MALTA v CZECH REPUBLIC: REC 2A

21.11.2015

Venue: Hibernians Stadium, Paola

Referee: Sébastien Boyer (France)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
SWITZ.	6	5	0	1	154	102	52	2	22
CZECH REP	5	3	1	1	106	82	26	3	17
CROATIA	6	5	0	3	146	141	5	5	17
MALTA	5	2	0	3	107	123	-16	2	10
ISRAEL	6	0	1	5	101	157	-56	2	4

Preview
Malta’s place in the competition seems secure so only pride is resting on this game for them. The Czech Republic on the other hand needs a win desperately to stay within reach of competition leaders Switzerland.

Previous Encounter
08.11.2014 Czech Republic 2-13 in Prague (REC 2A)

Malta Last Five P 5, W 2, L 3
14.11.2015 v Croatia L 27-34 in Split (REC 2A)
25.04.2014 v Switzerland L 20-23 in Valetta (REC 2A)
18.04.2015 v Israel W 16-13 in Netanya (REC 2A)
08.11.2014 v Czech Republic L 13-27 in Prague (REC 2A)
01.11.2014 v Croatia W 31-26 in Valetta (REC 2A)

Czech Republic Last Five P 5, W 3, D 1,L 1
24.10.2014 v Switzerland L 14-20 in Prague (REC 2A)
25.04.2014 v Israel D 26-26 in Prague (REC 2A)
11.04.2015 v Croatia W 12-9 in Zagreb (REC 2A)
08.11.2014 v Malta W 27-13 in Prague (REC 2A)
01.11.2014 v Switzerland W 27-14 in Nyon (REC 2A)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table: Czech Republic 17th, Malta 23rd

World Rugby Ranking Points
Czech Republic 49.61, Malta 47.21

Prediction: Czech Republic by 6 points. Score 22-16

TEAMS

Czech Republic

1 Staněk, 2 Hruška, 3 Kubálek - 4 Wognitsch, 5 Voves - 6 Backa, 7 Havel, 8 Loutocký - 9 Schütz, 10 Jursík - 11 Čížek J, 12 Stejskal, 13 Pantůcek, 14 Kovář - 15 Čížek P.

lavička: 16 Mára, 17 Havlicek, 18 Okleštěk, 19 Vokrouhlík, 20 Kolář, 21 Soural, 22 Šimák, 23 Macháček L.

http://www.rugbyunion.cz/cs/article/518

Malta team not available