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I denna blogg ger jag enbart min personliga åsikt. Det är inte en åsikt som står för de föreningar eller förbund jag är eller ev blir medlem i.
Just nu är jag Ordförande i Pingvin RC.
Mina favoritlag är naturligtvis Pingvin RC men också Wasps!

lördag 30 januari 2016

Rugby a way of life....

Årsmöte klart

Då var årsmötet och klubbmötet avklarat.  Det är väldigt roligt att träffa alla Pingviner gamla och nya!
Får passa på att tacka för förtroendet eftersom jag blev omvald som ordförande. Nu är det nytt år och nya satsningar som gäller! 
Skall bli väldigt roligt med allt som kommer att hända i år!
Tack alla som var där idag för en trevlig sammankomst. Väldigt roligt att så många kommer, men vi kan alltid bli fler ;)

På G

Nu börjar vi snart

Ny klungmaskin

Dags att bygga om vår klungmaskin ???

Wasps overturn Northampton


Wasps overturn Northampton at Franklin's Gardens

A storming first-half performance, which saw Wasps lead 24-3 at the break, set the visitors up for a memorable victory, their first at Franklin’s Gardens since 2005. The result lifted them above Northampton, into fifth place in the Aviva Premiership.


11 - 24
Northampton SaintsWasps

Fri 29th January 2016
7:45 pm

Franklin's Gardens StadiumAviva Premiership
Wasps opened the scoring in the fifth minute, following a scrum just outside the Saints 22. Nathan Hughes made the initial surge, backed up by George Smith. A series of phases followed, with Alex Rieder and Smith making further thrusts for the line, before the referee took play back for a breakdown penalty, 15 metres in from the right touchline. Jimmy Gopperth landed the kick, to put his side ahead.
A minute later, a long Northampton throw on the Wasps 22, missed its jumper and George Smith gathered, before sending a long kick downfield. A good chase by Smith forced Harry Mallinder into touch just inside his 22. Wasps again controlled the ball through several phases, before strong defence forced them to spill it in contact.
With the rain falling and a lively breeze blowing, both sides made frequent use of the high kick, forcing a series of handling errors. On 25 minutes, Wasps stretched their lead with a Dan Robson try, after Rob Miller came into the line and fed Josh Bassett. The winger made several metres, before being stopped. Recycled ball was moved infield and George Smith burst through a tackle to feed Robson. The scrum-half was tackled just short, but grounded the ball on the base of the post. Gopperth’s straightforward conversion made the score 10-0, after 16 minutes.
Wasps came close to a second try, after Rob Miller gathered a high kick on his 22. He beat two men before sending the ball out to the left. George Smith combined with Brendan Macken and Sailosi Tagicabikau. He delivered a return pass to Macken, but the centre’s inside pass went forward on the 10-metre line, with a clear run to the line ahead.
On 25 minutes, Wasps added a second try, after another patient buildup, with Alex Rieder again prominent. Nathan Hughes made a powerful burst, before delivering a speculative pass out towards the left wing. It failed to go to hand, but Rob Miller darted in to gather off his toes, before beating a defender and going over from 15 metres. Gopperth again landed the conversion, to give Wasps a 17-0 lead.
Stephen Myler opened the home side’s account with a 27th minute penalty for a breakdown offence on the Wasps 22, the first the visitors had conceded  A minute later, the home side was stunned by a third Wasps try, again created by Rob Miller. He gathered a high ball deep inside his own half and split the defence with a magnificent run before feeding Josh Bassett, who juggled with his pass before going in next to the posts from 20 metres. Gopperth again converted, to make the score 24-3.
As halftime approached, a string of penalties enabled Northampton to mount a series of attacking lineouts near the right corner. With two minutes left on the clock, a powerful drive seemed certain to yield a try, but the Wasps defence managed to hold firm and win the put-in to a scrum. A Wasps penalty ensued and Gopperth’s kick to touch ended a superb half for The Black and Gold.
Two minutes into the second half, another Northampton penalty earned Nathan Hughes a yellow car, and Myler pulled back three points, from in front of the posts. Wasps then had an opportunity to set up a good position, with a Gopperth penalty finding touch on the home 22, but Edd Shervington’s throw in to the lineout was not straight.
After a few shaky minutes, Wasps composed themselves and a series of short drives won them a penalty, 8 metres inside the Northampton half. Gopperth missed the kick as it sailed to the right of the posts, but Hughes then returned from the sin bin, with Wasps still 18 points to the good.
As the game entered the final quarter, Northampton were beginning to find some continuity, but were still unable to find their way through the resolute Wasps defence. When Wasps found their way back into the Saints 22, a promising drive took them close to the line, before Sam Dickinson thwarted their progress.
Eight minutes from time, the home crowd was given a ray of hope when Dickinson went over for a try in the left corner. Hanrahan’s conversion went wide, leaving Wasps just over six minutes to hang on to their 13-point lead. By now, the bench had been cleared, making Jamie Stevenson the second debutant of the night, along with Alex Rieder, who had left the field with an impressive total of 13 carries to his name.
In the closing minutes, Wasps again exerted some control on the game and another patient build-up yielded a penalty, which Gopperth sent into the corner. Wasps were unable to win the lineout and Northampton threw caution to the wind, in desperate pursuit of a losing bonus point. They were unable to add a final score and Wasps were left to celebrate a memorable victory.

