EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP RUGBY: Poles Take On Czechs

15.10.2011
Czech Republic v Poland in Nowy Sacz (ENC 1B)

Venue: Stadion Sandecji

“I had to look up where Nowy Sącz is on the map, it's SE of Krakow…Fairly small stadium in terms of capacity (but it has floodlights which aren't shown on the photo), and a football stadium first and foremost but looks like the PZR are rewarding the home team RC Biało-Czarni Nowy Sącz and trying to grow rugby in this part of Poland.
Match will be shown on Polsat Sport and possibly on Eurosport too.” Thanks to ‘Quentin’ at http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3886

 

Image thanks to ‘Quentin’ again as per above link.

Referee: A. Hadj Bachir (France)

Preview
The battle to find a winner for the 2010-12 ENC 1B competition winner (and promotion to 1A) begins today in Poland. Both teams are tucked in behind the pacemakers Belgium and Moldova. Either teams needs a five point haul from this match to catch the leaders. Neither team is in any real danger of relegation.

The Czech Republic record against Poland looks good over the past two seasons but Poland’s record at this level of international rugby is slightly better. With a large number of France-based players it’s time Poland hit top gear. The result should be close.

Competition Results Round 1

09.10.2010	CZECH REPUBLIC	20	POLAND	15	PRAGUE
13.11.2010	MOLDOVA	36	POLAND	25	GDANSK
13.11.2010	BELGIUM	24	CZECH REPUBLIC	12	PRAGUE
20.11.2010	POLAND	22	GERMANY	17	FRANKFURT
20.11.2010	CZECH REPUBLIC	25	NETHERLANDS	13	AMSTERDAM
27.11.2010	GERMANY	29	NETHERLANDS	10	AMSTERDAM
12.02.2011	BELGIUM	20	MOLDOVA	5	BRUSSELS
12.03.2011	POLAND	28	BELGIUM	21	GDANSK
12.03.2011	CZECH REPUBLIC	29	GERMANY	23	HEIDELBERG
19.03.2011	BELGIUM	28	GERMANY	25	BRUSSELS/VISE
19.03.2011	MOLDOVA	24	CZECH REPUBLIC	16	CHISINAU
02.04.2011	MOLDOVA	28	GERMANY	15	CHISINAU
16.04.2011	POLAND	32	NETHERLANDS	18	CRACOVIE
23.04.2011	BELGIUM	30	NETHERLANDS	18	AMSTERDAM
30.04.2011	MOLDOVA	22	NETHERLANDS	15	CHISINAU

 

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	PT
BELGIUM	5	4	0	1	123	88	35	1	1	18
MOLDOVA	5	4	0	1	115	91	24	2	0	18
POLAND	5	3	0	2	122	112	10	0	1	13
CZECH R.	5	3	0	2	102	99	3	0	0	12
GERMANY	5	1	0	4	109	117	-8	0	3	7
NETH.	5	0	0	5	74	138	-64	0	1	1

For a full table of all ENC divisions go to www.rugbyinternational.net, scroll down to Tournaments, then look for FIRA-AER European Nations Cup 2010-12.

Last Five Encounters
09.10.2010 Czech Republic 20-15 in Prague (ENC 1B)
25.10.2009 Czech Republic 19-5 in Varsovie (WCQ Europe R4; ENC 2A)
15.11.2008 Poland 13-7 in Ostrava (WCQ Europe R4; ENC 2A)
04.11.2000 Poland 34-16 in Gdynia (FIRA B)
20.05.2000 Czech Republic 39-13 in Prague (FIRA C)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table-Poland 12th, Czech Republic 16th

IRB Ranking Points
Czech Republic 53.78, Poland 52.88

Teams

Czech Republic Squad

1.Šuster Roman
2.Benda Jan
3.Kutil Ondřej
4.Holovský Tomáš
5.Opravil Karel
6.Leroch Patrik
7.Wognitsch Martin
8.Černý Jiří
9.Jirman Milan
10.Vokrouhlík Pavel
11.Schlanger Michal
12.Sulamanidze Ivane
13.Fuchs Jakub
14.Jursík Václav
15.Jirman Michal
16.Fajkus Radim
17.Macháček Lukáš
18.Indrák Pavel
19.Buryánek Jiří
20.Pailodze Vakhtang
21.Schütz Zbyněk
22.Fuchs Filip
Kafka Martin (trenér), Oswald Jan (asistent trenéra), Kmošťák Petr (lékař), Šťastná Olga (fyzio), Rázga Juraj (manažer), Tlapák Vladimír (kustod).

http://rugbyunion.cz/cesky-narodni-tym-se-utka-s-polskem

Poland Squad (To be reduced to 22)

FORWARDS: Grzegorz Janiec (Lechia Gdańsk), Adrian Chróściel (Budowlani Lublin), Marcin Wilczuk (Arka Gdynia), Kamil Bobryk (Eperney FRA), Jean Boutes (Bayonne FRA), Eryk Piorkowski (Castres FRA), Marcin Siemaszko (Juvenia Kraków), Merab Gabunia (Budowlani Łódź), Michał Krużycki (Bobigny FRA), Wojciech Król (Budowlani Lublin), Kacper Ławski (Macon FRA), Mateusz Bartoszek (Albi FRA), Tom Jankowski (Ampthill RUFC ENG), Etienne Zyk (Sain-Etienne Case Rugby FRA), Paweł Najdek (Posnania), Stanisław Niedźwiecki (Budowlani Lublin)

BACKS: Łukasz Szostek (Arka Gdynia), Cedric Vaissiere (Albi FRA), Jurij Buchajło (Lechia Gdańsk), Tomasz Stępień (Budowlani Łódź), Romuald Berthe (Bobigny FRA), David Chartier (Bayonne FRA), Victor Pradeau, Krzysztof Hotowski (Nevers FRA), Wojciech Łukasiewicz (AZS AWF Warszawa), Grzegorz Dułka (Budowlani Łódź).

Standby: Tomasz Gołąb (AZS AWF Warszawa), Tomasz Hebda (Posnania), Emil Kowalewski (Orkan Sochaczew), Michał Mirosz (Budowlani Łódź), Rafał Szrejber (Arka Gdynia), Wojciech Piotrowicz (Budowlani Lublin).

Unavailable: Dawida Popławski & Donald Gargasson.

http://www.rugbypolska.pl/tiding,2731,contests.html