28.09.2013
Venue: Paavo Nurmi stadium in Turku
Referee:
Preview
Estonia has played three test rugby matches since 2010.
22.05.2010 v Finland in Viismi L 15-22
02.10.2011 v Finland in Helsinki L 5-55
12.05.2012 v Turkey in Tallinn L 5-47
All the above matches were friendlies. Estonia is gradually moving towards inclusion in the ENC Division 3 championship.
This match is the curtainraiser for the Finland v Greece ENC match.
Prediction: Finland ‘A’ by 25 points
Finland A Squad
1. Jesse Metsanen (Tampere)
2. Mauno Konttila (VC) (JRC)
3. Aleksi Aalto (Tampere)
4. Antti Virtanen (Vaasa)
5. Karl Filtness (JRC)
6. Ari Tikkanen (C) (Kuopio)
7. Joonas Manni (Turku)
8. Mikael Ahola (UK)
9. Christiaan Freeman (Tampere)
10. Alex Bannatyne (Porvoo)
11. Henrico Harnoster (Linna)
12. Markku Kiviniemi (Turku)
13. Kalle Helin (Vaasa)
14. Joonas Nevakivi (Helsinki)
15. Valtteri Valtia (Warriors)
16. Antti Pappila (Warriors)
17. Antti Bjorkvist (JRC)
18. Kalle Valimaki (Linna)
19. Kalle Salminen (Turku)
20. Matti Keranen (Kuopio)
21. Jaakko Kanniainen (Turku)
22. Mika Takala (Helsinki)
23. Tony Lappi (Kuopio)
http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4374
Estonia
Squad not yet released
Oops. Looks like the prediction failed by quite some margin :)
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