium,
Invercargill
25.06.2005 v NEW ZEALAND (1st Test) - Jade
Stadium, Christchurch
28.06.2005 v Manawatu - Arena Manawatu, Palmerston
North
02.07.2005 v NEW ZEALAND (2nd Test) -
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
05.07.2005 v Auckland - Eden Park, Auckland
09.07.2005 v NEW ZEALAND (3rd Test) - Eden
Park, Auckland
10.04.2005
Spain 26,
Croatia 26 in Seville (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool A)
Match drawn. I predicted Spain by 40 points.
This result has thrown Spanish rugby into despair.
Played in a strong breeze before 2,000 spectators,
Spain led 26-16 well into the second half before Croatia staged a strong
comeback. A penalty goal and a penalty try, which was converted, plus missed
goal kicking opportunities by Spain, allowed the Croatians to come away with a
well-deserved draw.
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Spain stays at 13th, Croatia
moves up to 14th.
Point Scorers
Spain
Tries: Sampere, Zarzosa
Conversions: Roque (2)
Penalty goals: Roque (4)
Croatia
Tries: Puljiz, penalty
Conversions: Ursic, Resetar
Penalty
goals: Ursic (3), Resetar
Teams
15 César Sempere (Centransa
El Salvador), 14 Ignacio Martín (Atletico Bera Bera), 13 Ferrán Velazco
(Centransa El Salvador), 12 Jamie Nava (Alcobendas Racing Centra) [18 Iván
Criado (Centransa El Salvador)], 11 Jorge Prieto (Madrid 2012) [20
Antonio Beltrán (Metro-Racing de París, France)], 10 Esteban Roque
(Centransa El Salvador), 9 Pablo Feijoo (Atletico Bera Bera), 8
David Hernandez (Getxo Artea R.T) [19 Santiago Serrano (UE Santbioana)],
7 Nicolás Tisane (Oyonnax, France), 6 Sergio Souto (Centransa El Salvador), 5
Andrew Ebbet (Alcobendas Racing Centra), 4 Igor Isasi (Ordizia), 3 Igor
Alberro (Atletico Bera Bera) [17 Manuel Serrano (Centransa El Salvador)],
2 Mathieu Cidre (Beziers, France) [16 Diego Zarzosa (Centransa El Salvador)],
1 César Caballero (Centransa El Salvador).
Replacements not used: 21 David Mota (C.R. Liceo Frances), 22 Jose Ignacio
Inchausti (Alcobendas Racing Centra).
Coach: Gerrard Glynn
15. Ivan Resetar, 14.
IMiroslav Mandic, 13. Tomislav Burazin, 12. Vlado Ursic [20. Josip Dedic ],
11. Mario Rajcic, 10. Antony Posa, 9. Denis Puljiz, 8. Scott Keith, 7. Bosko
Sablic, 6. Vedran Pomper [19. Ante Olujic], 5. Ivica Letica [16.
Zvonimir Grasic], 4. Luka Marin, 3. Ivan Nola, 2. Jure Penovic [17.
Goran Culic], 1 Goran Zilic.
Replacements
not used: 18. Aleksandar Sljepcevic
, 21. Veceslav Holjevac ,
22.
Vedran Antic ,
Referee: Ferdinando de Sousa (Portugal)
All data thanks to David Marrero Álvarez,
Press Officer, http://www.ferugby.com
Previous Encounter
25.06.1993
Spain 58-6 in Beziers, France (Mediterranean Games)
09.04.2005
Denmark 16,
Austria 3 in Frederika (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool B)
HT 6-3
These two teams have never met before.
Denmark’s lead up to this match has not been
impressive. They lost, at the end of last year, to Moldova 11-20 at home and
squeaked past Luxembourg 6-5 away. Last weekend they crashed to Germany 0-56.
The Austrians defeated Bosnia twice last
September/October to be promoted to this pool. They have been untested to date
as its match against Luxembourg, due to be played last month, was postponed to
May due to bad weather.
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Denmark 25th, Austria 27th
Prediction: Denmark by 14 points.
