Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition

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[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Pool A
[/TD]
[TD]Pool B
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Calvisano (Italy)
[/TD]
[TD]Enisey-STM (Russia)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]El Salvador (Spain)
[/TD]
[TD]Mogliano (Italy)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Viadana (Italy)
[/TD]
[TD]CDUL (Portugal)
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


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• Day 1 - 17/01/2015

Calvisano - Viadana
Mogliano - CDUL

• Day 2 - 24/01/2015

Viadana - El Salvador
CDUL - Enisey-STM

• Day 3 - 04/04/2015

El Salvador - Calvisano
Enisey-STM - Mogliano

• Play off home - 18/04/2015

winner Pool A - Rovigo (Italy)
winner Pool B - CSM Baia Mare (Romania)

• Play off away - 02/05/2015

Rovigo - winner Pool A
CSM Baia Mare - winner Pool B

 

[Irishkid]

So who do we reckon will qualify.

 

[dragos03]

I think Calvisano will win Pool A and Enisey-STM will win Pool B. The playoffs will be balanced and anything can happen but I'd tip Calvisano and Baia Mare to qualify.

 

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Day 1 results and rankings :

Pool A
Calvisano 34-3 Viadana (half time : 10-0)
For Calvisano : 4 tries Steyn, Cavalieri, penalty tries (2) - conversions Seymour (4) - 2 penalties Seymour (2)
For Viadana : 1 penalty Gennari

Rankings
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]R
[/TD]
[TD]Team
[/TD]
[TD]W
[/TD]
[TD]D
[/TD]
[TD]L
[/TD]
[TD]Bonus
[/TD]
[TD]Diff
[/TD]
[TD]Points
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Calvisano (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]+31[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]El Salvador (Esp)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]Viadana (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]-31[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Pool B
Mogliano 45-17 CDUL (half time 31-5)
For Mogliano : 7 tries Ceccato (2), Speradio (2), Filipucci, Cornelli, Lucchin - 5 conversions Endrizzi (4), Barraud
For CDUL : 3 tries Tu, Lino, Murray - 1 conversion Noronha

Rankings
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]R
[/TD]
[TD]Team
[/TD]
[TD]W
[/TD]
[TD]D
[/TD]
[TD]L
[/TD]
[TD]Bonus
[/TD]
[TD]Diff
[/TD]
[TD]Points
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Mogliano (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]+28[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Enisey-STM (Rus)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]CDUL (Por)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]-28[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

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Enisey-STM to face CDUL
1- Sergey Novoselov
2- Stanislav Selsky
3- Innokenty Zykov
4- Uldis Sautile
5- Nikolay Serkov
6- Vitaly Orlov
7- Andrey Temnov
8- Anton Rudoy
9- Julris Baranovs
10- Yuri Kushnarev
11- Ramil Gaisin
12- Yaroslav Rechnev
13- Dimitri Gerasimov
14- Alexey Shcherban
15- Igor Kurashov

16- Vladimir Botvinnikov
17- Nazir Gasanov
18- Alexander Bezverkhov
19- Pavel Butenko
20- Dimitry Krotov
21- Nikita Ilyenko
22- Davit Kacharava
23- Dimitry Simonov

Some suprising choices at wing, considering Gaisin is usually a fly half and Shcherban usually a scrum half, but the top try scorer Denis Simplikevich is injured.
Kazakh star Anton Rudoy will start at #8 while Georgia's captain Davit Kacharava is on the bench.

El Salvador announced line up to face Viadana
1- Marcial Castro
2- Manu Serrano
3- Gabi Fernández
4- Ãlvaro Torres
5- Ãlvaro Núñez
6- Pablo Reneses
7- Gerardo de la Llana
8- Joe Mamea
9- Pelayo Ramos
10- Sam Katz
11- Raphael Blanco
12- Tom Pearce
13- Johny Carter
14- Ãlvaro Gorostiza
15- Alejandro Sánchez de la Rosa
Bench : (8 of these 9 players): Juan Carlos Pérez, Alejandro Olmedo, Alfonso Martínez, Sergio Castro, Connor McDonald, Alejandro Ãngel, Salé Ibarra, Juan Ramos, Jorge Medina.

Samoan international Mamea will play number 8 while the englishman Sam Katz will start at fly half. spanish international veteran Manu Serrano at hooker

 

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CDUL squad to face Enisey-STM
Forwards : João Francisco Almeida, Michael Dias, Bruno Medeiros, João Mussolo, Miguel Vilaça, Diogo Alves, Duarte Gil, Diogo Toorn, Geordie Mcsullea, Filipe Olegário, Sebastião Villax, João Lino, Tiago Girão.

Backs : Francisco P. Magalhães, Francisco Bastos, Nuno Penha e Costa, Pedro Cabral, Tomás Appleton, Francisco Appleton, Gustavo Castro, Bernardo Canas, David Araújo, Carl Murray.

A lot of portuguese internationals.

 

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Viadana starting XV Gennari; Souare, Pavan, Quartaroli, Amadasi; McKinley, Travagli; Whitaker, Du Plessis, Andrea Denti; Gerosa, Ruzza; Rendour, Santamaria (cap), Traore.
Bench .: Baruffaldi, Cavallero, Lombardi, Civetta, Monfrino, Khyam Apperley, Keanu Apperley, Biasuzzi.

