European Championship C

[Evil Homer]

Greece to use domestic players only.

http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1127/greece-coach-names-initial-squad

Good on them but I'm not sure this is a good idea if they want to make the World Cup, since Malta will probably have at least some overseas-based players.

 

[langpark]

Greece to use domestic players only.

http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/1127/greece-coach-names-initial-squad

Good on them but I'm not sure this is a good idea if they want to make the World Cup, since Malta will probably have at least some overseas-based players.

This is fishy to say the least. It's not only the heritage players that are missing.

Rhodes Knights and Aris Petroupolis between them provided a total of 11 players for last year's national side! What's happened to those players??

 

[Evil Homer]

This is fishy to say the least. It's not only the heritage players that are missing.

Rhodes Knights and Aris Petroupolis between them provided a total of 11 players for last year's national side! What's happened to those players??

“After September’s fixtures here, we may add more players from the teams of the Attica Region or even from the new sides in northern Greece,” Ashill added.

Unsure about Rhodes though.

 

[langpark]

?After September?s fixtures here, we may add more players from the teams of the Attica Region or even from the new sides in northern Greece,? Ashill added.

Unsure about Rhodes though.

Trust me, something big has happened. And there is definitely no such thing as 'teams in Northern Greece'.

From that 22-man squad they've named, a grand total of TWO players (Shyti and Karefilis) player for the national team in 2014.

Again, something big has happened and this is a weak attempt at a cover up.

 

[Evil Homer]

Disappointing to hear in that case. Although it should at least make for a good game against Spain.

 

[deal.with.it]

NEW STRUCTURE TO GREEK Rugby League

The Board of EORL, at its meeting of 15 July 2015, approved the new structure of the period of 2015-2016 events.
More specifically: form three groups / leagues.
The first concerns the Local league Attica.
The second will be the development group, which will also involve groups of Attica and aimed at acquiring experience from new players and new teams.
The third group will be the one in Northern Greece, and League Rugby extends there.
Moreover, it has made ​​an inquiry to form the group of women and minors group.
Finally, the management of EORL has initiated contacts with universities and the Armed Forces to form student groups.
The Group of Attica will start racing in September in order to be judged and the athletes who will staff the National Team in the Games in October.
The Gen. Secretary EORL Andreas Kolettis, said: "this is an ambitious plan. The main objective is the two groups of Attica to start soon and organized. Later we will try to Northern Greece and other groups. "

Kostas Tzevelekos (treasurer of EORL) expressed "optimism about the stabilization" while Tasos Pantazidis (Gen.Dntis of EORL) stated that "despite the problems, we continue with reasonable growth. Each obstacle for good saying. Our new big clubs support and great relief will be the geographical distribution of the games to avoid the difficulty and cost of distant travel. We continue with new wings. "

 

[deal.with.it]

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[langpark]

Spain and Malta have announced their sides for Saturday's match. Both sides look pretty strong. Even Spain have a player in Elite 1 of France and a few more in Elite 2...


SPAIN 20-MAN SQUAD:
Cedric Bringuier (Baho XIII), Hadriel Mehamed González, Diego Lagunas, Ezequiel Perez-Fuster (Ciencias XIII), Dani Moreno, Antonio Puerta, Isaac Pulgar (Custodians Madrid), Chris Lopez (Infantry XIII), Matt Dulley, Richi Perelló, Juan Pablo Rango (Irreductibles Mislata), Dani Garcia, Ivan Mendez (La Reole), Alex O'Doutres (Palau XIII), Miguel Blanco (Seaton Rangers), Aitor Davila (Tigres Torrent), Gonzalo Morro (Tonneins XIII), Adrian Alonso, Andy Pilkington, Luis Thorp (Valencia Warriors)


MALTA 20-MAN SQUAD:
Jeremy Dela (Birmingham Bulldogs), Jean-Pierre Zarb (Crusaders RL), Justin Barlogio (DC Slayers), Chris Parker (Gateshead Storm), Joseph Pio Mizzi, Pete Ingham, Robin Cutajar, Sam Firth, Shan Francois Hussain, Zachariah Micallef (Gozo Gladiators RL), Jonathan Wallace (London Broncos), Danny Burke (London Skolars), Christian Briffa, Joe Paolella, Pete Debono, Sam Blyton-Keep (Malta Origin RL), Jake Mamo (Newcastle Knights), Andrew Muscat, Jake Lynch (Salford City Roosters), Jarrod Sammut (Workington Town)

 

[crimpo]

I think Sammut will have a field-day - he's been in great form at Workington

 

[langpark]

He's not in the 17, they put the team up a few hours ago. Neither is Jake Mamo.

 

[The Partisan]

Would love to see the obviously heavily domestic players dominated Spain cause an upset over the Maltese but think experience and skill will get the red and whites home quite convincingly.


Best of luck to both teams and congrats to all who have organised this International.

 

[Sinman]

Mamo is playing NSW cup grand final and I'd say Sammut would have to still play for his team this weekend.. which means they are in the squad for the Greece game you would think.. Giving Spain a hope at least!! I would like to see Spain have a win.. They grow each year and it would be great for their development

 

[langpark]

Spain 40-30 Malta!!!!!!

Very surprised by that one! Good on em!

 

[Evil Homer]

Great result for Spain. Surely favorites to go through to the WCQ now, which would be a huge learning curve for them.

 

[langpark]

Agreed, they're surely now going to progress, they've just beaten the group favourite.

It's been such a rapid rise for them. They only began Rugby League two years ago, and now could actually be headed to a World Cup!

 

[Evil Homer]

Agreed, they're surely now going to progress, they've just beaten the group favourite.

It's been such a rapid rise for them. They only began Rugby League two years ago, and now could actually be headed to a World Cup!

Not sure about that, they'll probably get flogged by Russia and Serbia let alone Ireland and Wales. Good for them to be involved though if they do make it, they'll learn a lot.

 

[crimpo]

would never have happened with Sammut ;-)

Either way that's a great result for Spain - congrats to them

 

[langpark]

Not sure about that, they'll probably get flogged by Russia and Serbia let alone Ireland and Wales. Good for them to be involved though if they do make it, they'll learn a lot.

Perhaps, but it's these names that are in their squad that got me thinking...

Alex O'Doutres (Palau XIII)
Cedric Bringuier (Baho XIII)
Dani Garcia, Ivan Mendez (La Reole)
Gonzalo Morro (Tonneins XIII)
Miguel Blanco (Seaton Rangers)
Andy Pilkington, Luis Thorp (Valencia Warriors)


A lot of us maybe underestimated that they too have some quality heritage players that they can call on. One player in French Elite, plus another three in Elite 2 makes a huge difference at this level.

 

[CQ Italia]

Perhaps, but it's these names that are in their squad that got me thinking...

Alex O'Doutres (Palau XIII)
Cedric Bringuier (Baho XIII)
Dani Garcia, Ivan Mendez (La Reole)
Gonzalo Morro (Tonneins XIII)
Miguel Blanco (Seaton Rangers)
Andy Pilkington, Luis Thorp (Valencia Warriors)


A lot of us maybe underestimated that they too have some quality heritage players that they can call on. One player in French Elite, plus another three in Elite 2 makes a huge difference at this level.

I did some research last year, there's are a lot of Spanish heritage players in the French competitions.

 

[SJR]

Greece has withdrawn from next weekend's match v Malta due to withdrawal of two sponsors due to Greek financial crisis. Malta have been awarded the match 30 - 0. The last match in European Championship C is Spain v Greece in Greece. I assume the match will go ahead as Greece will not have to travel.