Teams
Denmark
15. Morten Rune Nielsen
(Frederiksberg RK), 14. Tom Karlebo (Frederiksberg RK), 13. Kristoffer Vandborg
(RK Speed), 12. René T. Kristensen (Aarhus RK),
11. Richard Stephens
(Exiles), 10. Dominick Wilson (Frederiksberg RK), 9. Matthew Delany
(Frederiksberg RK), 8. Mikael Lai Rasmussen,,Capt. (Aarhus RK), 7. Reuben
Paniora (Aarhus RK), 6. Kevin Steel (Holluf Pile-Tjornberg), 5. Jens Aage Skare
Nielsen (Frederiksberg RK), 4. Thomas Thiede (Hundested RK), 3. Michael
Bransholm (Frederiksberg RK), 2. Kasper Vad Pedersen (Aarhus RK),1. Sřren
Brobyskov (Holluf Pile-Tjornberg).
Replacements:16. Jesper Ř. Christensen (Frederiksberg RK), 17.
Jesper Jakobsen, (Frederiksberg RK), 18. Johannes Soussan (CSR-Nanok), 19.
Morten Jřrgensen (Erritsř), 20. Dodji Hounou (RK Speed),
21. Shaun O'Donnell (Holluf
Pile-Tjornberg), 22. Marcus Hvass (Dunstablians, England),
Coach: Douglas Langley
15 Leonardo Schweighofer (A.
Getxo, Spain), 14 Hovik Avanesian (RC Donau),
13 Patrick Handl (RC Lycee
Francais), 12 Amir Yassari (RC Lycee Francais),
11 Georg Kaiser (RC Lycee
Francais), 10 Gael Mouysset (RC Lycee Francais),
9 Stiig Gabriel (RC Donau),
8 Ferdinand Richter (Munich RFC, Germany), 7 Tobi Messerer (Karlsruhe RC,
Germany), 6 Gareth Briggs (Vienna Celtic RFC),
5 Christoph Forchtner (RC Donau), 4 Andreas Gaul, Capt. (RC Donau
), 3 Nicholas Mottet (Paris University, France), 2 Shervin Rafsandjani (RC
Donau), 1 Philippe Chassaing (Orleans, France).
Replacements: 16 Christian Radda (RC Donau), 17 Andreas Schwab
(RC Donau),
18 Benoit Mottet (France),
19 Florian Steinhart (RC Donau), 20 Alexander Krauchenberg (RC Donau), 21
Marius Johannik (RC Donau), 22 Yeong-u Seo (Vienna Celtic RFC).
Coach: Didier Louvat
Thanks to Andreas Schwab,
Austrian team member.
Referee: Ralf Tietge (Germany)
Belgium 21,
Lithuania 13 in Jurbarkas (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool C) HT 9-8
Belgium won by 8 points. I predicted Belgium by 35.
Without a match report to date it looks like this
could have been a spiteful match with two sinbinnings. Lithuanian player Kucinas
was sinbinned in the 37th minute and Belgium scored a try just after
halftime. A Belgian player was sinbinned right on fulltime.
Point scorers
Belgium
Tries: Plasman, Debaty
Conversion: Williams
Penalty goals: Williams (3)
Lithuania
Tries: Scavinskas, Liutkus
Penalty goal: Marcisauskao
Teams
Belgium
15 Reuben Levermore
(Brussels Barbarians), 14 Jerome Bize (Arras), 13 Thibaut Andre (Soignies), 12
Peter Duchau (Boitsfort), 11 Simon Marote (ASUB) [20 Hervé De Grieck
(Beauvais)], 10 Alan Williams (Aurillac, France) [22 Dirk Haghedooren
(Arras)], 9 Sebastien Guns (ROC), [21 Frédéric Gruel (Beauvais)], 8
Pierre Plasman Capt. (Boitsfort), 7 Karel Van Acker (Strasbourg RC, France), 6
Gregory Paternoster (Boitsfort) [16 Michel Bruyčre (Anderlecht)], 5
Damien Godefroy (Strabourg RC, France) [18 Charlie Fourneau (ROC)], 4
Mathieu Verschelde (ASUB) [19 Alex Muls (ASUB)], 3 Jerome Wey (Kituro),
2 Norman Wende (Arras), 1 Christophe Debaty (Montauban, France).
Replacement not used: 17 Denis Franquin (Boitsfort).
