EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP RUGBY TEST: Israel in Austria

22.10.2011
Israel v Austria in Vienna (ENC 2C)

Venue: Sportclubplatz

Referee: Jelavic (Croatia)

 

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BT	BL	PT
DENMARK	5	3	1	1	106	81	25	0	1	15
ISRAEL	4	3	0	1	77	55	22	0	0	12
HUNGARY	4	2	0	2	77	65	12	0	2	10
AUSTRIA	4	2	0	2	65	67	-2	0	1	9
NORWAY	5	0	1	4	36	93	-57	0	1	3

Preview
Israel travels to Vienna for this European Nations Cup clash. In this competition Israel is placed second behind Denmark. Israel and Denmark have a loss each and are making the pace to win this second stage and gain promotion to ENC 2B for 2012-14.

Israel defeated Austria in Israel in April. They are new to this level of competition and have acquitted themselves well. Although it is more difficult to win away in this competition I’m expecting Israel to win.

Previous Encounters
09.04.2011 Israel 20-9 in Netanya (ENC 2C)
02.06.2001 Austria 21-6 in Vienna (WCQ Europe R1; FIRA Pool 2)
23.11.1996 Israel 15-3 in Tel Aviv (WCQ Europe Pool 1, Rnd A)

Israel Last Five
14.05.2011 v Norway W 15-13 in Oslo (ENC 2C)
07.05.2011 v Denmark L 19-27 in Odense (ENC 2C)
09.04.2011 v Austria W 20-9 in Netanya (ENC 2C)
30.10.2010 v Hungary W 23-14 in Netanya (ENC 2C)
12.06.2010 v Finland W 13-6 in Helsinki (ENC 3C)

Austria Last Five
14.05.2011 v Denmark W 23-16 in Odense (ENC 2C)
09.04.2011 v Israel L 9-20 in Netanya (ENC 2C)
06.11.2010 v Norway W 15-9 in Vienna (ENC 2C)
16.10.2010 v Hungary L 16-22 in Budapest (ENC 2C)
15.05.2010 v Hungary W 19-17 in Vienna (ENC 3B)

GWC Rugby Rankings
Europe Table-Austria 30th, Israel 32nd

IRB Ranking Points
Israel 41.05, Austria 37.76

Prediction: Israel by 2 points

Teams

Israel Squad
Nathan Amos
Oren Alt
Amir Beutler
Mijael Bielak
Oren Brodhurst
Matan Brosh
Michael Eli
Matt Frankfurt
Gilad Goldstein
Stas Gurtovoy
Eitan Humphreys
Dudi Jacobi
Maffi Julian
Amit Kakoun
Nimi Kaplan
Fabian Maguid
Daniel Palma
Mody Radashkovich
Yoni Radashkovich
Adrian Rainstein
Yoni Shaki
Toko Suchushvilli

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Austria Squad

Forwards
Manuel Polak
Omar El-Arebi
Patrick Maurer
Maximilan Muller
Milad Farkhondeh-Fal
Gordon Chiu
Anmdreas Gaul
Constantin Vana
Lukas Kolb
Ferdinand Richter
Sebastian Freydell
Johannes Dachler
Alexander Krauchenberg

Backs
Mushegh Aslanyan
Maximilian Navas
Yvan Wever
Rudi Glock
Marius Johannik
Martin Leidl
Julian Zochling
Michael Kerschbaumer
Nicola Bignotti

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