Challenge Cup Qualifying play off

[Croket66]

First leg :

Timisoara Saracens (Romania) 36-23 Calvisano (Italy).
Timisoara : 4 tries Shennan, Kinikinilau, Tangimana, Umaga. 2 conversions + 4 penalties Calafeteanu
Calvisano : 3 tries De Santis, Susio (x2). 1 conversions + 2 penalties Vlaicu
The score was 33-6 at the 60'

Rugby Rovigo (Italy) 0-31 Enisei-STM (Russia)
Enisei : 5 tries Baranovs, Orlov, Gaisin (x2), Temnov. 3 conversions Kushnarev

Second leg on 23 April

 

[Irish boy]

Proves the shocking state of Italian club rugby. However good luck the Russians and Romanians great for there players to qualifying

 

[Chevalier]

Nice to see a romanian team back!!! I hope they qualify

 

[Croket66]

Line ups

Enisei-STM
1- Alexey Volkov
2- Nazir Gazanov
3- Innokenty Zykov
4- Uldis Saulite (Latvia)
5- Vyacheslav Kasilnikov (Ukraine)
6- Vitaly Orlov (Ukraine)
7- Andrey Temnov
8- Anton Rudoy (Kazakhstan)
9- Alexey Shcherban
10- Yury Kushnarev
11- Julris Baranovs (captain, Latvia)
12- Dimitry Simonov
13- Davit Kacharava (Georgia)
14- Nikita Ilyenko
15- Igor Kurashov
Replacements :
16- Shamil Magomedov, 17- Andrey Polivalov, 18-Evgeny Pronenko, 19-Dimitry Krotov, 20- Sergey Kuzmenko, 21-Mikhail Babaev, 22- Yaroslav Rechnev, 23-Evgeny Elgin

Rovigo
(15-1) Mantelli, Agbasse, Majstorovic, Lucchin, Lubian L., Chillon (cap), Bronzini, Bernini, Lubian E., Ruffolo, Riedo, Maran, Atalifo, Silva, Balboni.
Replacements :
Momberg, Bordonaro, Pepoli, Grassotti, Tenga, Frati, Menon, Van Niekerk.

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Calvisano
TBC

Timisoara Saracens
1- Gigi Militaru
2- Andrei Radoi
3- Alexandru Tarus
4- Valentin Poparlan
5- Marian Drenceanu
6- Daniel Ianus
7- Dorin Lazar
8- Stelian Burcea (capt)
9- Valentin Calafeteanu
10- Jody Rose
11- Fonovai Tangimana
12- Paula Kinikinilau
13- Jack Umaga
14- Stephen Shennan
15- Gabriel Conache
Replacements :
16- Eugen Capatana, 17- Sione Taupaki, 18- Sami Maris, 19- Ionut Muresan, 20- Marian Gorcioaia, 21- Brian Sefanaia, 22- Tevita Manumua, 23- Viliami Moala

 

[Osezno]

Sorry, I didn't see this post and I posted the message on the one dedicated to pool stages...
http://www.therugbyforum.com/thread...up-Qualifying-Competition?p=795378#post795378

Enisei-STM and Timisoara Saracens will be part of 2016-17 European Challenge Cup.

Russian squad destroyed Rovigo (0-31 & 39-5), while Romanians beat Calvisano twice (36-23 & 17-28). Italy will only be represented in Champions and Challenge Cups through their Pro12 franchises.

 

[dragos03]

Here is the second half of Calvisano vs Timisoara Saracens:

 

[Canadian_Rugger]

Proves the shocking state of Italian club rugby. However good luck the Russians and Romanians great for there players to qualifying

This only tells part of the story. In the Qualifying Competition which led to these playoffs, Italy had three teams: Rovigo, Mogliano and Fiamme Oro. Five other countries, Belgium, Romania, Germany, Portugal and Spain each had one which were Royal Kituro, Timisoara, Heidelberg RK, Direito and Valladolid RAC.

Mogliano were beaten by Heidelberg and Valladolid while Rovigo only just snuck in to the Playoffs on the last day after hammering Royal Kituro. Otherwise, it would have been Heidelberg contesting Enesei-STM for a chance at a place in the ERCC.

Full stop, the Russian and Romanian clubs, which are fully pro, have proven that they're a cut above Italian Excellenza. Likewise, some other countries clubs have shown that they can compete with the Italians when given the opportunity. The only club that looked out of place was Royal Kituro and even they didn't fare to badly against Fiamme Oro, only losing 24-6.

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[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]W[/TH]
[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]D[/TH]
[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]L[/TH]
[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]PF[/TH]
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[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]Pts[/TH]
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[TD="align: left"] Rovigo[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]136[/TD]
[TD]77[/TD]
[TD]59[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Heidelberger RK[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]109[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Fiamme Oro[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]74[/TD]
[TD]51[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Valladolid RAC[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]114[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]46[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
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[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]PF[/TH]
[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]PA[/TH]
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[TH="width: 20, bgcolor: #F2F2F2"]Pts[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Timișoara Saracens[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]126[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]78[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] GD Direito[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]82[/TD]
[TD]-10[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Mogliano[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[TD]-56[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: left"] Royal Kituro[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]198[/TD]
[TD]-170[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0

[/TD]
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