Northampton Saints Line ups


  1. Alex Waller
  2. Mike Haywood
  3. Kieran Brookes
  4. Michael Paterson
  5. Victor Matfield
  6. Tom Wood
  7. Teimana Harrison
  8. Sam Dickinson
  9. Tom Kessell
  10. Stephen Myler
  11. Tom Collins
  12. Luther Burrell
  13. George Pisi
  14. Jamie Elliott
  15. Harry Mallinder
  16. Matt Williams
  17. Ethan Waller
  18. Gareth Denman
  19. James Craig
  20. Christian Day
  21. Lee Dickson
  22. JJ Hanrahan
  23. James Wilson

Wasps Line ups


  1. Simon McIntyre
  2. Ed Shervington
  3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
  4. James Gaskell
  5. Kearnan Myall
  6. Alex Rieder
  7. George Smith
  8. Nathan Hughes
  9. Dan Robson
  10. Jimmy Gopperth
  11. Josh Bassett
  12. James Downey
  13. Brendan Macken
  14. Frank Halai
  15. Rob Miller
  16. Ashley Johnson
  17. Tom Bristow
  18. Phil Swainston
  19. James Cannon
  20. Thomas Young
  21. Jamie Stevenson
  22. Ruaridh Jackson
  23. Sailosi Tagicakibau

Återigen gryr dagen....

Wasps vann på Franklins garden igår för första gången på 10 år!!!!
Dessutom med ett B-lag då dels en del stjärnor var iväg på 6 Nations men också väldigt många skador som tex Wade, Leiua, Piutau, Simpson mfl....
Nu har vi återigen häng på top 4!

Idag är det Årsmöte på Pingvin och ev omval som ordförande. Vi tänkte också under efterföljande klubbmöte presentera lite tankar och visioner inför 2016 och framåt! Varmt välkomna kl 14:00!

Fast först skall jag hinna till tippen och fixa lite hemma och ärtorna skall i blöt idag inför morgondagens ärtsoppa för att fira dotterns 13 års dag som var i veckan!

Låter som det kan bli en trevlig dag!

fredag 29 januari 2016

Halvtid

Wasps leder på bortaplan 3-24 tre försök!!!
COYW!!!

Lugi träning

 
Direkt från Lugis FB sida

Öppen träning....

Inför Six Nations hade England öppen träning på Twickeham det kom 15000 personer och tittade!

Inte illa! tänk att locka 15000 personer på en träning!

Läs artikeln här:
http://www.englandrugby.com/news/rbs-nations-england-train-front-fans/

Titans Sport Academy

Till Påsken kommer Titans att hålla ett rugbyläger i Trelleborg hos Pingvin öppet för alla spelare som anmäler sig......
Lite inspiration kommer här

Artikel om Karlstad Rugby och varför de flyttar ner ett steg

http://www.vf.se/sport/ovrig-sport/karlstad-rk-kliver-ner-i-seriesystemet

Trelleborg Rugby festival 2016

Nu skall rätt info ligga uppe för detta årets festival!!!!

http://pingvin.nu/trelleborg-rugby-festival/

Trojan byter hemsida

Norrköpings Trojan byter hemsida och nya adressen är:
http://www.svenskalag.se/trojanrugby

Englands kapten

Kunde inte låta bli.........

Food for sucess


För er som gillar både Game of Thrones och Six Nations


Intervju med Englands lagkapten inför six nations


I´m your Father.....


