EUROPEAN NATIONS TEST RUGBY: Division 3

15.10.2011
Bosnia Herzegovina v Slovakia in Bratislava (ENC 3)

Venue: Čunovo

Referee: Diaconescu (Romania)

Preview
The Azerbaijan team was unable to take part in this three-team tournament. They were unable to organise visa’s in time!

The Bosnians will be favoured to win this game and gain promotion back to ENC 2D, from where they were relegated 2008-10 competition.

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	PT
BOSNIA H.	2	2	0	0	83	38	45	2	0	10
SLOVAKIA	2	1	0	1	46	50	-4	1	0	5
AZERBAIJAN	2	0	0	2	22	63	-41	0	0	0

“Even if they are both given 20-0 wins over Azerbaijan, Slovakia can still be promoted if they beat Bosnia & Herzegovina. Bosnia are currently 5 points ahead. If Slovakia beat Bosnia & Herzegovina by a margin of 25 points or more (and score at least 4 tries), they will be promoted instead”. Clarification from one who knows best..’mcruic’ at http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3884

Previous Encounter
25.10.2010 Bosnia Herzegovina 45-21 in Zenica (ENC 3)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table-Bosnia Herzegovina 39th, Slovakia 40th

IRB Ranking Points do not apply. Slovakia is not ranked

Prediction: BH by 12 points

Teams

Bosnia & Hercegovina squad

Bašić Adis, Fetić Mirsad, Pašić Semir, Mušinović Ermin, Pojskić Edin, Razić Damir, Keserović Danijel, Tufekčić Sedad, Kokić Vahdet, Glavaš Selmir, Karić Benjamin, Spahić Fadil, Hamzić Adnan, Izić Vedran, Stanković Zeid, Subašić Sabahudin, Smajlović Samed, Vidović Željko, Mujić Amir, Marković Krešimir, Jovanović Damir, Kadić Sejad, Vehabović Armin.

http://zeragbi.blogspot.com/

Slovakia Squad

Forwards: Peter Bolla (RC Zlin/RC Spartak Trnava), Martin Štefl (RC Praga Praha), Martin Majovský (Old Reigations ? ENG), Patrik Grunner (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Martin Mihalka (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Martin Mihálik (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Ján Pfeifer (RC Praga Praha), Andrej Rabara (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Ján Mandičák (RC Petrovice), Michal Fric (RC Rental.cz Havirov), Titus Silný (1.RC Slovan Bratislava)

Backs: Daniel Puha (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Martin Janžo (1.RC Slovan Bratislava), Michal Kučera (RC Olomouc), Václav Pešír (RC Petrovice), Jakub Novák (RC Praga Praha), Peter Kozubík (Rc Rental.cz Havířov), Pavel Kozubík (RC Rental.cz Havířov), Radek Fialka (RC Vyškov), Kevin Grulich (RC Olomouc), Marcel Mana (RC Olomouc), Branislav Hybben (1.RC Slovan Bratislava)

http://www.slovakrugby.sk/nominaciabosna.html