Coach: Richard McClintock
Thanks to http://www.sportkipik.be
15. Maksimas Guseinovas
(Vairas Siauliai) [22 Rimantas Zeringis (Salda Siauliai)], 14. Andrius
Matiuchinas (Baltrex Siauliai), 13. Gediminas Liutkus (Baltrex Siauliai)
12. Kestutis Marcisauskas
(Vairas Siauliai) [20 Justinas Vasiliauskas (Vairas Siauliai)], 11. Andrius Zeltotrubovas (RS Panevezys)
[21 Tomas Astrauskas (Salda Siauliai)], 10. Edmundas Scavinskas (Baltrex
Siauliai), 9. Mindaugas Misevicius (Vairas Siauliai), 8. Vitalijus Kostriucinas
(RS Panevezys), 7. Andrius Martinskas (Vairas Siauliai), 6. Vilius Kucinas
(Vairas Siauliai), 5. Laurynas Tipelis (Baltrex Siauliai) [18 Gediminas
Matiukas (Vairas Siauliai)], 4. Ignas Liukinevicius (Baltrex Siauliai), 3.
Justinas Arsanskis (Vairas Siauliai), 2. Tomas Burskys (Baltrex Siauliai),
1. Darius Nosys (Vairas
Siauliai) [16 Tomas Zibolis (Baltrex Siauliai)].
Replacements not used: 17 Remigijus Morkunas (Vairas Siauliai), 19 Mantas
Eimantas (Azuolas Kaunas)
Coach: Anatolijus Smirnovas
Thanks
to Alfredas Mickeliunas
Referee: M. Kocielniak (Poland)
Previous Encounter
05.05.2001 Belgium 29-20 in Brussels (FIRA Pool 1,
WCQ Euro. Rnd 1)
Serbia-Montenegro
24, Malta 17 in Marsa (WCQ Euro. Rnd 2, Pool D) HT 17-5
Malta has had some sensational results in
international rugby in recent years. They have risen quickly through the
divisions in the FIRA-AER competitions. Their first match in Pool D, last
October, was a surprise 17-8 win over the strong Swiss team away. They crashed
13-36 to the strong Polish team at home last November, this being their first
outing this side of Christmas. They should win over the visiting side.
Serbia-Montenegro also surprised the Swiss, in March,
when they drew 11-11 at home. They easily accounted for Bulgaria 33-10 last
November in their only other game in this pool.
Previous Encounter
17.04.2004 Malta 20-18 in Marsa
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Malta 18th, Serbia-Montenegro 20th
Prediction: Malta by 14 points.
Teams
Serbia-Montenegro Squad
Nenad Matejic (KBRK
Belgrade),
Miljan Milosavljevic
(Partizan Belgrade),
Aleksandar Stefanovic
(Partizan Belgrade),
Sasa Djukic (Partizan
Belgrade),
Marko Milosavljevic
(Partizan Belgrade),
Milan Rastovac (Partizan Belgrade),
Marko Prijic (Partizan
Belgrade),
Nikola Orlandic (KBRK
Belgrade),
Marko Kapor (Partizan
Belgrade),
Dejan Karatrajkovski (KBRK
Belgrade).
Aleksandar
Jakisic (Partizan Belgrade),
Dejan
Stiglic (KBRK Belgrade),
Jerko
Labus (Partizan Belgrade),
Nikola
Jerkovic (Partizan Belgrade),
Danilo Bulatovic (Old Albanians,
England),
Aleksandar
Poprecica (KBRK Belgrade),
Aleksandar
Mihajlovic (Portarlington, Ireland),
Bojan
Lukuc (Celtiks Wien, Austria),
Jakov
Jakov (Partizan Belgrade),
Branislav
Acimomic (Partizan Belgrade),
Aleksandar
Obradovic (Partizan Belgrade),
Djordje Milenkovic (KBRK Belgrade).
Thanks
to Dragan Pavlovic, Serbia-Montenegro RFU
Malta
Squad
Dean Zammit;
Harry Collins;
Martin Mallia;
Ian Borda;
Tom Webb;
Luke Watts;
Robert Bonavia;
David Gasan;
Steve
Kempster;
Dominic St. George;
Paul Cioffi;
Daniel Grima;
John Dimmond;
Dominic Busuttil;
Mark Cuschieri;
Jamie Caruana;
Matthew Mirabelli;
Oliver Sacco;
Nick Warren;
Chris Vassallo;
Joe Sultana;
Sean Doublesin
Referee: M. Jones (Austria)
Zambia 28,
Botswana 24 in Lusaka (WCQ Africa Rnd 1A South)
Zambia won by 4 points. I predicted Zambia by 5.
Zambia was hijacked by Swaziland by 1 point last
month in a shock Africa group qualifying match. They will be a much stronger
proposition at home.