Inför kvällens match


Wasps team to play Northampton Saints

Wasps’ Director of Rugby Dai Young has named his side to take on Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership at Franklins Gardens on Friday night, kick off 19:45.

Alex Rieder is in line for his competitive Wasps debut, as he is named at six in the absence of the injured Sam Jones and James Haskell, who is retained by England ahead of the start of the RBS 6 Nations.
In the absence of Haskell and Matt Mullan, George Smith captains the side.
Wasps are boosted by the return to fitness of Jake Cooper-Woolley and Nathan Hughes, who both made appearances from the bench in last weekend’s win over Leinster, and are named to start this Friday night.
Elsewhere, Rob Miller starts at fullback in the absence of the injured Charles Piutau, James Downey gets the nod at inside centre with Brendan Macken moving to 13, Dan Robson starts at scrum half after impressing from the bench last weekend following the injury to Joe Simpson and James Gaskell and Kearnan Myall link up in the second row.
Ahead of the game, Dai Young said “We were all really pleased last weekend, not only with the result, but with the performance, which saw us secure a European home quarter final, but now we return to the Aviva Premiership knowing that we have to bring that form into the domestic competition.
“There are no easy games in this league, but a Friday night at Franklin’s Gardens is right up there with the hardest. We haven’t won there as a club since 2005 and we know exactly how tough a challenge it will be.
“Despite being released by their national sides' mid-week, it was difficult for us to include Matt Mullan, Elliot Daly, Bradley Davies and Lorenzo Cittadini, having already completed all our preparation for Friday night’s game. It provides an exciting opportunity for the rest of the squad to step up, after waiting patiently for game time, and I am looking forward to them taking their chance.
“The game will test our depth and our ability to perform at the top level consistently, but it’s a challenge we are all looking forward to. If we’re not on the money, Saints have the ability to punish us, and we’ve experienced that before at their hands, so we have to be fully focused on the task in hand and be at our best.”
Wasps team to play Northampton Saints
15. Rob Miller
14. Frank Halai
13. Brendan Macken
12. James Downey
11. Josh Bassett
10. Jimmy Gopperth
9. Dan Robson
1. Simon McIntyre
2. Edd Shervington
3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
4. James Gaskell
5. Kearnan Myall
6. Alex Rieder
7. George Smith (c)
8. Nathan Hughes
 Replacements16. Ashley Johnson
17. Tom Bristow
18. Phil Swainston
19. James Cannon
20. Thomas Young
21. Jamie Stevenson
22. Ruaridh Jackson
23. Sailosi Tagicakibau

Lördagens möte

Dags att förbereda sig för Lördagens årsmöte och klubbmöte. Kl 14 börjar årsmötet på klubben.
Verksamhetsberättelsen är gjord och kopierad, semlorna beställda, blommorna beställda och priserna fixade.....nu skall jag bara fixa klart min presentation av våra planer för året och kommande år. Hoppas som vanligt att det kommer mycket folk och det blir givande diskussioner!
Känns faktiskt lite kul att inleda detta året då mycket som vi gjort under lång tid äntligen börjar ge frukt och trilla på plats. Nu får vi väl bara se om medlemmarna vill ha kvar mig som ordförande eller inte!
Hoppas vi ses på Lördag!

torsdag 28 januari 2016

Snart börjar Six nations

Match på Fredag!

På Fredag möter Wasps Saints och vi håller tummarna för att formen håller i sig med en skön vinst. Fredagens lag:

Gentlemen?

#respect #rugby #rugbyunion #rugbylife #rugbylove #instarugby #intheloose

Rugby 2016 (inlägg direkt från Exiles hemsida)