 

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CDUL v Enisey live now

 

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Day 2 results and rankings :

Pool A
Viadana 36-7 El Salvador (half time : 19-7)
For Viadana : 6 tries Santamaria (2), Withaker, Quartaroli (2), Amadasi - conversion Gennari (3)
For El Salvador : 1 try Pearce - 1 conversion Katz

Rankings
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]R
[/TD]
[TD]Team
[/TD]
[TD]W
[/TD]
[TD]D
[/TD]
[TD]L
[/TD]
[TD]Bonus
[/TD]
[TD]Diff
[/TD]
[TD]Points
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Calvisano (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]+31[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Viadana (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]-2
[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]El Salvador (Esp)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]-29
[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Day 1 : Calvisano 34-3 Viadana
Day 2 : Viadana 36-7 El Salvador
Day 3 : El Salvador - Calvisano, 4 April

Pool B
CDU Lisbon 6-28 Enisey-STM (half time 6-13)
For CDUL : 2 penalties Girão (2)
For Enisey-STM : 3 tries Selsky, Kurashov, Gasanov - 2 conversions Kushnarev (2) - 3 penalities Kushnarev (3)

Rankings
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]R
[/TD]
[TD]Team
[/TD]
[TD]W
[/TD]
[TD]D
[/TD]
[TD]L
[/TD]
[TD]Bonus
[/TD]
[TD]Diff
[/TD]
[TD]Points
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]Mogliano (Ita)
[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]+28[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Enisey-STM (Rus)
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]+22
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]CDU Lisbon (Por)
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]-50
[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Day 1 : Mogliano 45-17 CDU Lisbon
Day 2 : CDU Lisbon 6-28 Enisey-STM
Day 3 : Enisey-STM - Mogliano, 4 April

 

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Results of the Day 3

Pool A
El Salvador 12-62 Calvisano

Table
1- Calvisano (Italy) - 10 pts
2- Viadana (Italy) - 5 pts
3- El Salvador (Spain) - 0 pt


Pool B
Enisey-STM 19-15 Mogliano

Table
1- Enisey-STM (Russia) - 9 pts
2- Mogliano (Italy) - 6 pts
3- CDU Lisbon (Portugal) - 0 pt

Play off
18 April :
Rovigo (Italy) - Calvisano (Italy)
Baia Mare (Romania) - Enisey-STM (Russia)

2 May :
Calvisano (Italy) - Rovigo (Italy)
Enisey-STM (Russia) - Baia Mare (Romania)

Both winners on aggregate scores are qualified to 2015-2016 European Challenge Cup

 

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Play off first leg results :

Rovigo (Italy) 17-17 Calvisano (Italy)
Baia Mare (Romania) 20-30 Enisey-STM (Russia)

second leg in two weeks

 

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Teams for the second leg

Enisey-STM v CSM Baia Mare
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<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Enisey-STM[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]v[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]CSM Baia Mare[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1- Sergey Novoselov (15 caps)
2- Stanislav Selsky (12 caps)
3- Innokenty Zykov (26 caps)
4- Uldis Sautile (Latvia - ? caps)
5- Nikolay Serkov (5 caps)
6- Andrey Temnov (46 caps)
7- Vitaly Orlov (Ukraine - 4 caps)
8- Anton Rudoy (Kazakhstan - 28 caps)
9- Alexey Shcherban (23 caps)
10- Ramil Gaisin (14 caps)
11- Igor Kurashov (9 caps)
12- Davit Kacharava (Georgia -81 caps)
13- Dimitry Gerasimov (33 caps)
14- Denis Simplikevich (11 caps)
15- Yuri Kushnarev (72 caps)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1- Silviu Suciu (1 cap)
2- Florin Bârdașu
3- Cătălin Pastramă
4- Dumani Mtya (South Africa)
5- Marius Dănilă (1 cap)
6- Johann Van Heerden (South Africa)
7- Sean Morrell (Fiji - 1 cap)
8- Kuselo Moyake (South Africa)
9- Bidzina Samkharadze (Georgia - 61 caps)
10- Taniela Rawaqa (Fiji - 15 caps)
11- Ionut Botezatu (24 caps)
12- Cristian Dinis-Vartic (15 caps)
13- John Leiataua (Australia)
14- Sione Faka'osilea (Tonga)
15- Luke Samoa (New Zealand)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16- Andrey Polivalov (3 caps)
17- Nazir Gasanov (4 caps)
18- Evgeny Pronenko (40 caps)
19- Dimitry Krotov (2 caps)
20- Pavel Butenko (33 caps)
21- Julris Baranovs (Latvia - ? caps)
22- Sergey Kuzmenko (5 caps)
23- Pavel Novikov (10 caps)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]16- Florin Gorun
17- Paul Rusu
18- Marius Pocriș
19- Constantin Ene
20- Nigel Genia (Australia)
21- Adrian Apostol (16 caps)
22- Michael Wiringi (New Zealand)
23- Ionuț Hristache[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

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Enisey-STM 33-12 CSM Baia Mare (aggregate score : 60-32)
Calvisano 35-7 Rovigo (aggregate score : 52-24)

Enisey-STM (Russia) and Calvisano (Italy) will play in European Challenge Cup next year

 

[barkinghooker]

I think this is great news that we are going to see a Russian rugby team in the ECC.