RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP

17.10.2015
Ukraine 30, Poland 14 in Khmelnytskyi (REC 1B)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
BELGIUM	7	6	0	1	146	112	134	4	28
UKRAINE	7	5	0	2	155	111	44	2	22
MOLDOVA	5	3	0	2	155	83	72	4	16
POLAND	7	3	0	4	146	187	-41	2	15
NETHERLANDS	5	2	0	3	81	74	3	2	10
SWEDEN	7	0	0	7	80	296	-193	0	0

Bosnia Herzegovina 24, Turkey 21 in Zenica (REC 2D)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	TL
BOSNIA H.	6	6	0	0	174	81	93	2	25
NORWAY	5	3	0	2	99	75	24	2	14
FINLAND	5	2	0	3	77	83	-6	2	10
TURKEY	5	1	0	4	105	130	-25	3	7
BULGARIA	5	1	0	4	79	165	-86	3	7

Test match friendly
Gibraltar 29, Malta Barbarians 14 in Valette         

UKRAINE v POLAND: REC Division 1B

17.10.2015

REC 1B

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
BELGIUM	7	6	0	1	146	112	134	4	28
UKRAINE	6	4	0	2	125	97	28	1	17
MOLDOVA	5	3	0	2	155	83	72	4	16
POLAND	6	3	0	3	132	157	-25	2	15
NETHERLANDS	5	2	0	3	81	74	3	2	10
SWEDEN	7	0	0	7	80	296	-193	0	0

Ukraine defeated the previously undefeated Belgium at home last week. They should comfortably account for the Poles again at home. This is a very experienced Ukrainian side.

‘Interesting returns for Poland are Nowicki in the back row and Hebda in the second/back row, both now released by their clubs in France. Unluckily for Poland their Captain and heavyweight hooker Bobryk has not been released and the double try scorer against Sweden - Gruszczynski - is not available.

Games between these 2 countries have been very close in the past with only 3 points or less between them for the last 3 occasions, but Ukraine must be confident after their victory over Belgium. They should be strengthened by the return of prop Kramarenko and back row Grabowski both of whom were playing for Polish clubs over the weekend.

An interesting aside could be that brothers could be playing against each other, with Vladislav Grabowski (Arka Gdynia) playing for the Ukraine, while his brother Marek plays in the centre for Budolani Lodz and Poland. They come from the former Polish city of Lviv in western Ukraine. Both originally played for Lodz with Vladislav then moving to Gdyni. I believe Vladislav played for the Ukraine before coming to Poland, while Marek qualified on residency grounds and is being used to beef up the midfield.’

Thanks to ‘Polter’ at http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=688

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table: Ukraine 12th, Poland 19th

World Rugby Rankings
Ukraine 55.03, Poland 51.22

Prediction: Ukraine by 16 points. Score 27-11

TEAMS

Ukraine Squad

Mykola Aleksandriuk (RC Bulava Taganrog)
Ievgen Chaika (RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Vladislav Demetskyy (RC Bulava Khmelnytsky)
Sergey Garkavyi (RC Olympus, Kharkov)
Wladyslaw Grabowski (Arka Gdynia, Poland)
Konstantin Hurylov ( RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Sergii Ianchyi (RC Bulava Taganrog)
Oleg Kosarev (RC Olympus, Kharkov)
Nikolai Kirsanov(RC Olympus, Kharkiv), Captain
Vitaliy Kramarenko (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)
Maksym Kravchenko ( RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Valentine Litvinenko ( RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Alexander Lomakin (RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Denys Masiukov (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)
Oleksandr Mishynov (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)
Vyacheslav Ponomarenko (RC Olympus, Kharkov)
Ruslan Radchuk (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)
Igor Snisarenko (RC Bulava Taganrog)
Sergei Sukhikn (RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Sergiy Tserkovniy (RC Olympus, Kharkiv)
Maksym Turikov (RC Bulava Taganrog)
Edward Vertyletskyy (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)
Volodymyr Voitov (RC Olympus, Kharkov)
Ievgen Zalevskyi (RC KREDO-1963, Odessa)

Adapted from
https://www.facebook.com/czasnarugby/photos/a.413942488724673.1073741829.413921872060068/826425067476411/?type=3&theater

Poland

01. Grzegorz Janiec - CA Saint Etienne (Francja)
02. Radosław Bysewski - Arka Gdynia
03. Marcin Wilczuk - Ogniwo Sopot
04. Adrian Chróściel - Pogoń Siedlce
05. Rafał Kwiatkowski - Arka Gdynia
06. Grzegorz Buczek - Lechia Gdańsk
07. Paweł Dąbrowski - Arka Gdynia
08. Paweł Poniatowski - CO Creusot Bourgogne (Francja)
09. Aleksander Nowicki - AS Macon (Francja)
10. Tomasz Hebda - RC Strasbourg (Francja)
11. Marek Płonka Jr. - Lechia Gdańsk
12. Mateusz Bartoszek - SMRC Saint Medard (Francja)
13. Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki - Ogniwo Sopot
14. Dawid Banaszek - Arka Gdynia
15. Patryk Reksulak - Budowlani Łódź SA
16. Łukasz Szostek - Arka Gdynia
17. Dawid Plichta - Orkan Sochaczew
18. Tomasz Gasik - Orkan Sochaczew
19. Rafał Szrejber - Arka Gdynia
20. Tomasz Rokicki - Lechia Gdańsk
21. Radosław Rakowski - Arka Gdynia
22. Marek Grabowski - Budowlani Łódź SA
23. Robert Kwiatkowski - Lechia Gdańsk

Thanks to ‘Polter’ at http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=688

RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP

10.10.2015
Ukraine 17, Belgium 16 in Kiev (REC 1B)
Austria 31, Denmark 25 in Odense (REC 2C)

Briefly
Ukraine the first major upset of the REC competition and especially in Division 1B when they defeated Belgium 17-16 at home. Belgium had been undefeated prior to Saturday.

