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

Season 2010/2011

Having won last season the Belgium Cadets Division 3, the U17 team will play this season on Division 2.
New season, new players, new teams to play with, the same goals. Our objectives for this season are:
1- Play good rugby
2- Have fun
3- Prepare players born in 1994 to be ready if selected for the European U18
4- Stay in Division 2

Of course and like we did last season, we'll play every game to win and we'll never surrender till the last second.
If the opponents are better we'll congratulate them and we'll learn and work to be better. If they're not, we'll congratulate them and we'll stay humble knowing we still have to learn and work.
At the end of the season we'll count the points and we'll have our reward if we played good rugby and had fun.

For the boys born in 1994 and 1995 trainings will be at Cessange every Tuesday and Thursday from 17:30 to 19:00. First training will be on August 31.

U17 in the news

An article in today's Le Quotidien: