The awards for the 2009 season were presented at the End of Season party on 14.11. Everyone had loads of fun and a few refreshments were enjoyed by all.
And the winners are... MEN Player of the Year: Juha Rainvuori (the big softie: "I'm coming for you Steve") Most Improved Player: Janne Hölttä and Antti Pappila (couldn't pick between them) Most Committed Player: Andrei Parisi 3rd half Captain of the Year: Jussi "the giant" Keskinen
Quote of the Year (now to be known as "The Vallu Award": Matt Jordan "nobody loves me.. I'm a team player, I score ALL the tries" Clown (dickhead) of the Year: Matt Jordan (for crying and keeping us awake at 5am on boat to Stockholm while saying the quote of the year)
WOMEN Player of the Year: Heta Lampinen Most Improved Player: Kirsti "Kiki" Lammert 3rd half Captain of the Year: Heta Lampinen
Warriorsin perinteiset kauden päättäjäiset Painobaarissa lauantaina 14.11.2009 klo 16-21. Vain WRC:n jäsenille ja heidän puolisoilleen. Puku/iltapuku.
The Warriors annual End of Season Party will be held at Painobaari on Saturday 14 November 2009 at 4-9 PM. Only for WRC members and their spouses. Dresscode formal.
Keskiviikko Talin Palloiluhalli 21:30-22:30, tekonurmi
Sunnuntai Talin Palloiluhalli 18:30-19:30, tekonurmi, iso kenttä (yhdessä HRC:n kanssa)
Beginners course was very successful, thanks to the organisers and participants! Games will continue on Sundays in Tali at 4 PM (outdoors) until end of October.
Starting on the first week of November, the winter training times will be:
Rugby palaa vuoden 2016 olympialaisiin Rio De Janeirossa. Pelimuotona on 7's, jossa Suomen naisten maajoukkue on Euroopan rankingissa tällä hetkellä sijalla 10.
Rugby will return to Olympic programme 2016 after 92 years!
Warriors Rugby Club uusi miesten Suomen mestaruuden voittamalla Tampere RUC:in kauden tiukimmassa ottelussa 20-17. Finaali oli tiukka taisto ja ansaittu kauden huipentuma, molemmat joukkueet olivat ottelun edetessä johdossa. Yksikään joukkue ei ole vielä voittanut mestaruutta kolmea kertaa peräkkäin, joten WRC:llä on mahdollisuus tehdä Suomen rugbyn historiaa 2010.
Warriorsin naiset pääsivät myös juhlimaan ensimmäistä kertaa Suomen mestaruutta Fuusio-joukkueella yhdessä Helsinki Rugby Clubin naisten kanssa.
Onnea mestareille!
Warriors Rugby Club regained the men's Finnish Championship by defeating Tampere RUC 20-17 in a true thriller. Both teams had the lead during the match, and Warriors had to really deserve the win in the season highlight. No one has taken the Finnish title three times in a row, so WRC will have a chance to write Finnish rugby history in 2010.
Warriors Ladies also got to celebrate Finnish Championship together with Helsinki RUFC women by gaining the trophy with Fuusio team.
Pohjoisen alkulohkon voitti Jyväskylä, ja toiseksi sijoittui Vaasa Wolves. Näin Vaasa tulee Myllypuroon lauantaina 5.9.2009 klo 14 Warriorsien vieraaksi pelaamaan finaalipaikasta.
Jyväskylä won the north pool, and Vaasa placed second. So Vaasa will come to Myllypuro to try out the mighty Warriors on the one-off semi final Saturday 5th September 2009 at 2 pm in Myllypuro.
Warriors voitti runkosarjan eteläisen alkulohkon puhtaalla pelillä, ja saa siten kotiedun semifinaaliin.
Kauden tiukimmaksi otteluksi muodostui heinäkuussa 25.7. pelattu HRUFC-ottelu, josta heltisi tahtovoitto lopulta 33-24. Warriors oli alusta asti tappiolla aina noin 60. minuutille asti, mutta nousi lopussa ohi.