Följande lilla uppsats hittade jag på exiles hemsida idag:
Rugby 2016

27 Jan 2016
A long report (1500 words) which I hope at least a few people will manage to complete.
Swedish rugby enthusiasts will know that no information of any description has been provided by the Union since the end of the season in October. A great deal is of course happening, but the Union devotes itself to trivia instead. An Annual General Meeting is due soon. Do any of those seeking re-election feel that they have done enough to justify continued support? I can think of a couple, but none of those in leading positions at present.Returning to rugby matters. Rugby Europe (RE) has made several changes to already announced schedules, as usual with no explanations whatsoever. I noted before that Sweden was not entering a XV-a-side team in the Men U18 European tournament which I thought was the right decision. But it turns out that there will also be a new Men U18 VII-a-side European tournament for which Sweden has entered in the second and bottom group. No idea about the Swedish reasoning, the rugby public is treated as usual with utter contempt by the as always silent Union.
The Swedish Senior men will be playing in Group A in the Sevens, but still not clear if there will be one or two rounds. The only scheduled round was located outside Prague (Ricany) in early June, but it now turns out that that still single scheduled round will be played in Malmö instead. In theory this gives Sweden a home advantage although playing on a football pitch surrounded by a running track at Hästhagen IP in Malmö when almost the whole team will be from Mälardalen is not the most obvious venue.
A further RE-clarification has been that the U18 Girl´s tournament has been extended to 16 teams. The four newcomers to this European tournament are Canada, USA, China and Japan with Japan since dropping out and being replaced by Andorra. And with France also wanting to play, they have been allowed to replace Belgium who came last in 2015. Three teams from outside Europe now take part, while at least one European team which wished to participate is excluded. There were hopes that the new Romanian president of the RE would bring a breath of fresh air to the organisation, but the fiasco of last year´s Olympic qualifications and the juggling of teams and locations for this Summer suggests that they are still the lackeys of World Rugby. In general, however, there are more interesting ramifications. The Six Nations entered the U18 European Championship some years ago as an effort was made to coordinate all European rugby playing nations. The 6N formed an Elite Group along with the two best other nations, often Georgia and Portugal. This progressed well, with the 6N taking the top six places, but in the last couple of years competition has become harder with Georgia, especially, threatening Scotland and Italy. Last year Georgia finished ahead of Scotland, who would have been relegated from the Elite Group and/or had to requalify. Result: the 6N have decided not to compete any longer in the U18 European Championship with only France remaining this year, plus Italy in the new VII-a-side version. Pathetic, but there are other more important issues at stake. The World Cup last Autumn showed that the gap between the Tier 1 and Tier 2 nations was shrinking. The famous highlight was the Japanese victory over South Africa, while both Georgia and Romania put up very creditable displays as well. The seeding and draw for the 2015 World Cup was laughably made three years before as that suited the eight founding nations who expected to be seeded to make the quarter-finals. Wales through sheer greed arranged an extra match against Australia with a slightly weakened team which they lost. This pushed them down to ninth place and Argentina were now seeded second in one of the pools instead. This was why we had the ”pool of death”, perhaps ”pool of greed” would have been a better term, with Australia, England and Wales. As it turned out, Wales made the Quarters anyway at the expense of England.
It has not been determined when the seeding and draw will be made for 2019. It is unlikely to be three years before again, i e this Autumn, but you never know. And this is the point of my long, rambling account. It was expected after the RWC 2015 that there would be many more games now between Tier 1 and Tier 2 games. But seeding places are up for grabs again and this is clearly not going to happen. The 6N and Big Four in the SH are all avoiding Georgia, Romania, Japan and the Pacific Islanders like the plague. One defeat against any of them, definitely a possibility, and they could find themselves out of the top eight for 2019. This is probably the real reason why the 6N have withdrawn from the European U18 tournament. If Georgia can beat them at that level, why can´t they play them regularly at senior level? And of course, the elephant in the room; all other European tournaments have promotion and relegation. Isn´t it time for the 6N to be included in that structure? The cutting of links at U18 level is just a little gesture by the 6N to make it clear they will never become an integrated part of European rugby.
But they don´t mind using the European Sevens Grand Prix this Summer to field two GB teams for both Men and Women. The background is that neither the GB-men or GB-women are likely to do well in the Olympics judging by recent performances. The men especially are desperate to get som star XV-a-side players into the Olympic squad, but the clubs have no obligation to release them until their club seasons are over. Hence the appearance of GB 1 and GB 2 in the weeks before the Olympics in August when the XV-a-side stars will get a last minute chance to show what they can do. I stated initially that we have the usual news blackout about Swedish rugby. It is clear the Union has little interest in supporting male national teams, a scandal in itself, but this doesn´t seem to bother many people, perhaps because almost all the players come from a single club. The Senior team in two years has dropped from 34th to 54th in the world rankings, but this has not been mentioned among the many triumphs reported by the Union during that period. I´ll come back to that team in a later analysis.
In the meantime attention is focused on the VII-a-side team. After the Olympic fiasco, it now looks as if Sweden can put together a representative team this Summer. The Union seems prepared to make a minimal amount of cash available and attempts are being made to obtain external sponsoring. Why money is very restricted for the best Swedish team at present but seems to be freely available for the no-hopers is one of the many mysteries buried deep in the Union and never to be openly discussed. Another worrying situation concerns the Leagues this year. Efforts are being made, but there is a news blackout here as well. Readers will recall that Enköping were relegated and Hammarby promoted to the male Allsvenskan. But Enköping were entitled to reapply to play in Allsvenskan, which they did. First this was refused and then accepted. So would this provide six teams for Allsvenskan in 2016? Well, no. It turned out that Hammarby had played an unregistered player in a game last year so they were disqualified from promotion and Allsvenskan was back to the five teams which provided a very mediocre tournament in 2015. I feel that Hammarby have every reason to feel aggrieved. First they were relegated for refusing to travel to Trelleborg for an expensive and fairly meaningless match for 3rd place in 2014. They fought back to win the qualifying in 2015 only to be told that a minor offense many months before disqualified them. An appeal is pending, I believe, and like many others I hope it is upheld.A few words about Exiles. There was little to play for last year and this definitely affected the spirit in the club. They still won their fourth title in a row, but did not play at the same level as before. Training starts next week and I expect to see the old fire back as many fight for positions in the Ones. The Ladies took a deserved silver in SM and the gap to Göteborg narrowed yet again. With the two best players in Göteborg now 43 years of age, hopefully 2016 can be the year when the tide turns.

