Bohemia Warriors secured their first victory in the history of the competition at the weekend while Castilla Y Leon Iberians and Lusitanos both made it 10 points from 10 in the men’s Rugby Europe Super Cup.
In round two of action in the six-team competition, first up on Saturday was Delta versus the Iberians from Spain in the National Rugby Center in Amsterdam.
Erik den burger
The hosts from the Netherlands were blown away by their in-form visitors 50-17, a try from Inaki Mateu, the Iberians centre, setting the tone after just a minute.
By the 23rd minute it was 19-0 to the Iberians with scrum-half Estanislao Ramiro Bay Gatti and No.8 Vicente Boronat Cuenca scoring tries number two and three.
At half-time it was 26-5 with the Delta try having come from second-row Jack Slob.
A second Delta try from winger Daan Van Der Avoird in the 53rd minute gave them some hope, but four more tries from Iberians made it 50-10 with five minutes to go before a late consolation for the home team.
The result leaves Delta in fourth place while Iberians are top.
Bohemia Warriors from Czechia are up to third place after they went to the Arcul de Triumf stadium in Bucharest and defeated the Romanian Wolves 39-24.
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This match really was nip and tuck for the first hour with a penalty by the home side’s replacement Ioan-Stefan Cojocariu putting them 21-15 up with 20 minutes to go.
A penalty from the Warriors stand-off Tristan Horak reduced the deficit to three a few minutes later and a frenetic last quarter was underway.
Another penalty from Cojocariu gave the Wolves a 24-18 lead with 11 minutes to go until they then had a player yellow carded and the Warriors really took advantage.
Tries from centre Jindrich Kulhavy, sub Matej Sehnal and winger Adam Koblic, all converted by Horak, gave them an amazing win.
The Wolves are fifth after this loss and Brussels Devils from Belgium are bottom after they were beaten 41-17 by second placed Lusitanos from Portugal at home at the Sportcomplex Sint-Gillis in Dendermonde.
Laurent Lefbvre
The Devils went 3-0 up in this game early on, but were then hindered by yellow cards and Lusitanos scored tries via full-back Tomas Marques, hooker Pedro Santiago Lopes, back-row Guilherme Costa and winger Alfredo Almeida. With two of them converted they were 24-3 up after 33 minutes and never looked back.
It was 31-3 by half-time and although the Devils rallied with two converted tries in the second period, the damage had already been done.
Round three of action in this competition comes this coming weekend and starts with Iberians hosting the Wolves on Friday evening.
Standings after round 2
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In the men’s Rugby Europe Conference on Saturday there were big Pool A wins for Luxembourg and Finland.
Luxembourg went to Norway and won 60-6 while Finland kept a clean sheet in defeating Estonia 62-0 on home soil.
Laura Helminen
There are three matches in the international competition to come this coming weekend including Finland in action again this time versus Latvia.
By Gary Heatly
