Sunday, September 4, 2011

TEST RUGBY: Sweden Wins Viking Tri Nations

03.09.2011
Sweden 18, Norway 7 in Bergen (Tri Nations)

Briefly
The score line was a lot closer than I predicted. We know the Swedish side was without a number of top players. Sweden wins the trophy but a good showing by Norway who are placed well below Sweden in the rankings.

Scoring
Norway: 1 try ( Tirikula ) + 1 conversion
Sweden: 2 tries ( Arvidsson, Murphy), 1 conversion, 2 penalties.
from http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3851

‘Norway played very well today, and managed to face Sweden almost until the end. Norway has maybe a fitness issue that they must fix if they want to be able to hold them for 80 minutes, otherwise, we saw a better Norwegian rugby today, That's encouraging for the match against Denmark that will count double: both for European Nations Cup and Viking Tri-Nations. For both, the coming game will be to avaoid the last place’.
And other details from http://www.norgesrugby.no/results-feeds/614-norway-vs-sweden-tri-nations-match-report

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