SM-semifinaali 5.9.2009

Tervetuloa Vaasa Wolves!

Pohjoisen alkulohkon voitti Jyväskylä, ja toiseksi sijoittui Vaasa Wolves. Näin Vaasa tulee Myllypuroon lauantaina 5.9.2009 klo 14 Warriorsien vieraaksi pelaamaan finaalipaikasta.

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Welcome Vaasa!

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.

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Runkosarja päättynyt / regular season ended

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.


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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.


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Stockholm 10's

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........ ."

Thanks a lot,

Matt "nobody loves me" Jordan

www.stockholmtens.se