Both sides scored 4 tries but Austria just pulled ahead of hosts Denmark. This result eases Austria away from the relegation zone but places Denmark dangerously close to relegation.

EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP 2015-16

10.10.2015

Previews

Ukraine v Belgium in Kiev (REC 1B)

REC 1B

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
BELGIUM	6	6	0	0	130	95	135	3	27
MOLDOVA	5	3	0	2	155	83	72	4	16
POLAND	6	3	0	3	132	157	-25	2	15
UKRAINE	5	3	0	2	108	81	27	1	13
NETHERLANDS	5	2	0	3	81	74	3	2	10
SWEDEN	7	0	0	7	80	296	-193	0	0

Belgium is away out in front of this competition and look set to return to REC 1A for 2016-18. Although away to Ukraine I can only see them winning comfortably.

Prediction: Belgium by 21 points. Score 26-7

TEAMS

Belgium Squad

BILLI BERTRAND, RC Soignies
COCQU TOM, Nevers
CORRADI BRIEUC, RC Soignies
COUPE TOM, Dendermondse RC
CUFFOLO ALEXIS, Cs Beaune
DE BACKER SEP, Dendermondse RC
DEBATTY FLORENT, RC Soignies
DEBATTY LOUIS, RC Soignies
DEBATY CHRISTOPHE, RFC Liégeois
DIENST THOMAS, LILLE
HEYNDRICKX ROMAIN, RC Soignies
HUBERT WILLIAM, ES Catalane
JADOT MAXIME, LILLE
LESCARBOURA BAPTISTE, Royal Kituro RFC
MASSIMI JULIEN, ASUB Rugby Waterloo
MEEUS NICOLAS, Royal Kituro RFC
MOELANTS TUUR ,Boitsfort RC
OLIVE RAPHAEL, Villefranche de Lauragais
PIRON FLORIAN, RUGBY CLUB DE CHARTES
SENSEE HUGO, Royal Kituro RFC
TCHANGUE MARC, USAP
TEMMERMAN MAXIME, ASUB Rugby Waterloo
THEWISSEN ESTEBAN, Stade Toulousain
TORFS JENS, USAP
VERSCHELDEN MATHIEU, RC Tricastin
WILLIAMS ALAN, US COGNAC

http://sportkipik.be/plusieurs-tauliers-de-retour-pour-l-ukraine

Ukraine Squad not available

Denmark v Austria in Odense (REC 2C)

Preview
Denmark, relegated from REC 2B at the end of 2014, are in danger of further relagation. They have a home game against Austria who are also in the relegation danger zone.

REC 2C

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
LUXEMBOURG	4	4	0	0	81	29	52	1	17
SLOVENIA	4	3	0	1	92	53	49	2	14
SERBIA	4	3	0	2	50	109	-59	0	8
AUSTRIA	4	1	0	3	61	84	-23	2	6
DENMARK	4	0	0	4	64	83	-19	3	3

Prediction: Austria by 1 point. Score 22-21.

TEAMS

Austria

1. Mihajlovic, Bogdan (RU Donau Wien)

2. Hruschka, Paul (Wombats RC)

3. Müller, Maximilian (C) (Llanishen RFC)

4. Kinsky, Dominic (Rosslyn Park FC, England)

5. Ehrentraut, Stefan (RC Linz)

6. Thun, Leopold (Vienna Celtic RFC)

7. Psota, Stefan (Llanishen RFC, Wales)

8. Radomirov, Alexander (RU Donau Wien)

9. Lewis, Jan (RC Graz)

10. Aslanyan, Musheg (Vienna Celtic RFC)

11. Hruschka, Popkin (Wombats RC)

12. Chiu, Gordon (RU Donau Wien)

13. Kerschbaumer, Michael (RU Donau Wien)

14. Sabo, Milan (RU Donau Wien)

15. Navas, Maximilian (RU Donau Wien)

16. Oberhauser, Michael (RC Innsbruck)

17. Westerlund, Philipp (RC Innsbruck)

18. Pauser, Stephan (Wombats RC)

19. Robert, Schneider (RU Donau Wien)

20. Olivanti, Frederic (Stade Rugby Wien)

21. Schritliser, Manuel (RC Tigers Flagenhurt) *

22. Dejean de la Batie, Jeremie (RC Innsbruck)

23. Daniel, Treuer (RC Linz)

Head Coach: Lofty Stevenson

 

http://www.rugby-austria.at/detail/rugby-enc-to-be-or-not-to-be-oesterreich-auswaerts-in-daenemark/
* First Austrian test player from this club