Author: HM Sr

Föreningskonferensen 2016


onsdag 27 januari 2016

10 dagar kvar

Hehe

Hur bygger vi Svensk rugby

I Svensk rugby har vi många problem att brottas med, bla är vi för få och vi har för lite duktiga rugbymänniskor i bredden. Vi diskuterar hela tiden hur eliten skall bli bättre och hur vi skall bli fler utövare och få en bredd i sporten.
Men jag tror också att vi tappar det som händer mittemellan dessa skikt. Jag tänker som så att de lag som spelar i högsta serien tittar hela tiden på hur de kan bli bättre och starkare och det finns massor av fokus på att starta nya klubbar och hitta nya ställen för klubbar att uppstå.
Hur skall vi då hitta folk till alla dessa nya klubbar samtidigt som de etablerade vill bli starkare????
Jo jag tror vi måste jobba mycket mer tillsammans och fokusera på det som finns mittemellan dvs redan etablerade klubbar som kämpar för sin överlevnad och sin grund. Jag bygger mitt resonemang på att det delvis är lättare att bygga någonting där det redan finns en grund men också på att det är lättare att få fler ringar på vattnet i en delvis etablerad förening än det är i en ny. Lite grann som på FB att känner jag 1 person som sedan delar mitt inlägg så blir det många som läser det men har jag 100 som delar mitt inlägg så blir det väldigt många fler som ser det. Samma sak händer naturligtvis i en förening. Börjar det ett nytt barn så är det inte bara hen som börjar prata rugby utan föräldrar, syskon, släktingar och vänner. Och försöker man då göra det i orter där man redan är lite etablerad så har man många gånger mycket gratis då man stöter på folk som kanske har spelat själv eller vars barn spelat osv. Kan vi dessutom trycka mer på våra värdegrunder och slå mynt av dem så tror jag vi kan få en väldigt bra tillväxt.... men då är vi återigen bara på bredden....
Vi(förbund, klubbar och regioner) måste sen fundera på vad och hur lägger vi våra resurser?
Vi kanske måste lägga mer resurser på "mellanskiktet" mellan elit och nybörjare. Hur utbildar vi folk? Hur får vi mer rugbykunskap till Sverige? Hur kan man spela "motionsrugby"? Hur utbildar vi styrelsen? Hur producerar vi fler tränare?

Jag har ett tag haft en ganska långsiktig tanke med mitt arbete i Pingvin just med tanke på hur vi skall bredda oss och bli bättre samtidigt. I början flådde jag runt som en besatt på skolor mm för att ragga barn innan jag insåg att det var tränare som jag skulle raggat.... när vi fick tränare på plats i Pingvin så kom barnen. Vi har en bra ungdomsorganisation i Pingvin som jag tror mycket på men hur får vi den att utvecklas och bli vassare? som tur är har vi en hel del tankar i styrelsen kring det och det kommer snart att presenteras för Pingvins medlemmar(på klubbmötet på Lördag)
Som allt annat inom Svensk rugby så är det alltid en kombination av akuta åtgärder och långsiktighet men just därför är det så viktigt att vi tittar långsiktigt och bygger för framtiden inte bara idag. Det är kanske just dom barnen som börjar prova rugby i år som sen blir tränare och ledare pga hur vi sköter saker idag! Hur skulle vi själva vilja bli bemötta och vad skulle vi själva vilja se för att engagera oss?
Kan vi tänka på det idag så kanske vi kan bygga en väldigt stark framtid för rugbyn då den har mycket som jag anser att andra sporter inte har eller har tappat.

