No training on Tuesday 1

There will be no training on Tuesday 1/11.
Next training Thursday 3/11.

Den Hague 24 - Luxembourg 26

Test Match Den Hague - Luxembourg

This Saturday 29/10 we'll travel to Maastricht for a Test match against Den Hague.

Departure from Glacis: 9:15
Arrival: 19:00

BUC 10 - Luxembourg 34

BUC 10 - Luxembourg 34

Weather: 12°. Sunny

Pitch: Synthetic (Good)

Kickoff: 13:30

Spectators: 52

Ref: M. Spillane (*****)

Luxembourg: 

Last Saturday Luxembourg went to Brussels to play BUC for Day 5 of Belgium Cadets Division 1 having in mind a victory plus a bonus point would comfort their excellent 3^rd place in the championship.

Despite playing for the first time in a synthetic pitch, they didn’t spend too much time analysing the pitch or the opposition. From the kick off, Luxembourg won the ball deep in BUC territory and, after a few rucks, the ball run all the back line to finish in the hands of Christian Olsen alone on the wing. 10 minutes later, Luxembourg scored again. This time, from a good line out, the ball went quickly to the back line and Martin Pacaud took advantage of a big gap in BUC’s defence and scored in the middle of the posts.

After this storming start where the BUC team was just defending and only small mistakes in the last transmission prevented a few more tries, Luxembourg lowered the intensity allowing BUC time to think and play their best weapon: a stronger and heavier forward pack. Both forward packs were monopolising the ball now but without any real threat.

However, just before half time, another good run from Martin followed superbly by Olivier Lambert ended with Martin scoring again. Martin converted two of the tries and half time arrived with the score at 0- 19.   

Knowing the bonus point was just one try away, Luxembourg started second half like they did on first, scoring very quickly. And what a try it was: the forwards got a turn over at a breakdown close to the BUC end zone; the ball was quickly recycled finding the back line flat. Receiving the ball static, Martin passed between the legs to Gauthier Lachaise, very quick hands gave the ball to Oliver who fixed the last defender to free Gwenael Gibeaux on the corner. Opposition players, spectators and even the referee couldn’t believe what they just saw: the perfect try and a serious candidate for try of the season.   

Somehow, this try revived the opposition’s proud and with a bit of relaxation from Luxembourg, BUC scored a deserved try after the forward pack went in force over the line.

The game became less structured with much more solo actions than collective. From one of these, Gauthier scored after going through all the BUC defence alone. BUC regained composure and scored a second try on the 46^th minute. From a scrum at 5m, BUC attacked the blind side scoring in front of the distracted Luxembourg defenders.   

Before the end of the game, Gauthier still had time to score his second try of the afternoon and the sixth for Luxembourg. This time, the forwards took the game to one side of the pitch and, on the first opportunity, the ball was quickly recycled to the backs and Gauthier went unstoppable till the try line.   

Final score: 10-34

Man of the Match: Jesper Christensen  

Kibubu 20 - RCL/CSCE 42

The fourth match of the season saw the RCL/CSCE U17s travel to Kibubu near Brussels. Perfect autumn conditions welcomed the team rather more warmly than the makeshift changing rooms deep in the bowels of a car park! 
Considering the number of players who are new to Rugby this season, and indeed a few who were playing their first game, the Luxembourg team gelled remarkably well with good aggressive rucking and some elusive running soon paying off. Kibubu are also a new team with several debutante players this season and a combination of some of the RCL and CSCE more seasoned players and some spirited performances from the newcomers proved too much for the home team. RCL/CSCE started quickly and soon got points on the board. A few missed tackles briefly let Kibubu back into the game, but RCL/CSCE soon re-established their superiority, eventually winning the game 42-20 with tries from Hamish Cullen (3), Robert Hopwood, Johannes Vasques, Andreas Hacker and Sean Ferreira. 
RCL/CSCE are now second in the league, with Nivelles top of the league by virtue of having played one more game. We enter a rest period now until 12th November, which will give us a chance to work on fitness and continue to enhance the skills of the many newcomers. 
The goal of promotion is well on track with four wins and four bonus points from four games. 

CSCE players: 

DEMPSEY Jack 

HACKER Andreas 

HOPWOOD Robert 

QUEIROS Valter 

RAMILLON Charles-Xavier 

TURK Guilhem 

VASQUES Johannes

BUC - Luxembourg

This Saturday, October 15, we'll play BUC in Brussels for Day 5 Belgium Cadets Division 1 and RCL/CSCE will play Kibubu, also in Brussels, for Belgium Cadets Division 4.

For these games we won’t make changes in the teams. After the break and the two test games at the end of the month (details will follow by email) we’ll make an individual assessment and decide accordingly.   

BUC - Luxembourg

Stade Georges Pètre

Avenue des Communautés s/n
1140 Bruxelles

Departure : 9:00

Arrival : 18 :30

Kick Off: 13:30

The players in the list below are selected for the game and must be at Glacis at 9:00

IMPORTANT: Don't forget an ID Card or Passport. You cannot play without it.

Take something to eat and drink before the game (bananas, cereal bars, biscuits …) and some warm clothes. It will be sunny but cold.  

If, for any reason, you are unavailable, please let me know as soon as possible

CHRISTENSEN Jesper

CLARKE Sean

DANIEL Marco
DUCREUZET Pierre

FONTAN Antoine

GEOFFREYS Gareth

GIBEAUX Gwenael

IRONS Robert

JAZ Henry
JOLLIFFE Seiji

LACHAISE Baptiste

LACHAISE Gauthier

LAMBERT Oliver

OLSEN Christian
PACAUD Martin
PENN George
RESSAT Bart

SIMPSON Frederick

SUTHERLAND Conor

SALA Peter

SYRI Dylan

VANDAMME Thomas

Kibubu - RCL/CSCE

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

IMPORTANT: Don't forget an ID Card or Passport. You cannot play without it.

