SWEDEN V MOLDOVA: REC 1B

07.11.2015

Venue: Malmö RC

Referee: Tomáš Tuma (Czech Republic)

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	B	PT
BELGIUM	7	6	0	1	146	112	134	4	28
UKRAINE	7	5	0	2	155	111	44	2	22
MOLDOVA	5	3	0	2	155	83	72	4	16
POLAND	7	3	0	4	146	187	-41	2	15
NETHERLANDS	5	2	0	3	81	74	3	2	10
SWEDEN	7	0	0	7	80	296	-193	0	0

Preview
This will be a crucial match for Moldova. Notoriously weak when playing away and like ferocious devils at home they need this win (and the rest) to get near or head off Belgium and Ukraine.

Moldova has always struggled when playing away. They may well face a revised and determined home team.

Sweden has little chance of avoiding relegation but this game could well be a vital building step towards a stronger team.

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table: Moldova 18th, Sweden 21st

World Rugby Ranking Points
Moldova 53.69, Sweden 44.49

Prediction: Moldova by 32 points. Score 48-16

TEAMS

Sweden

1 Lars Peter Tunestål (Pingvin RC)
2 Andreas Persson (Pingvin RC)
3 Alexander Eliasson (Spartacus RUFC)
4 Alexander Rappestad (Stewart's Melville FP RFC, Scotland)
5 Tobias Rörstam (Pingvin RC)
6 Erik Mårtensson (Universities of Edinburgh RC, Scotland)
7 Måns Derk (Södertälje RK)
8 Sebastian Nockmar Norrköpings (RK Trojan)
9 Karl Linderoth (Stockholm Exiles RFC)
10 Tim Karl Johansson (Stockholm Exiles RFC)
11 Oliver Sharp (Stockholm Exiles RFC)
12 Alfred Meitmann (Pingvin RC)
13 Oliver Callaghan (Amstelveense RC, Netherlands)
14 Niklas Ståhle (Hammarby IF RF)
15 Fredrik Enstad (Södertälje RK)

Replacements
16 Johan Vuris (Pingvin RC)
17 Alexander Johansson (Vänerborgs RK)
18 Robhin Karlsson (Södertälje RK)
19 Jonas Zengler Norrköpings (RK Trojan)
20 Erik Sjöbeck (Pingvin RC)
21 André Eriksson (Pingvin RC)
22 Philip Axelsson (Södertälje RK)

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