Mccaw masterclass

titta och lär :)

World rugby sevens

Dags för nästa omgång. skaffa full koll på:
http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1613

Årsmöte


Pocock

Titta så snabbt han är uppe och över efter att han tacklar......

måndag 25 januari 2016

Marty Moore

Wasps sign Ireland tighthead Marty Moore

Wasps have confirmed the signing of Ireland international tighthead, Marty Moore, from Leinster Rugby. The 24 year-old prop will join Wasps ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.

Moore has won 10 caps for Ireland since making his debut on 2 February 2014, in their RBS 6 Nations Championship win against Scotland, and has been part of Ireland’s last two Six Nations title-winning squads.

The dynamic prop missed out on the 2015 Rugby World Cup through injury, but returned to fitness earlier this season for Leinster and has made a total of 58 appearances for the province since his debut in 2012.

The arrival of the Irish international will bolster Wasps’ talented pool of tightheads, with Wasps’ Director of Rugby Dai Young saying: “Marty has already proven his international pedigree with Ireland and, at only 24, he has plenty of years ahead of him to continue his development and become a top-class tighthead.

“We already have talented tightheads at the club, but his addition will strengthen the depth we have in this key position and will help to drive competition for places, which is what we are trying to achieve throughout the squad. We are looking forward to Marty joining us next season.”

Marty Moore added: “I’m really pleased to have signed a contract with Wasps to join next season. I am looking forward to working with Dai Young and his coaching team as well as the squad and am excited about the challenge ahead in the Aviva Premiership. However, up until the move I am fully committed to Leinster Rugby and I would like to thank everyone here as well as the Leinster fans for the support they have shown me.”


Dalys försök

Daly borde lätt platsa i Engelska Landslaget! Se vilket försök han gjorde i Lördags!

Bollywood rugbyfilm

Jag tycker dessa filmerna är sjukt roliga.... Bollywood!

Highligts från Lördagens otroliga match!!!


Run Nigel Run!


söndag 24 januari 2016

Wasps i kvartsfinal

Wasps roar into Champions Cup Quarter-Finals

Wasps put last weekend’s last-gasp heartbreak firmly behind them with a dazzling performance to secure a bonus point win against the three-times European Cup winners. 


51 - 10
WaspsLeinster

Sat 23rd January 2016
3:15 pm

Ricoh Arena StadiumEuropean Rugby Champions Cup

After conceding an early try, the Men in Black and Gold came back with two tries in quick succession and led 15-10 at the break. In a dominant second half, they added five further tries in scoring 36 unanswered points to sweep the Dubliners aside. The icing on the cake came with the news that Toulon had missed out on a bonus point in their win at Bath, meaning Wasps end up as pool winners, ahead of the reigning champions on their head-to-head results. Wasps must now wait on the Exeter-Ospreys result, to know whether they will have a home quarter-final.

Wasps began brightly, with some excellent controlled play taking them through a series of phases, before a penalty was conceded just outside the Leinster 22. The visitors took a quick tap and moved the ball out wide to the left. A long kick ahead put the defence under pressure and quick recycled possession saw the ball moved out wide to the right, where Zane Kirchner went over in the corner, with just under three minutes played. Johnny Sexton’s conversion was off target.

Wasps were immediately dealt another blow, when Joe Simpson took a heavy knock and was helped from the field, with Dan Robson taking his place.

With Leinster skipper Johnny Sexton off the field for a head injury assessment, Wasps sent two penalties towards the right corner. The second set up a series of drives, before enough defenders were sucked in to create an overlap on the left and Jimmy Gopperth went over for a well-constructed try. His conversion put Wasps 7-5 ahead, after 13 minutes.

