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MRF Rugby World Cup 2008

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:17 am
by Pittori
Well, it says what it says, we're having our first RWC on Micras. There is no qualification processes as of yet because there is a lack of numbers for the sport, it is fully invitational. If you wish to enter, please reply here. Note that there are only 8 places in the tournament.

Also, if you don't know what Rugby it is, we're using Union rules, for more information goto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union. Those confirmed to be entering will need to PM me their 22 men squads + reserves.

Confirmed Participants

- Nova England (hosts)
- Cräiteland
- Tellia
- Hamland
- Greenuk
- NSV
- Ocia
- Oleslaad-Svensland

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:38 am
by Marc Evans
another sport for Tellia to suck at? :wink:

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:45 am
by Craitman
Sign Kavalos up, Marc :P
erm... Il consider it, we arnt really a rugby nation though so our level of skill at rugby will be something similar to spain.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:49 am
by Pittori
marcevans wrote:another sport for Tellia to suck at? :wink:
erm how does Tellia suck apart from the 9-1 defeat to Greenuk?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:34 pm
by Cairney
*Rips off and waves top around head*

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:43 am
by Matt Kovac
Count Ocia in.

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:17 pm
by Pittori
AND THERE YOU HAVE 8 TEAMS. The Tournament will start on Friday 27th June and draw will be made tonight. Good luck to all participating teams!

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:04 pm
by Pittori
The draw has just been done for the groups of the first ever Rugby World Cup hosted by Nova England. King Josephus of the host nation joined us by picking the groups for the competition:

GROUP A

Hamland
Nova England (hosts)
NSV
Oleslaad-Svensland


GROUP B
Cräiteland
Greenuk
Ocia
Tellia

Hamland and Tellia, two of the favourites will not meet in the group stages, however Tellia's recent bad luck facing Greenuk maybe happening all over again as they are drawn with the nation that thrashed them in the football's FMF World Cup Qualifiers 9-1 last week. However this is a chance for revenge.

Fixtures to follow...

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:00 pm
by Lewis
huzzah for Hamland! :D

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:33 pm
by Pittori
Fixtures

27th June -
Nova England 17-17 Hamland @ Newcastle-Upon-Eastmoor
Oleslaad-Svensland v NSV @ Worth

28th June -
Cräiteland v Greenuk @ West Grinstead
Ocia v Tellia @ Heartpool

30th June -
Hamland v Oleslaad-Svensland @ Hunstland
Nova England v NSV @ Worth

1st July -
Greenuk v Ocia @ St Joseph's
Cräiteland v Tellia @ Worth

3rd July -
NSV v Hamland @ West Grinstead
Nova England v Oleslaad-Svensland @ Detsab

4th July -
Cräiteland v Ocia @ Heartpool
Tellia v Greenuk @ St Joseph's

8th July -
Semi Final 1 @ St Joseph's
Semi Final 2 @ West Grinstead

11th July -
3rd/4th playoff @ Heartpool

13th July -
Final @ Newcastle-Upon-Eastmoor

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:24 pm
by Jess
Go Oleslaad!

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:49 am
by Pittori
Team Rosters

Group A

Hamland:

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1. Joe Rikenan
2. James Johnson
3. Fank Trout
4. Kieran O'Donnel
5. Juan Adamson
6. Tommy King
7. Lewis MacLeod
8. Uist Smith
9. Steve Irvine
10. Menzies Ramsay
11. Mike Barnes
12. Laurence Thane
13. Oliver Greeves
14. Rory Gray
15. Mike Rolandson

subs

16. Jules Rolandson
17. Arnold Norris
18. Chuck T
19. Mr Schwarzenegger
20. Lawrence Lawrencium
21. Hugh Jarse
22. Lindsay Doyle

NSV:

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1	PR	Marcus Pellegrino
2	HK	Nguyen Duc Thanh
3	PR	Jón Vorgensen
4	SR	Truong Ngoc Hoa
5	SR	Gareth Franklin
6	FL	To Van Minh
7	FL	Le Quang Nam
8	N8	Phan Ngoc Tung
9	SH	To Vinh Anh
10	FH	Vo Minh Hai
11	WG	Nguyen Van Thinh
12	CT	Tran Minh Phuc
13	CT	Nguyen Quoc Lam
14	WG	Aaron Lewis
15	FB	Benito Leandro
R	HK	La Hoang Vu
R	SR	Dinh Ngoc Toan
R	N8	Duong Hai Khanh	
R	SH	Tran Quoc Khanh
R	CT	Le Tien Huy
R	WG	Alessandro Trescrara
R	FB	Ricky de Walle
Oleslaad-Svensland:

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1	PR	Bjorn Bjornson
2	HK	Ole Olesson
3	PR	Sven Svenson
4	SR	Lars Larsson
5	SR	Gustav Gustavson
6	FL	Karl Karlson
7	FL	Otto Ottoson
8	N8	Ragnar Ragnarson
9	SH	Andreas Andreasson
10	FH	Henrik Henrikson
11	WG	Set Setson
12	CT	Kristian Kristianson
13	CT	Kristoffer Kristofferson
14	WG	Anton Antonson
15	FB	Peter Peterson

R	SR	Liam Liamson
R	FH	Verner Vernerson
R	FL	Vilhelm Vilhelmson
R	PR	Oscar Oscarson
R	HK	Rolf Rolfson 
R	CT	Spare Spareson
R	FB	Harry Harryson

Group B

Cräiteland:

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15. Oscar Hjansen (CT Hornets)
14. Yaqin Ula (CT Hornets)
13. Kraig Fredriksen (Southern Aztecs)
12. Paulio Fredriksen (Southern Aztecs)
11. Jón Klevets (CT Hornets)
10. Jon Pellegrino (Southern Aztecs)
9.  David Chentzansio (CT Hornets)
1.  Will Mortensen (Tiem Hearts)
2.  Vän Óma (CT Hornets)
3.  Cqin Zyxveldtsen (Tiem Hearts) - Captain
4.  Lydveldt Dehbo (CT Hornets)
5.  Markko Gheorghesen (Southern Aztecs)
6.  Jón Viĵoa (CT Hornets)
7.  Freddie Jonsen (CT Hornets)
8.  Markko Demhivo (KóS Devils)

16. Paulio Pellegrino (CT Hornets)
17. Gheorghe Chentzansio (CT Hornets)
18. Juliaĵ Hjansen (Tiem Hearts)
19. Tór Mortensen (Southern Aztecs)
20. Yaqin Jonsen (Southern Aztecs)
21. Christophe Zyxveldtsen (KóS Devils)
22. Oscar Ula (Tiem Hearts)
Tellia:

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1 	PR	Andrea GHINI
2 	HK	Daniele CASTRONI
3 	PR	Pietro CANASTA
4 	SR	Marco FRANCESCATO
5	SR	Mohammed EL ABD 
6	FL	Sergio LEGENDRE
7	FL	Mauro DE MARCO
8	N8	Santiago ROSENFELD
9	SH	Roberto MARCONI
10	FH	Alessandro PERSICO
11	WG	Vincenzo GIOVANE
12	CT	Giannis NIKOLIDIS
13	CT	Gonzalo DOMINGUEZ
14	WG	Andy RICHARDSON
15	FB	Gianluca DI PIEMONTE
R	FL	Marcello DALLAN
R	SR	Henk DE VILLIERS
R	FH	Martin REATO
R	PR	Gennaro DEL FAVA
R	FL	Ezio FERRARI
R	SH	Romeo BUGATTI
R	CT	Luca ZAFFIRI
Ocia

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1	PR	Marko Rinovich
2	HK	Anej Lovrič
3	PR	Rene Melič
4	SR	Tim Mavz
5	SR	Gorazd Zaj
6	FL	Erik Sakič
7	FL	Rok Elsner
8	N8	Marko Drvensek
9	SH	Safet Jaič
10	FH	Majaz Ket
11	WG	Zdenko Verdenik
12	CT	Bojan Prašnikar
13	CT	Srečko Katanec
14	WG	Zlatko Zahovič
15	FB	Kaso Udovič
R	FL	Ermin Siljk
R	HK	Milnko Amovič
R	N8	Primoz Giha
R	SH	Milan Ostrc
R	WG	Natja Čeh
R	FH	Sebastjan Cmirotič
R	SR	Milvoje Nvakovič 

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:49 am
by Craitman
I'm starting to think Oleslääd and Beaugium should team up after seeing the former's players' names :wink:

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:01 pm
by Pittori
Nova England 17-17 Hamland

The hosts of the first ever Rugby World Cup on Micras almost stunned the favourites Hamland by forcing them to come back to level the game 17-17 after 80 minutes.

Within the first few minutes, Nova England decided to play a forward game - mimicing the Hamland setup. The first row and second row dominated and tried to force through. Driving forward, hooker Meodus Baltan almost gave Nova England something to cheer about as he touched the ball down on the try line, however he knocked the ball forward and the ball came back for a scrum.

However 20 minutes later, Mike Rolandson made a dangerous tackle on Cynric Eden, flipping the Nova English winger. As a consequence, Rolandson put Hamland on the backfoot after being sinbinned for the rest of the half.

Nova England opted for a scrum, driving forward and 5 metres from the try-line, the ball was passed across the field to Skye Bowman who just dashed across Rory Gray to give Nova England a 5-0 lead. Instead of Guivret Jest taking the conversion, Bowman decided to take it himself from 35 yard to the left. And the conversion matched his ambition after comfortably knocking it over to give Nova England a 7-0 lead.

2 minutes later, after the game kicked off again, the referee called for a penalty 45 yards from the tryline right in the centre again after Juan Adamson was believed to have held the ball in the ruck.

Bowman yet again denied Jest from taking it, and the Nova English winger put another one in between the posts to give Nova England a 10-3 lead. That wasn't all, right before the first half drawed to an end, Menzies Ramsay caught the ball off Steve Irvine to knock in a drop goal from 30 yards out to give Hamland a glimmer of hope.

In the second half, Hamland got the upper hand almost immediately as a mistake from Triton Yip allowed Mike Barnes to take the ball at the wing before passing both Skye Bowman and Ruford Dull to score a magnificent try. Menzies Ramsay put the ball over to make it 10-10.

Nova England were quick to respond, gaining a penalty after 2 of Hamland's players were offside, Bowman decided to try another kick - this time from 50 yards out, completely scuffing the ball and almost allowing Hamland to score a try had Mike Barnes didn't get bulldozed off the pitch.

Another penalty went Nova Englands way, with Caradoc Gregorium deciding to tap it for a quick run, before completely screwing it up by running to far forward to dive outside the pitch - a complete waste of a chance.

Hamland made them pay 10 minutes from time with a try from yet again Mike Barnes, who felt on top of the world. Ramsay yet again scored another easy conversion however Hamland forgot it was a competitive match as the whole team decided to switch off, letting Gregorium to amend his mistake from last by running straight through the Hammish back line to make it 15-17, before Guivret Jest taking the ball and knocking it over for 2 points to make it 17-17 apiece.

The match ended all square, which means both teams will get 2 points each, however Hamland thought they could have got 4.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:30 pm
by Lewis
We're giving them a head start.... :lol: