EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP DIVISION 1B Belgium Travels to Chisinau

10.04.2011
Belgium v Moldova in Chisinau (ENC 1B)

Venue: Stadionul „Dinamo”.

Referee:

European Nations Cup: Division 1A

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	PT
BELGIUM	7	6	0	1	236	91	145	3	1	28
POLAND	8	5	1	2	193	150	43	1	1	24
MOLDOVA	7	5	1	1	145	114	31	2	0	24
CZECH R.	9	4	0	5	143	198	-54	1	2	19
GERMANY	7	2	0	5	140	158	-18	0	3	11
NETH.	8	0	0	8	94	241	-147	0	1	1

Preview
Belgium jumped to lead the points table in this competition after crushing neighbours The Netherlands last month. They are the favourites to gain promotion to ENC 1A for 2012-14. Firstly they must deal with Moldova away.

Moldova is a tough prospect at home. Once regarded as Division 1A material they have not matched Brussels performances recently against the other teams in the competition. They, like Belgium, have lost only one match.

Belgium has lost classy player Fierro to injury but have included two Australia-based players.

It should be a close encounter.

Last Five Encounters
12.02.2011 Belgium 20-5 in Brussels (ENC 1B)
31.10.2009 Belgium 14-3 in Brussels (ENC 1B)
16.11.2008 Moldova 20-8 in Chisinau (WCQ Europe R4; ENC 2A)
12.04.2008 Belgium 22-19 in Chisinau (ENC 2A)
21.04.2007 Moldova 29-27 in Brussels (ENC 2A)

Belgium Last Five
25.02.2012 v Netherlands W 58-3 in Brussels (ENC 1B)
05.11.2011 v Czech Republic W 55-0 in Brussels (ENC 1B)
23.04.2011 v Netherlands W 30-18 in Amsterdam (ENC 1B)
19.03.2011 v Germany W 28-25 in Brussels (ENC 1B)
12.03.2011 v Poland L 21-28 in Gdansk (ENC 1B)

Moldova Last Five
26.11.2011 v Czech Republic W 13-7 in Prague (ENC 1B)
12.11.2011 v Poland D 17-17 in Chisinau (ENC 1B)
30.04.2011 v Netherlands W 22-15 in Chisinau (ENC 1B)
02.04.2011 v Germany W 28-15 in Chisinau (ENC 2B)
19.03.2011 v Czech Republic W 24-16 in Chisinau (ENC 1B)

GWC Rugby Rankings
European Table: Moldova 13th, Belgium 14th

IRB Ranking Points
Belgium 57.02, Moldova 54.94

Prediction: Belgium by 7 points

Teams

Moldova Squad of 26

Forwards
Cobîlaş Maxim
Cobîlaş Vadim
Leon Victor
Arhip Dumitru
Vasilachi Dumitru
Matăblîndă Andrei
Roman Andrei
Titică Veaceslav (căpitan)
Mahu Andrei
Prepeliţă Oleg
Castraveţ Sergiu
Arhip Victor
Colt Alexandru

Backs
Chirilă Nicolae
Caburgan Nicolae
Găgăuz Alexandru
Manoli Octavian
Baltag Andrian
Volosciuc Gheorghe
Baltag Alexandru
Bulgac Alexandru
Toderica Eduard
Leca Stefan
Ghicu Eugen
Cavcaliuc Ion
Golubenco Mihail

http://www.rugby.md/index.php?pagina=7&articol=496

Belgium

15		Alan Williams	Montluçon, France
14		Thibaut André	Soignies
13		Dirk Haguedooren	Cap d’Agde, France
12		Guillaume Piron	Montpellier, France
11		Nicolas Meeus	Kituro
10		Sébastien Guns	Boitsfort
9		Julien Berger	Stade Rochelais, France
8		Charles Fourneau	Harlequins RFC, Melbourne, Aus.
7		Andrew Neal	Tournefeuille, France
6		Pierre Plasman	Dendermonde
5		Mathieu Verschelden	ASUB Rugby Waterloo
4		Pierre Hendrikx	Boitsfort
3		Jérôme Wey	St-Nazaire, France
2		Thomas Dienst	Lille, France
1		Julien Massimi	St-Eteinne, France
16		Christophe Debaty	Limoges, France
17		Norman Wende	St-Eteinne, France
18		Alain Miriallakis	Easts RFC, Australia
19		Julien Hanchir	Millau, France
20		Thomas De Molder	Lyon, France
21		Jens Torfs	Boitsfort
22		Hadrien Radelet	Charleroi
		Richard McClintock (Coach)

Adapted from http://sportkipik.be/articles.php?id_article=7820