Mediterranean Cup results

[Costaki]

Mediterranean Cup results
Tue Oct 05, 2:24pm (France)
Written by: Bertrand Leze
In the opening day of the 2004 Mediterranean Cup in Tripoli, Lebanon, France beat Morocco 46-6 and Lebanon thrashed Serbia-Montenegro 64-4.

France "Espoir" reached the half-time break with a 22-0 lead. Thomas Bosc was the man of the match, scoring 24 points for the young Chanticleers.

In the other game, Lebanon easily disposed of Serbia-Montenegro 64-4. Lebanon reached the half-time break with a 44-0 lead and it was only late in the game, with Lebanon leading 60-0, that the Serbians scored their only try of the game.

Man of the match was Ahmed Masri. He and Nicolas Toufic both scored 18 points. Other scorers were Adam Zoubaïdi, with 2 tries, Charly Nohra, Anthony Farah Georges Azzi, Hassan Taha and Gilbert Haydamous, with 1 try each.

Nobody's surprised with these 2 easy wins. There is no doubt that the Final of the tournament will be the last game played next Saturday, Lebanon-France. It is sad to see that only a reported 150 people attended these two games.

The Mediterranean Cup is a great concept, no doubt about that. But with the Moroccan team being made up of players based in France and the Serbian team being so weak, wouldn't it be better to organise a proper 3 Tests Serie between Lebanon and France? Surely it could attract more people and interest and raise the profile of the game in Lebanon.


The full schedule of the 2004 Mediterranean Cup is:

Saturday 2nd October, Tripoli International Stadium
France v Morocco: 46-4
Lebanon v Serbia: 64-4

Tuesday 5th October, Tripoli International Stadium
France v Serbia 6.00
Lebanon v Morocco 8.00

Saturday 9th October, Tripoli International Stadium
Serbia v Morocco 6.00
Lebanon v France 8.00

 

[YANTO]

Costika
"The Mediterranean Cup is a great concept, no doubt about that. But with the Moroccan team being made up of players based in France and the Serbian team being so weak, wouldn't it be better to organise a proper 3 Tests Serie between Lebanon and France? Surely it could attract more people and interest and raise the profile of the game in Lebanon. "

Hang on a minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the Med Cup is there to promote INTERNATIONAL RL.
Never mind the scores it gives Serbia and Morocco vital international competition.

Now its the Med Cup so lets see Greece put a side made up of Greek homeland players (no Sydney based) and see how they do against Serbia??
Lebanon have eased back on their Sydney based players this year using some home grown players for the opening games.
Until Greece can do this along with Italy and Malta and maybe join in the Med Cup please do knock the teams that are developing in their HOME nation.
Serbia have so far travelled to play Holland(where they also played Scotland Students) and Lebanon this year with NO FINANCE.They desrve more respect than you are giving them.

 

[Costaki]

Costika
"The Mediterranean Cup is a great concept, no doubt about that. But with the Moroccan team being made up of players based in France and the Serbian team being so weak, wouldn't it be better to organise a proper 3 Tests Serie between Lebanon and France? Surely it could attract more people and interest and raise the profile of the game in Lebanon. "

Hang on a minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the Med Cup is there to promote INTERNATIONAL RL.
Never mind the scores it gives Serbia and Morocco vital international competition.

Now its the Med Cup so lets see Greece put a side made up of Greek homeland players (no Sydney based) and see how they do against Serbia??
Lebanon have eased back on their Sydney based players this year using some home grown players for the opening games.
Until Greece can do this along with Italy and Malta and maybe join in the Med Cup please do knock the teams that are developing in their HOME nation.
Serbia have so far travelled to play Holland(where they also played Scotland Students) and Lebanon this year with NO FINANCE.They desrve more respect than you are giving them.

i didnt write that i got it from the front page of rleague.com

 

[YANTO]

Ok Costaki
somehow it didnt seem like your type of post mate BUT.......just checking to see if you had been on the beers LOL

 

[Costaki]

Ok Costaki
somehow it didnt seem like your type of post mate BUT.......just checking to see if you had been on the beers LOL

i was on the beers after the dogs won lol

 

[YANTO]

Must admit though the crowd looks very dissapointing.

 

[carlnz]

The second day of the 2004 Mediterranean Cup took place last night (Tuesday 5th October) in Tripoli. France faced Serbia-Montenegro and Lebanon faced Morocco.

Unfortunately France and Serbia-Montenegro played only 25 minutes before the Tripoli International Stadium was thrown into the darkness of the night due to a power cut. France was leading 18-4, with Romain Gagliazzo scoring 3 tries. Without floodlights the game was declared over by the organizers.

Thanks to a phone call from the Lebanese Republic Presidence to the electricity board, the second game of the evening started, but later than scheduled.

Lebanon, with a nearly full strength squad, won their second game against Morocco 50-14. Nicolas Toufic was the man of the match. He scored 22 points (40 in 2 games). Charlie Farah scored 2 tries, Charlie Nohra, Georges Nadira, Sami Halabi, Gilbert Chahine and Tommy Mansour scored 1 try each.

With the first game being stopped early and the electricity turned back on late, lots of spectators left the stadium before the start of the second game…

The final of the tournament will be the Lebanon-France game, as usual…

The full schedule of the 2004 Mediterranean Cup is:

Saturday 2nd October, Tripoli International Stadium
France v Morocco: 46-4
Lebanon v Serbia: 64-4

Tuesday 5th October, Tripoli International Stadium
France v Serbia 18-4 (game stopped after 25 minutes due to a power cut)
Lebanon v Morocco 50-14

Saturday 9th October, Tripoli International Stadium
Serbia v Morocco 6.00
Lebanon v France 8.00