Stockholm 10's reissun jälkeen oli odotettu runkosarjan kohokohta, kun WRC kohtasi kahdesti Tampereen Rugby Union Clubin ensin kotona ja viikkoa myöhemmin vieraissa. Viime vuoden finaalijoukkueiden ensimmäinen taisto 9.8. alkoikin tasaisesti forwardien pelillä, mutta vahvemmalla backien pelillä ja Myllypuron laajaa kenttää hyväksikäyttäen Warriors tuhosi lopulta TRUCin puolustuksen 46-0. Viikkoa myöhemmin 15.8. oli revanssi Tampereella, joka päättyi myös yllättävän suurin lukemin 7-65 Warriorseille.
22.8. päätöskierroksella Warriors matkusti Turkuun Eaglesin vieraaksi, josta voitto tuli numeroin 53-0.
Semifinaali pelataan Myllypurossa 5.9.2009 pohjoislohkon kakkosta vastaan. Vastustaja selviää liiton tulossivuilta.
Tervetuloa katsomaan ja kannustamaan!
Warriors won the regular season southern division without losses and will now host the semifinal.
The tightest match of the regular season was local derby against Helsinki RUFC with a 33-24 win after trailing most of the match.
After Stockholm 10's there came the anticipated replay of last year's final against Tampere RUC. After tight start in the first match Warriors won by surprisingly big margin 46-0 at home. Following week was again a try festival for the backs, WRC winning away by 65-7.
On the last round Warriors travelled to play Turku Eagles and won by safe margin 53-0. Warriors allowed opponents to score only 38 points in all of the 6 matches.
The semifinal will be played in Myllypuro on 5th September 2009 against the second placed team in the northern group. The opponent will be shown on the federation results page.
Hi all, I would like to say what a pleasure it was going to stockholm with you guys, it was an awesome trip with nothing to complain about. So for the rest of the guys who are involved with Warriors, players or just social members here's a little summary of the weekend.
Warriors guys, played against 3 teams on saturday, Chics, Stockholm Exiles and Bergen Red Nuts, first up was chics who were a pretty talented team and were obviously an experienced tens team, and Warriors lost by a fair few points, the positive thing about the game was Chics were made to work hard for their victory. Next up were stockholm exiles who were looking like a pretty tight well drilled unit, the outcome was 52-0 to the exiles, so Warriors had one game left for the day and we made it count, by becoming the first Finnish team to win in the group stages of the competition, it was a close game but we pulled a late try out of the bag and won the game by 7 points.
On the sunday we played off against a team that had finished 2nd in their group, The Amlin Mob who i believe were from wales, this team were obviously a good team as finishing 2nd in the group is no easy task, Warriors had finally figured out how to play tens rugby and gave these boys a good run for their money, had Warriors last try been scored under the posts and not in the corner the game would probably have been tied but a dropkick from the sideline was unsuccessfull and we lost the game by a single conversion.
All in all it was an eventful competition and i believe the Warriors wish to return next year for another go, thanks to Taina for all her hard work and to all the other guys and girls who played, drunk and sung their hearts out, "old roy casey had a farm........ ."
You can follow all of the latest Warriors news in our blog to the left. Below you'll find fixtures & results from the current season along with our archived blog entries and links to other rugby-releated websites.
Winter training schedule: Monday - 8 to 9 pm Finnair Stadium - artificial grass (+juniors) Wednesday - 9:30 to 10:30 pm Tali Football Hall - artifical grass Sunday - 6:30 to 7:30 pm Tali Football Hall - artifical grass, large pitch (jointly with HRUFC)
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If you're looking for the Warriors Ladies team website you'll find it here.
2009 CHAMPIONS
Warriors RCFINNISH championshiP Lahti Sisu RC FINNISH CUP
2009 RESULTS
19.9.2009championshiP (FINAL)
Tampere RC 17 v 20 Warriors RC
12.9.2009CUP (T5 Helsinki) Lahti Sisu RC 14 v 7 Warriors RC Helsinki RFC 24 v 19 Warriors RC Rauma Ice Pack 31 v 28 Warriors RC