Take something to eat and drink before the game (bananas, cereal bars, biscuits …) and some warm clothes. It will be sunny but cold.  

If, for any reason, you are unavailable, please let me know as soon as possible.

Stade de l’Amitié

Rue de la Limite

1150 WOLUWE SAINT PIERRE

Bruxelles

Kick off : 13 :30

Departure: 10:00
Arrival: 18:00

CSCE players:

BERGMULLER Alexandre 

DEMPSEY Jack

HACKER Andreas

HOPWOOD Robert

OHLSSON Emil

QUEIROZ Valter

RAMILLON Charles-Xavier

TURK Guilhem

VASQUES Johannes

Soignies 7 - Luxembourg 14

Weather: 12°. Cloudy, no rain

Pitch: Good

Kickoff: 13:30

Spectators: 37

Ref: M. Gunn (*****)

Luxembourg: 

 

 After a defeat at Boitsfort which left a bitter taste, last weekend Luxembourg Cadets travelled again to play Soignies, one of the best teams in Division 1.

Both teams started the game in a very high intensity but Luxembourg took control and stayed very much in the opposition half. This territorial occupation was rewarded with two penalties but, helped by the strong wind, the kicks went slightly wide.
However, on the 6^th minute, Luxembourg forwards played superbly the breakdowns and kept going on slow balls near Soignies 22m. The first quick ball was recycled to the backs, where perfect passes fired Robert Irons into space to score.
Martin Pacaud converted for a 0-7 on the score.
From the restart, Luxembourg made the classic mistake of letting the ball bounce on the ground, fumbled with the ball and Soignies were rewarded a penalty when one of Luxembourg players kicked the ball and a team mate played it in front of him.
Soignies went for the lineout and from there mauled the ball to the try line. The equaliser came with a superb conversion.  
With the equaliser, possession and territory was better distributed between the teams but on the 20^th minute Luxembourg got another break. Very much like the first try, the forwards negotiated perfectly several rucks, fixed the defenders
and when the ball went to Martin, he took advantage of the space to penetrate the opposition defence. When he was tackled near the line, Eloi Genest was in support and just had to score. Martin converted to put the score at 7-14.
With the defences being much superior to the attacks, the only threatening action in the rest of the half came from a lineout at 5m for Luxembourg but a foul on the ground prevented another try.
On second half the home team came with another disposition and decided to invert the score. Being less aggressive in the breakdowns, with a few problems in the line outs and in the kicking game and with a few dubious decisions, Luxembourg spent most of the second half defending in their 22. A strong defence and a bit of luck here and there, didn’t allow any change in the score. Luxembourg even managed to have some opportunities when three counter attacks from Robert spread the panic in Soignies defence and took the ball deep in Soignies 22. However, poor support or bad positioning gave the defenders the opportunity to stop the actions.
The final whistle came with the score unchanged at 7-14.
In the overall a well deserved victory for Luxembourg colours as they scored when they were superior and defended bravely when they were not. 

This result puts Luxembourg in an excellent third place in Belgium Cadets Divison 1.
 
Man of the Match: Robert Irons

RCL/CSCE 34 - Wok 10

Last Saturday, RCL/CSCE played at Cessange for Day 4 Belgium Cadets Division 4 and kept their invincibility by beating Wok 34-10 (6 tries to 2)
The CSCE players were:

DEMPSEY Jack

HACKER Andreas 

HOPWOOD Robert

QUEIROZ Valter

RAMILLON Charles-Xavier  

TURK Guilhem 

VASQUES Johannes 

VINEIS Pablo 

Soignies - Luxembourg

This Saturday, October 8, we'll play at Soignies for Day 4 Belgium Cadets Division 1 and RCL/CSCE will play Wok in Luxembourg for Belgium Cadets Division 4 (see post below)

Soignies - Luxembourg

Chemin Tour Lette
7060 Soignies

Departure : 8:45

Arrival : 18 :30

Kick Off: 13:30

The players in the list below are selected for the game and must be at Glacis at 8:45

IMPORTANT: Don't forget an ID Card or Passport. You cannot play without it.

Take something to eat and drink before the game (bananas, cereal bars, biscuits …) 

If, for any reason, you are unavailable, please let me know as soon as possible

BROWN William

CHRISTENSEN Jesper

CLARKE Sean

DANIEL Marco

DUCREUZET Pierre

FONTAN Antoine

GENEST Eloi

GEOFFREYS Gareth

IRONS Robert

JAZ Henry
JOLLIFFE Seiji

LACHAISE Baptiste

LACHAISE Gauthier

LAMBERT Oliver

OLSEN Christian
PACAUD Martin
PENN George
SALA Peter
SUTHERLAND Conor
SYRI Dylan
VANDAMME Thomas
VIGOR-GREEN Harry

RCL/CSCE - Wok

The players in the list below are selected for the game and must be at Cessange at 12:30

IMPORTANT: Don't forget an ID Card or Passport. You cannot play without it.

Stade Cessange

Kick off : 13:30

ARNO Alex

BERGMULLER Alexander

DEMPSEY Jack

ETEMADI Joseph

HACKER Andreas

HOPWOOD Robert

OHLSSON Emil

QUEIROZ Valter

RAMILLON Charles-Xavier

TURK Guilhem

VASQUES Johannes

VINEIS Pablo