SERBIA v LATVIA: ENC 2B

12.10.2013

Image thanks to ‘Quentin’ at http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4380

Venue: Jāņa Daliņa stadionā, Valmierā

Referee: Vladimir Volovik (Russia)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	TL
ISRAEL	4	4	0	0	137	45	92	3	0	19
LATVIA	4	2	0	2	85	82	3	2	0	10
DENMARK	4	1	1	2	62	79	-17	1	0	7
ANDORRA	4	1	1	2	48	77	-29	0	0	6
SERBIA	4	1	0	3	84	133	-49	1	1	6

Preview
Israel is the team to beat in this competition and that does not look like happening. Latvia is lying second and can only realistically hope for a playoff with second-to-last in ENC 2A in order to gain promotion. The Latvians travel without their Russian contingent, all of whom are reported to be injured.

Serbia is languishing at the bottom of the points table. They defeated Latvia 39-21 at home this time last year, but lost to Andorra 23-26 and were then thumped by Denmark 0-38 away. Playing at home will be a distinct advantage.

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table: Latvia 25th, Serbia 28th

IRB Ranking Points
Latvia 41.56, Serbia 38.69

Prediction: Latvia has not brought their strongest squad and are playing away. Serbia by 2 points

TEAMS

Latvia

15		Kristaps Bērziņš	LMT RC Ezi
14		Matīss Zalcmanis	RK RT
13		Ruslans  Kotļevs	LMT RC Ezi
12		Antons Oseledko
11		Arvis Pilenieks	LLU, France
10		Valters Ranķis	RC Miesnieki/Kekeva
9		Norberts Bekmanis
8		Andrejs Borisovs	SK Ovals
7		Vjačeslavs Tiško	SK Ovals
6		Ainārs Bērziņš
5		Mārtiņš Provizors	Skerries RFC, Ireland
4		Māris Robežnieks	RC Miesnieki/Kekeva
3		Artūrs Kaulakāns	RK Livonia
2		Edgars Cīrulis	RC Miesnieki/Kekeva
1		Jānis Skuja	RC Miesnieki/Kekeva
16		Elmārs Imbrass	SK Ovals
17		Sandris Jauntēvs	RK 1964
18		Guntis Cirša
19		Māris Streikišs	LMT RC Ezi
20		Mareks Larionovs	LMT RC Ezi
21		Deivids Cjukša
22		Mikus Ozols	RK Sigulda
23		Ingus Aivars	LMT RC Ezi
		HEAD COACH: Sergejs Lisko

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Serbia

15		Vitor Ljubičić	RK Belgrade
14		Milan Marinkovic	RK Belgrade
13		Milan Orlovic	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
12		Vlado Kušić	RK Belgrade
11		Danijel Kajan	RK Belgrade
10		Marko Kapor	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
9		Milan Mitrović	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
8		Boris Martic (Capt.)	RK Belgrade
7		Marko Petrović	French Club
6		Aleksandar Madjanovic	RK Belgrade
5		Vlado Radeka	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
4		Aleksandar Mihajilović	Portarlington RFC,Ireland
3		Predrag Vraneš	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
2		Nemanja Simonovic	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
1		Vladimir Đukić	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
16		Srdan Nikolic	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
17		Stefan Dragutinovic	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
18		Vlastimir Sretenović	RK Belgrade
19		Branimir Petrović	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
20		Slatan Sadikovic	RK Belgrade
21		Uros Babic	RK Pobednik-Belgrade
22		Aleksandra Nedeljakovic	RK Belgrade
23		Aleksandra Rankovic	RK Belgrade
		HEAD COACH: Dragan Grujic

Thanks to Biljana Milosevic, Secretary General, Serbia Rugby Federation