Botswana have not played since winning the CAR
Division 2 final against Mali 12-6 last November. Last September they defeated
Swaziland 25-22 to take the Division 2, South title.
Previous Encounters
27.07.2002 Zambia 37-17 in Lusaka (Friendly)
17.05.1997 Zambia 20-13 in Gaborone (WCQ Africa Rnd
A)
GWC Rugby Rankings: Africa Table-Zambia 10th, Botswana 14th
Prediction: Zambia by 5 points.
Teams
Botswana Squad
1 Rich Keipoketswe (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
2 Brendan Garcin Capt.
(Gaborone Rugby Club),
3 Gareth Gilbert (Gaborone
Rugby Club),
4 Shaun Lees (UB Rhinos
Rugby Club),
5 Moses Makiwa (UB Rhinos
Rugby Club),
6 Jerry Mooketsi (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
7 Kevin Tabengwa
(Francistown Tuskers Rugby Club),
8 Munyaradzi Mhonda (UB
Rhinos Rugby Club),
9 Donald Kandima
(Francistown Tuskers Rugby Club),
10 Charl van Zyl (Gaborone
Rugby Club),
11 Leloba Kgosintwa (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
12 Jason Kilian (Gaborone
Rugby Club),
13 Steve Small (Gaborone
Rugby Club),
14 Emmanuel Masinki (UB
Rhinos Rugby Club),
15 Jerome Alabu (UB Rhinos
Rugby Club),
16 Thatayaone Malele (UB
Rhinos Rugby Club),
17 Marula Ncube (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
18 Seabe Gabatlodiwe (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
19 Gilbert Machobane(BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club),
20
Onamile Tshimologo (BDF Cheetahs Rugby Club),
21 Mark Colley (Gaborone
Rugby Club),
22 Mooketsi Mooketsi (BDF
Cheetahs Rugby Club).
Thanks to B.Lekan, Botswana RFU
Zambia
15 Chancy Mulama, 14 Matete
Chilima, 13 Richard Kapoma, 12 Laurence Njobvu, 11 Owen Busange, 10 Alex Mwila,
9 Ronnel Armengol, 8 Armitage Nyondo, 7 Longa Chikwamo, 6 Happy Chipili, 5
Chiluba Kangwa, 4 Chipo Mubagwe, 3 John Kambaenda, 2 Norman Sibande, 1 Chris
Chileshe,
Replacements: 16 Langford Kashinka, 17 Lazarous Chiti,18 Ceasar
Mutesa,
19 Ronald Chishimba, 20
Anthony Kalengo, 21 Mumba Mufumbe, 22 Darren Young,
Coaches: Kelvin Clulee and Innocent Sakala.
Thanks to Kalumiana Kalumiana
‘Talofa lava (welcome) American
Samoa (08.04)
American Samoa is
the latest Union to be admitted to the International Rugby Board, after being
granted Associate Membership at the IRB's Annual Council Meeting in Dublin this
week.
Its Associate
Membership of the IRB will allow American Samoa to participate in IRB Regional
Competitions, a move that is sure to be popular considering Rugby is an
American Samoan pastime and the main sport on the island.
And if you're
wondering where American Samoa is, it's a group of five volcanic islands and
two coral atolls located some 4,200 kilometres south of Hawaii in the South
Pacific. American Samoa is an unincorporated, unorganised territory of the U.S.
and is a neighbour of Western Samoa, an independent country that shares the
same culture and is already a Member Union of the IRB’.
Thanks to
Australian Rugby Union, ‘True Colours ‘,Epublication
RUGBY WORLD CUP ASIA QUALIFYING MATCHES (07.04)
Matches have been rescheduled. Thanks to ‘Seahorse’
from the Forum at www.fira-aer.com, and
to http://www.agrfu.com
Division I: Korea, Japan,
Hong Kong.
Division II: Chinese Taipei,
China, Arabian Gulf.
Division IIIA: Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Division IIIB: Kazakhstan,
Malaysia, India, Guam.
