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2014 European Nations Cup Division 1: Round One. 01/02/14
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<blockquote data-quote="usausa" data-source="post: 617771" data-attributes="member: 42578"><p>Belgium had most of its top players, although they were missing kicker extraordinaire Alan Williams (reasons unknown, mostly likely club since it was outside the window). Most of the French based players were released. Hong Kong were playing with some different combinations but had almost everyone available.</p><p></p><p>First test team sheets:</p><p>Hong Kong Squad</p><p>1. Leon Wei 2. Tom Bolland 3. Steve Nolan 4. Bill Brant 5. Paul Dwyer* 6. Nick Hewson (captain) 7. Matt Lamming 8. Pale Tauti 9. Andrew McCulla* 10. Chris McAdam 11. Salom Yui Kam Shing 12. Lee Jones 13. Jake Phelps* 14. Rowan Varty 15. Tom McColl</p><p>Reserves: 16. Alex Harris 17. Jack Bennett 18. James Cooper* 19. Josh Li* 20. Alex McQueen 21. Jamie Hood 22. Ben Rimene 23. Andrew Bridle</p><p>*First Hong Kong caps</p><p></p><p>Belgium </p><p>1. Norman Wende 2. Bastian Vermeylen 3. Maxime Jadot 4. Pierre Hendrickx 5. Cyrille Nana Njilem 6. Andrew Neill 7. Thomas De Molder (captain) 8. Julien Morelli 9. Julien Berger 10. Christopher Brown 11. Jens Torfs 12. Guillaume Piron 13. Dirk Haghedooren 14. Nicolas Meeus, 15. Sebastien Guns 16. Julien Massimi 17. Alain Miriallakis 18. Andre Kouemou 19. Matthieu Verschelden 20. Bertrand Billi 21. Hendrik Brouwers 22. Guillaume Brebant 23. Michael De Molder</p><p>Coach: Richard McClintock Manager: Jean-Pierre Finet</p><p></p><p>Belgium was up 5 at the half and lost 28-17 (HK did get try + conv at last play). Apparently ref was whistle happy, tons of pens (7 pen goals for HK in that test, 4 for Belgium).</p><p></p><p>Second match ended with a HK drop goal at full time after they ran off 20+ phases, a lot inside the 22. This despite Belgium scoring the match's only tries. HK coahc felt that HK didn't play well and seemed to feel like his team was lucky to walk out 2-0 instead of 1-1.</p><p></p><p>Second test review: <a href="http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/3670.php" target="_blank">http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/3670.php</a></p><p></p><p>Overall just seems HK outplayed Belgium. Belgium didn't come with a weakened side and neither did Hong Kong. Both sides have improved immensely but especially Hong Kong over the past 3-4 years with Leigh Jones and Dai Rees building that program up. I gotta say both Korea and Hong Kong have stepped immensely over the past couple of years in their quality of play though they are still a little ways from Japan (who have gotten even better under Eddie Jones). Really encouraging on the Asian rugby side. </p><p>For Belgium, surely they must be disappointed as I'm sure they had many chances to win both matches but the wheels just seemed to fall off the wagon. Don't know how long they were there for but I have to believe the time change affected them at least for the first match in terms of build-up and body adjustment.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Here's full match footage from test 1</p><p><a href="http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/tv.php" target="_blank">http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/tv.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="usausa, post: 617771, member: 42578"] Belgium had most of its top players, although they were missing kicker extraordinaire Alan Williams (reasons unknown, mostly likely club since it was outside the window). Most of the French based players were released. Hong Kong were playing with some different combinations but had almost everyone available. First test team sheets: Hong Kong Squad 1. Leon Wei 2. Tom Bolland 3. Steve Nolan 4. Bill Brant 5. Paul Dwyer* 6. Nick Hewson (captain) 7. Matt Lamming 8. Pale Tauti 9. Andrew McCulla* 10. Chris McAdam 11. Salom Yui Kam Shing 12. Lee Jones 13. Jake Phelps* 14. Rowan Varty 15. Tom McColl Reserves: 16. Alex Harris 17. Jack Bennett 18. James Cooper* 19. Josh Li* 20. Alex McQueen 21. Jamie Hood 22. Ben Rimene 23. Andrew Bridle *First Hong Kong caps Belgium 1. Norman Wende 2. Bastian Vermeylen 3. Maxime Jadot 4. Pierre Hendrickx 5. Cyrille Nana Njilem 6. Andrew Neill 7. Thomas De Molder (captain) 8. Julien Morelli 9. Julien Berger 10. Christopher Brown 11. Jens Torfs 12. Guillaume Piron 13. Dirk Haghedooren 14. Nicolas Meeus, 15. Sebastien Guns 16. Julien Massimi 17. Alain Miriallakis 18. Andre Kouemou 19. Matthieu Verschelden 20. Bertrand Billi 21. Hendrik Brouwers 22. Guillaume Brebant 23. Michael De Molder Coach: Richard McClintock Manager: Jean-Pierre Finet Belgium was up 5 at the half and lost 28-17 (HK did get try + conv at last play). Apparently ref was whistle happy, tons of pens (7 pen goals for HK in that test, 4 for Belgium). Second match ended with a HK drop goal at full time after they ran off 20+ phases, a lot inside the 22. This despite Belgium scoring the match's only tries. HK coahc felt that HK didn't play well and seemed to feel like his team was lucky to walk out 2-0 instead of 1-1. Second test review: [url]http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/3670.php[/url] Overall just seems HK outplayed Belgium. Belgium didn't come with a weakened side and neither did Hong Kong. Both sides have improved immensely but especially Hong Kong over the past 3-4 years with Leigh Jones and Dai Rees building that program up. I gotta say both Korea and Hong Kong have stepped immensely over the past couple of years in their quality of play though they are still a little ways from Japan (who have gotten even better under Eddie Jones). Really encouraging on the Asian rugby side. For Belgium, surely they must be disappointed as I'm sure they had many chances to win both matches but the wheels just seemed to fall off the wagon. Don't know how long they were there for but I have to believe the time change affected them at least for the first match in terms of build-up and body adjustment. EDIT: Here's full match footage from test 1 [url]http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/tv.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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