A minute later, Leinster sent a penalty to the corner but the Wasps' pack sent them back ten metres, before the ball was released. Excellent defensive pressure forced a knock on, which Wasps gathered for Elliot Daly to clear downfield and a strong chase made Leinster rush the ball into touch. George Smith broke round the front of the lineout, his inside pass was intercepted but a Leinster pass was then intercepted by Dan Robson. Robson just managed to stay infield, before delivering an inside pass to Joe Launchbury who ran in from 20 metres to go over for a try in the left corner. Gopperth’s touchline conversion hit the post leaving Wasps 12-5 up, after 18 minutes.

After a powerful Leinster drive from a lineout a few metres inside their own half forced Wasps back over halfway, the visitors built up the pressure, with a series of passes taking them close to the line before they conceded a penalty. A jinking run by Charles Piutau then set up a Wasps counterattack from their own 22, but a stray pass was intercepted by Luke Fitzgerald. He was brought down a few metres out and Lorenzo Cittadini was shown a yellow card for an offence at the breakdown. With Leinster opting for the scrum, Cittadini’s place was taken by Jake Cooper-Woolley, making a welcome return after injury, with Frank Halai leaving the field to make way for him.

From the scrum Leinster attacked the blind side. The Wasps defence appeared to have forced them into touch, but the ball was somehow kept in play and Eoin Reddan gathered to dive over from close range. Cathal Marsh missed the conversion, leaving Wasps 12-10 ahead, with eight minutes of the half to play.

From the restart, Wasps applied the pressure with skipper James Haskell charging into the 22. A series of phases set up Jimmy Gopperth for a 30-metre drop at goal from in front of the posts, but he pulled his kick wide to the left. Despite being a man down Wasps remained camped in Leinster territory and the pressure eventually yielded a penalty in the 22 in front of the posts. Gopperth made no mistake, to stretch the lead to 15-10. Cittadini then returned from the sin bin and a minute later the half-time whistle blew.

After Josh Bassett was taken out in the air, directly from the restart, Wasps stormed downfield, with Dan Robson’s darting run being stopped just short of the line. A penalty ensued and Gopperth’s straightforward kick extended the lead to 18-10.

Almost immediately, a loop move on halfway put MOTM Elliot Daly clear and he raced 40 metres for a glorious try in the corner. Gopperth landed a fine conversion and Wasps were now 15 points clear with 34 minutes to secure a bonus point and all but guarantee a quarter-final place. They were immediately reminded of Leinster’s attacking threat, when Rob Kearney produced a scintillating run from inside his own half to take play deep into the Wasps 22.

With 53 minutes gone, Wasps had the bonus point in the bag. A penalty in the corner gave them a lineout and an unstoppable drive was brought down on the line. The referee went between the posts for a penalty try and Gopperth’s conversion put Wasps 32-10 ahead.

Wasps were now threatening to run amok with some passing that would not have looked out of place in a sevens game. Wave after wave of attack, in which Joe Launchbury and Sam Jones both went close ended with Elliot Daly’s long pass sending Frank Halai over in the right corner. Another super Gopperth conversion put Wasps out of sight at 39-10 with 18 minutes still to play.

Wasps then began to unload the bench, introducing the power of Ashley Johnson, Jake Cooper-Woolley and Nathan Hughes. Joe Launchbury left the field to a huge ovation, to be replaced by James Gaskell.

Ten minutes from time, a Leinster move broke down on halfway and Charles Piutau gathered the loose ball to race clear of the defence for Wasps’ sixth try. Ruaridh Jackson, on for Gopperth, added the conversion, to make the score 46-10.

With time running out, Wasps pressed for a score to bring up the 50. With a minute to go, Ashley Johnson forced his way over near the left corner. Ruaridh Jackson’s missed conversion was the final act of a memorable display. The Bath result was then announced, and the crowd erupted with joy as they absorbed the news that Wasps had come out on top of the ultimate Pool of Death.