April 8: Arabian Gulf v
China, Dubai - postponed
April 30: China v Chinese
Taipei, Kunming
May 8: Japan v Hong Kong,
Tokyo
May 15: Korea v Japan, Seoul
May 20: Chinese Taipei v
Arabian Gulf, Keelung
May 22: Hong Kong v Korea,
Hong Kong
June 4: Thailand v Sri
Lanka, Bangkok
June 4: India v Kazakhstan,
Mumbai
June 8: Kazakhstan v
Malaysia, Mumbai
June 11: India v Malaysia,
Mumbai
June 11: Singapore v
Thailand, Singapore
June
18: Guam v India, Guam
June 22; Kazakhstan v Guam,
Almaty
June 25: Sri Lanka v
Singapore, Colombo
June 26: Malaysia v Guam,
Kuala Lumpur
THE WEEKEND 2 APRIL
02.04.2005
Germany 56, Denmark 0 in Heidelberg (WCQ Euro. Rnd
2, Pool B)
Germany
won by 56 points.I predicted Germany by 40.
Neighbours Germany and Denmark met in a World Cup Qualifier
in Heidelberg. Germany won easily outplaying the Danes in all aspects of the
game.
A serious mouth injury to Tim Coly may put him out for the
remainder of the season. Lars Eckert was named ‘Player of the Match’.
Point
Scorers
Germany
Tries: Walger (2), M.
Pipa (2), Grzanna (2), Schmidt, A. Pipa, Stock.
Conversions: M. Pipa (4)
Penalty
Goal: M. Pipa
Teams
Denmark
15 Morten Rune Nielsen
(Frederiksberg RK), 14 Tom Karlebo (Frederiksberg RK),
13 Kristoffer Vandborg (RK
Speed) [22 Marcus Hvass (Dunstablians, England)],
12 René T. Kristensen
(Aarhus RK), 11 Andy Nielsen (Old Anselmians, England),
10 Dominick Wilson
(Frederiksberg RK) [21 Shaun O'Donnell (Holluf Pile-Tjornberg)],
9 Mattthew Delany
(Frederiksberg RK) [20 Dodji Hounou (RK Speed)], 8 Mikael Lai Rasmussen,
Capt., (Aarhus RK), 7 Reuben Paniora (Aarhus RK), 6 Kevin Steel (Holluf
Pile-Tjornberg) [19 Morten Jřrgensen (Erritsř RK)], 5 Frank Kristensen
(Aarhus RK) [17 Jesper Jakobsen (Frederiksberg RK)], 4 Thomas Thiede
(Hundested RK) [18 Johannes Soussan (CSR/Nanok)], 3 Kenneth D. Sřrensen
(Aarhus RK), 2 Michael Bransholm (Frederiksberg RK) [16 Kasper Vad Pedersen
(Aarhus RK)], 1 Sřren Brobyskov (Holluf Pile-Tjornberg).
Coach: Douglas Langley
15 Benjamin Krause (SG
Hannover 78/08 Ricklingen) [22 Marcus Trick (SC Neuenheim)], 14 Tim Coly
(RC Strasbourg) [21 Klaus Mainzer(SC Neuenheim)], 13 Alexander
Widiker (SC Neuenheim), 12 Sascha
Fischer (RC Périgueux-Dordogne, France) [20
Manuel Wilhelm (RG Heidelberg)], 11 Robert Mohr (Atlantique Stade
Rochelais, France), 10 Tim Kasten (RG Heidelberg), 9 Jens Schmidt, Capt. (TSV
Handschuhsheim), 8 Steffen Thier (RC Strasbourg) [19 Alexander Pipa (TSV
Handschuhsheim)], 7 Mustafa Güngör (RG Heidelberg) [18 Franck Moutsinga
(Berliner RC)], 6 Lars Eckert (SC Neuenheim), 5 Markus Walger (RK Heusenstamm) [17 Oliver Stock (RG
Heidelberg)], 4 Collin Grzanna (Berliner RC), 3 Christopher Weselek, (RG
Heidelberg), 2 Mathias Pipa (TSV Handschuhsheim), 1 Domenick Davies (SG
Hannover 78/08 Ricklingen) [16 Sebastien Chaule (TSV Handschuhsheim)].
Coach: Rudolf Finsterer
Referee: M. Oberg (Sweden)
Germany details thanks to Christian Duencher- press -
German Rugby Union (DRV)
Denmark details thanks to Flemming Gade, Development Officer, Denmark RFU
Last
five encounters
10.11.2001 Germany 34-24 in Heidelberg (FIRA/WCQ Euro. Rnd
2, Pool B)
28.04.2001 Germany 21-10 in Aarborg (FIRA Div.B)
07.05.2000 Denmark 39-19 in Varel (FIRA Div.B)
20.04.1997 Germany 13-8 in Aarborg (FIRA Playoff 9th-12th)
12.05.1996 Germay 16-11 in Hannover (FIRA B1)