Saturday, February 19, 2011

RUGBY TEST MATCH: European Nations Cup, Div.2B

19.02.2011
Serbia v Andorra at Andorra La Vela

Venue: Campus de Consell

Referee: P.Mariaud (France)

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Serbia’s last outing was a huge turnaround from the 3-33 loss to Slovenia.

Preview
There is very little between all the teams in this division of the European Nations Cup. All have won a game and lost a game, no team dominating.

Although Serbia has defeated Andorra in Andorra before, they don’t have as a good an overall record as the Andorians and at present lie at the bottom of the table. Both teams have injury worries and the Serbians do not look to have their strongest squad travelling.

Last Five Encounters
29.11.2009 Andorra 21-7 in Andorra La Vela (ENC 3A)
06.12.2008 Serbia 32-7 in Smederevo (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 3A)
04.05.2002 Serbia 19-5 in Andorra La Vela (FIRA B, Pool A)
14.10.2000 Andorra 12-9 in Andorra La Vela (WCQ Europe R1; FIRA Pool 3)

Recent Serbia Results
20.11.2010 v Switzerland in Belgrade W 18-15 (ENC 2B)
23.10.2010 v Slovenia in Ljubliana L 3-33 (ENC 2B)

Recent Andorra Results
22.11.2010 v Armenia in Abovian L 12-15 (ENC 2B)
09.10.2010 v Slovenia in Andorra La Vela W 22-7 (ENC 2B)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table-Andorra 26th, Serbia 28th

IRB Rankings Points
Andorra 42.91, Serbia 41.67

Prediction: Andorra by 6 points.

Teams

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Likely Andorra Squad
Marc Abelló (injury)
Paul Alieu
Peter Ambor
Àlex Ballesta
Jeremy Berrio
Óscar Cabanes
Albert Canturri
Antoni Carmona
Eduard Estevenet
Àlex Fernández
Joan Fité
Roger Fité (injury)
Galaktion Gagnidze
Jonathan Garcia
Marc Gispert
Edisher Jamrulidze
David Kirikaixvili
Josep Magallón (injury)
David Martínez
Arnau Olivé
Dani Raya
Estefano Tossati
Eduard Vergara
Xavier Vilasetrú
Head Coach: Michael Broad (Australia)

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Serbia Squad
Nemanja Babic (RK Partizan)
Uroš Babić (RK Pobednik)
Nikola Dimic (RK Partizan)
Sasa Djukic (RK Partizan)
Vladimir Djukic (RK Pobednik)
Andrija Jankovic (KBRK Belgrade)
Vladimir Jelic (Italian Club)
Miloš Joksimović (RK Partizan)
Aleksandar Krstic (RK Partizan)
Jerko Labus (CR Tarragona, Spain)
Bojan Lukic (Vienna Celtic, Austria)
Boris Martic (KBRK)
Nenad Matejić (RK Partizan)
Milos Milanko (RK Partizan)
Milan Orlović (RK Pobednik)
Nikola Simonovic (RK Pobednik)
Vlastimir Sretenović (KBRK Belgrade)
Dejan Tasic (RK Partizan)
Mihajlo Vukobratovic (RC Dinamo Pancevo)
Miladin Živanov (RK Pobednik)
Milos Zogovic (RC Krusevac)
Head Coach: Nedeljko Savic
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