SERBIA v DENMARK; World Cup Qualifying Europe Round 2; ENC 2B

13.04.2012

Venue: Odense Atletikstadion, Odense

Referee: George Mossford (Finland)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	TL
ISRAEL	3	3	0	0	91	42	49	2	0	14
LATVIA	4	2	0	2	85	82	3	2	0	10
SERBIA	3	1	0	2	84	95	-11	1	1	6
ANDORRA	4	1	1	2	48	77	-29	0	0	6
DENMARK	2	0	1	1	21	33	-12	0	0	2

Preview
For both teams this is their first rugby test match for the second half of the 2012-13 season. Neither are placed well in the competition and a win today is vital for both to keep them away from the relegation zone.

Denmark is in a slightly better position as they have more games in hand and the home game is certainly an advantage. Denmark also has an important away game next weekend against Israel. A home win is vital to travel with confidence.

Serbia’s results have been up and down. They began this season with a loss to the newly promoted Israel away. They then won well against Latvia at home but lost at home to Andorra.

‘Alex Mihajlovic ,33-year odl lock (1.99m/118kg) return in Serbian team after six years long pause.’
http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4304

Previous Encounters
27.10.2007 Drawn 17-17 in Odense (ENC 3A)
04.11.2006 Serbia 34-23 in Belgrade (ENC 3A)

Denmark Last Five P 5, W 2, D 1, L 2
03.11.2012 v Latvia L 15-27 in Riga (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 2B)
13.10.2012 v Andorra D 6-6 in Odense (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 2B)
08.09.2012 v Norway W 22-15 in London (Viking Cup)
02.05.2012 v Israel L 0-15 in Netanya (ENC 2C)
21.04.2012 v Austria W 28-22 in Odense (ENC 2C)

Serbia Last Five P 5, W 1, L 4
03.11.2013 v Andorra L 23-26 in Belgrade (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 2B)
27.10.2012 v Latvia W 39-21 in Belgrade (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 2B)
13.10.2012 v Israel L 22-48 in Netanya (WCQ Europe R2; ENC 2B)
21.04.2012 v Croatia L 14-45 in Belgrade (Friendly)
14.04.2012 v Andorra L 7-9 in Belgrade (ENC 2B)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table
Serbia 27th, Denmark 28th

IRB Ranking Points
Denmark 41.16, Serbia 39.49

Prediction: Serbia by 1 point

TEAMS

Denmark

15		Andrew Grantham	Aarhus RK
14		Christian Melgaard	Erritsø RK
13		Martin P. Scott	English club
12		Andy Nielsen	Aarhus RK
11		Oliver Le Roux	RK Speed
10		Joshua Jensen	Maidstone RFC, England
9		Mikkel S. Jensen	Aarhus RK
8		Gaspard Nau Valbak	VGA Saint Maur, France
7		Nico Vermaak	Erritsø RK
6		Nicklas V. Tell	RK Speed
5		Kristian Riberholdt (Capt.)	Holstebro RK
4		Niels B. W. Godtfredsen	Aarhus RK
3		Matias Dinesen	Frederiksberg RK
2		Rasmus Dufke	CSR-Nanok RK
1		Niels Bjerg Jensen	CSR-Nanok RK
16		Kasper Vad Pedersen	Aarhus RK
17		Michael Friis Larsen	Aalborg RK
18		Daniel Pilgaard	Aarhus RK
19		Jonas Harreskov	Aarhus RK
20		Johannes Mackeprang	RK Speed
21		James Rosenfeldt	CSR-Nanok RK
22		Jesper G. Jensen	Lindø RF
23		Andreas Robertson	Nottingham Trent Univ., England
		HEAD COACH: Ivan Anderson

Serbia Squad

1. Vladimir Đukić (Pobednik)

2. Nikola Rodić (Pobednik)

3. Predrag Vraneš (Pobednik)

4. Ničić Ivan (Partizan)

5. Vlastimir Sretenović (BRK)

6. Ivan Rodić (BRK)

7. Aleksandar Mihajilović (Portarlington RFC,Ireland)

8. Vlado Kušić (BRK)

9. Branimir Petrović (Pobednik)

10. Boris Martić ((Berlin Grizzlies,Germany)

11. Aleksandar Đorđević (BRK)

12. Marko Ristić (Pobednik)

13. Jerko Labus (Pobednik)

14. Igor Dejanović (Partizan)

15. Milan Mitrović (Pobednik)

16. Miladin Živanov (Pobednik)

17. Marko Kapor (Pobednik)

18. Ivan Pirković (Pobednik)

19. Andrija Janković (Berlin Grizzlies,Germany)

20. Milan Orlović (Pobednik)

21. Vladimir Dejanović (Partizan)

22. Vitor Ljubičić (BRK)

23. Nenad Matejić (Partizan)

 

Coach: Dragan Grujic