Liege 0 - Luxembourg 33

Weather: 12°. Cloudy. No rain

Pitch: Soft

Kickoff: 13:30

Spectators: 17

Ref: M. Di Ciccio (*****)

Luxembourg:

With five changes in the starting team and a few last minute absences, Luxembourg couldn’t produce the same quality rugby we’ve seen in the last games. Not the fault of the players brought in, tough. They met the expectations, showed the team doesn’t have only 15 players and fully deserved the opportunity, but the lack of routines and pace was too obvious.

Both teams didn’t play well, with lots of interruptions due to handling errors or penalties. However, Luxembourg was always the best team on the pitch with glimpses of brilliance.

The game started well for Luxembourg. On the 5th minute, the forwards took the ball to the far right of the pitch. From there the ball ran all the back line and Christopher had just to run and score. Impressive. Four minutes later, Christopher scored his second with another nice move in the backs. Benji converted both to set the score 14-0. After these early and easy tries the game went into a festival of handling errors, consecutive turnovers and penalties and we were even lucky  when an handling error a couple of meters from the score line, prevented Liege from scoring just before the referee whistled half time.

Thanks to a better organization and attitude in second half, Luxembourg spent almost all the 30 minutes in the opposition half. However, there was always a handling error or a positional mistake to stop the decisive pass. Eventually, taking advantage of the opposition collapse, Luxembourg scored 3 tries in the last 10 minutes. On the 49th minute, Stanley caught a ball in the air at half way and went thru the defense almost without challenge. 2 minutes later, the forwards worked hard in the ruck to give Christophe his first hat-trick. On the 55th minute the game ended as it started with another magnificent try. The forwards took the ball to the far left, recycled it to the backs and this time Matthew had space in the middle to score. Benji converted two the set the final score at 0-33.  

This elaborated but well deserved victory puts Luxembourg at the top of the table. 

Man of the Match: Christopher

U17 Belgium Cadets Division 2 - Liege-Luxembourg

This Saturday, September 25, we are going to Liége to play the 3^rd game of Belgium Cadets Division2.
 
LIEGE-LUXEMBOURG 

Kick-off: 13:30

Stadium: Complexe sportif de Naimette-Xhovémont

  Boulevard Léon Philippet, 83
     4000 Liège

 

Departure : 10:15

Arrival :        19:00

The players in the list below are selected for the game and must be at Glacis at 10:00.

Don’t forget the club polo and tracksuit, shorts and socks if you have them. Bring also some food and water (bananas, cereal bars, biscuits …) and an ID card.

BARRAGAN Jaime
BEIER Stanley
BOONE Xavier
BOONE Yannick
CHRISTENSEN Jesper
DENNIS William
DUCREUZET Pierre
GENEST Gregoire
GENEST Eloy
HOPWOOD Matthew
IRONS Robert
JOLLIFFE Seiji

LACHAISE Gauthier
LAVIS Louis
LOWTHER Lucas
OLSEN Christian
PENN George
RAMOS Pedro
RIZZI Micky
ROSSA Christopher
SCHWENGLER David
SIMPSON Benji

Standby: IGNACIO Mark, SALA Peter

Luxembourg 64 - Vise 0

Weather: 16°. Sunny
Pitch: Very good
Kickoff: 13:30
Spectators: 32
Ref: M. Kiczula (*****)

Luxembourg:

Second game of the season and second large victory for our boys.
The team displayed a mix of very good rugby – ending almost always with a try – and some periods of anarchy.
Most of the tries came from fine colective moves opening the way for a boy to run into space.
It started at the 3rd minute when the backs recycled one ball in still in our half and Christopher
had plenty of space to run. In a similar move Gregoire scored the second in the 10th minute.
Two minutes later Benji scored after a good move involving several players. Three minutes later,
William scored from a ruck near the try area. Finally at the 22nd minute Lucas scored after another move
were support for the ball carrier was always available. Benji converted all the tries settling the score at half time 35-0.
Second half wasn’t much different. Since the begining Luxembourg camped in the opposition 22
and thanks to a good pressure from the forwards the ball went close to the try line were Seiji had just to fall on the line.
A few minutes later it was time to Lucas score his second when a good follow up and support ended with the ball in his hands
and space to run. Then Callum scored in a more individual way. We were in the 12th minute and from here the game became less interesting.
The rugby played lost structure with lots of individual actions, fauls and handling errors. However, towards the end,
the boys still had the chance of scoring two more tries. First by Gregoire in a good piece of counter attack and in the
last minute Christopher found a boulevard to score his second of the afternoon. Benji converted two making the final score 64-0.
The way the tries were scored and some opportunities just missed was very positive. One could see fine moves as a team and good individual skills.
The number of penalties conceded, specially in the breakdown, was the less positive in this game and lessons have to be learned in order
to avoid these mistakes in the future.
Well done.

U17 - Belgium Cadets Division2 Luxembourg - Vise

This Saturday, September 18, we will play Vise for the second game of the Belgium Division 2.

LUXEMBOURG-VISE

 

Kick-off: 13:30

Stadium: Cessange

The players in the list below must be at Cessange at 12:00.
Please, bring the club shorts and socks if you have them and the club polo and tracksuit.
If you’re not available, let me know as soon as possible.

BARRAGAN Jaime
BEIER Stanley
BONALLO Callum
BRUNO Alexandre
BUS Mario
CHRISTENSEN Jesper
CLARKE Sean
DANIEL Marco
DENNIS William
DOOLEY James
DUCREUZET Pierre
DUMONT Leopold
GENEST Gregoire
GENEST Eloy
HOPWOOD Matthew
IRONS Robert
JOLLIFFE Seiji
KOLIAS Lucas
LACHAISE Gauthier
LAMBERT Olivier
LAVIS Louis
LEONARD Thomas
LOWTHER Lucas
OLSEN Christian
PACAUD Martin
PENN George
RIZZI Micky
ROSSA Christopher
SALA Peter
SCHWENGLER David
SIMPSON Benji
SIRY Dylan
VERCRUYSSE Julian

Luxembourg 95 – Mons 0 (Official 85-0)

Weather: 18°. Sunny

Pitch: Good

Kickoff: 13:30

Spectators: 43

Ref: Mr.Cassart (*****)

Luxembourg:

New season, up one level in the league, just a couple of trainings before the first game, new players and holidays still in each one’s mind. All the ingredients were present to face this game with a certain apprehension. It didn’t last long as this first game couldn’t have been any better.  

From the first second the team went to the opposition half keen to show who the better team was. After just 3 minutes of play, Benji scored the first try after a short sequence of well played rucks opened his way to the try line.

At the middle of first half the score was already 26-0 and there wasn’t too much doubt who would be the winner. Xavier scored the second after a good move and support from the forwards. A good move in the backs and a perfect inside pass from Christopher, gave the space for Matthew to score the third and from a scrum at 5m, an opportunist William took the ball and went straight to the line. We were still in the 13th minute.

After this tremendous start, the game went a bit chaotic with our boys playing individual, each one eager to score. Some handling errors and penalties in rucks gave Mons some space to breath although they never had a chance to be dangerous.

Around the 20th minute another try from Callum settled the things back to normal. Then George scored his first try in U17 after a good follow up and Matthew scored again on the corner after the ball ran all the back line. Benji converted 5 of the 7 tries, to, put the score 45-0 at half time.

Second half wasn’t much different. From Mons restart, Pedro recovered a lost ball and ran 70m avoiding defenders to score his first try of the game. This quick try didn’t stop Mons from fighting back and one has to respect the way they did it. Surpassed physically and technically, Mons boys never gave up and played always in a good rugby spirit.

Like in the first half, some avoidable penalties gave Mons a platform to keep the game in the middle of the pitch and the score unchanged. They could even have scored from a penalty but the ball went low. Feeling the danger, Luxembourg went back to attack and the rest of the game was just a sequence of tries from our boys. First by Christopher after a good off load from

Pedro, then Gregoire made a good run and passed to George for his 2^nd try of the afternoon. Pedro scored two more tries, Gregoire another two and Matthew his third. Benji converted five settling the final score 95-0 (although the official game sheet indicates 85-0).

This was a perfect start of the season for the boys. It was a very good game for the beginning of the season and all people around the pitch were pleased by the quality of rugby played.

Though the result was very good, there’s still a lot of work to do. Rucks and Line Outs are far from perfect and the collective isn’t always present as it should. Hopefully this will improve with training. Well done.      

U17 - Belgium Cadets Division2 Luxembourg - Mons

This Saturday September 11 we'll play Mons for the start of the Belgium Cadets Division 2.

LUXEMBOURG-MONS

Kick-off: 13:30

 Stadium: Rue de l'Alzette
                 Walferdange

The players in the list below must be at Walferdange (dressing room near the Tennis) at 12:00
The players in "Standby", please, bring your rugby gear and be there at the same time
All the others are invited to come and support your team.

For those who have it don't forget to bring the CSCE uniform (polo and tracksuit)
If, for any reason, someone in the list is not available on Saturday, please, let me know as soon as possible

BEIER Stanley          
BONALLO Callum  
BOONE Yannick  
BOONE Xavier    
DENNIS William 
DUCREUZET Pierre   
GENEST Eloy 
GENEST Grégoire 
HOPWOOD Matthew 
IRONS Robert
JOLLIFFE Seiji 
LAVIS Louis 
LOWTHER Lucas 
OLSEN Christian  
PACAUD Martin  
PENN George
RAMOS Pedro 
RIZZI Micky
ROSSA Christopher 
SIMPSON Benjamin 
SCHWENGLER David  
VERCRUYSSEN Julian

Standby: SALA Peter, BARRAGAN Jaime