FINLAND v GREECE

World Cup Qualifying Europe Round 1; ENC 2D

30.03.2013

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	TL
NORWAY	3	2	0	1	51	27	24	1	1	10
LUXEMBRG	2	2	0	0	31	22	9	0	4	8
GREECE	1	1	0	0	22	17	5	0	0	4
BOSNIA H.	2	0	0	2	26	33	-7	0	2	2
FINLAND	2	0	0	2	17	48	-31	0	1	1

Venue: Athens

Referee: C.Priskin (Hungary)

12.11.2011 Greece 16-6 in Athens (ENC 2D)
11.06.2011 Finland 11-7 in Helsinki (ENC 2D)
27.02.2010 Greece 31-10 in Patras (ENC 3C)
11.10.2008 Greece 12-10 in Helsinki (WCQ Europe R1; ENC 3C)
27.05.2006 Finland 27-0 in Helsinki (ENC 3D)

These two teams first met in 2006, Finland winning 17-12 in Athens

Finland Last Five P 5, L 5
20.10.2012 v Norway L 3-32 in Oslo (WCQ Europe R1; ENC 2D)
06.10.2012 v Luxembourg L 14-16 in Helsinki (WCQ Europe R1; ENC 2D)
09.06.2012 v Cyprus L 5-52 in Helsinki (ENC 2D)
26.05.2012 v Bulgaria L 24-26 in Turku (ENC 2D)
21.04.2012 v Luxembourg L 3-26 in Luxembourg (ENC 2D)

Finland has lost its last six test matches. They last won, against Greece 11-7, back in June 2011.

Greece Last Five P 5, W 3, L 2
17.11.2012 v Bosnia H. W 22-17 in Thessalonika (WCQ Euro.R1; ENC 2D)
26.05.2012 v Cyprus L 5-72 in Paphos (ENC 2D)
05.05.2012 v Luxembourg L 8-15 in Luxembourg (ENC 2D)
12.11.2011 v Finland W 15-6 in Athens (ENC 2D)
05.11.2011 v Bulgaria W 47-7 in Thesalonika (ENC 2D)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table-Greece 36th, Finland 37th

IRB Ranking Points
Greece 30.00, Finland 26.29

Prediction: Greece by 6 points

TEAMS

Finland Squad

 Janne Heinänen

 Juha Rainvuori

 Tatu Rantakokko

 Riku Ryynänen

 Semu Salmivalli

 Mikael Ahola

 Andras Devenyi

 Aaro Katainen

 Mauno Konttila

 Petri Virrankoski

 Isaac Visser

 Dawie van de Walt

 Stephen Whittaker

 Thomas Finell

 Joakim Grader

 Elias Korhonen

 Antti Lammi

 Mikko Luopio

 Crispin Mäenpää

 Drew Myrie (Capt.)

 Lasse Sariola

 Jussi Viljänen

 

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