Wasps Line ups

  1. Matt Mullan
  2. Ed Shervington
  3. Lorenzo Cittadini
  4. Joe Launchbury
  5. Bradley Davies
  6. James Haskell
  7. George Smith
  8. Sam Jones
  9. Joe Simpson
  10. Jimmy Gopperth
  11. Frank Halai
  12. Brendan Macken
  13. Elliot Daly
  14. Josh Bassett
  15. Charles Piutau
  16. Ashley Johnson
  17. Tom Bristow
  18. Jake Cooper-Woolley
  19. James Gaskell
  20. Nathan Hughes
  21. Dan Robson
  22. Ruaridh Jackson
  23. Rob Miller

Leinster Line ups

  1. Jack McGrath
  2. Sean Cronin
  3. Martin Moore
  4. Devin Toner
  5. Rhys Ruddock
  6. Dominic Ryan
  7. Jordi Murphy
  8. Jamie Heaslip
  9. Eoin Reddan
  10. Jonathan Sexton
  11. Dave Kearney
  12. Noel Reid
  13. Luke Fitzgerald
  14. Zane Kirchner
  15. Rob Kearney
  16. Richardt Strauss
  17. Peter Dooley
  18. Michael Bent
  19. Ross Molony
  20. Josh Van Der Flier
  21. Isaac Boss
  22. Cathal Marsh
  23. Ben Te'o

Mycket idag

Nu är det snart dags för dotterns hopptävling på Brosjödal. Senare idag är det spelarmöte och träning med P18. Däremellan får man försöka få in ett brödbak och spackla en vägg och kanske fixa en liten middag. Har precis gått en runda på stranden med Spiff så motionen är avklarad. #danielmindremage

lördag 23 januari 2016

COYW

Vilken match!! Wasps slutar etta i gruppen!!!
Daly måste in i Englands XV
Piutau gör en kanonmatch!
COYW!

Wasps

Matchen är igång och jag har min guiness och Wasps ångar på. Blir nog en trevlig Lördag!!!!

Rugby är bra för dig!

Njut


Kanske årets sista snö så det får bli långrunda i snöfallet. Imorgon är det tö och plusgrader.
#danielmindremage

Avgörande

Idag avgörs det vem som går vidare i Championship cup. Wasps har allt i egna händer 16.15 avspark!
COYW!!!!

fredag 22 januari 2016

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Helgens matcher i Championship Cup

 
Obs Engelska tider på bilden.......

Rugbyspelare försöker göra reklam

Paul och BOD försöker göra en O2 reklam :)

Svenska Rugbyförbundet

Dagens inlägg på FB från Svenska Rugbyförbundet

Wasps lag på Lördag

Ser bra ut! Haskell och Launchbury tillbaka och Hughes på bänken. Väntar vi bara på att Wade skall göra comeback igen också.
COYW!!!!

Sån här stämning skulle det vara när spelarna kommer till hemmamatch :)

Bara njut och känn av stämningen! Och detta är när spelarna kommer till arenan innan match. Här har vi lite och jobba med inom Svensk rugby :) Tänk om vi kunde skapa den atmosfären innan match :)

Ger en lite rysningar eller ståpäls som Gunde skulle sagt.

Inget försök för Habana

Simpson och Piatau räddar på linjen :)

Crunchtime!


Till England för att döma rugby! Artikel från JNytt

Till England – för att döma rugby

"Det som skiljer rugbyn från till exempel ishockeyn är respekten mot domarna", säger Alexander Palombo inför avresan till England.
"Det som skiljer rugbyn från till exempel ishockeyn är respekten mot domarna", säger Alexander Palombo inför avresan till England. Fotograf: Peter Gustafsson
Alexander Palombo har redan hunnit med att döma matcher utomlands. Förra gången var det Schweiz som gällde.
Alexander Palombo har redan hunnit med att döma matcher utomlands. Förra gången var det Schweiz som gällde. Fotograf: Privat
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För Alexander Palombo, som i somras flyttade till Jönköping för att studera till journalist på Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola, var det länge nästan uteslutande ishockey som gällde.
– Jag både spelade och dömde, men när det tunnades ut med spelandet började jag träna rugby i stället. Jag kom in i det väldigt, väldigt fort och spelade i högsta svenska serien redan tredje året. Men på grund av skador var det inte lika kul att gå till träningen längre, och då kände jag att jag inte orkade hålla på och spela längre, säger han.
Som spelare kan Palombo stoltsera med både SM-guld och -brons på ungdomssidan och ett EM-guld för U18 i division B. Men nu är det alltså dömandet som gäller i första hand.
– Jag har dömt ishockey sedan jag var 14 och har alltid tyckt om att vara domare. Jag började döma rugby i maj 2015 och har sedan dess dömt en del både som assisterande och linjeman i högsta serien. Jag har bland annat dömt vid sjumanna-SM i Borås.
”Knöt lite kontakter”
Alexander Palombo har redan dömt matcher i Schweiz och den här veckan bär det av till England för att döma två matcher, en på herr- och en på damsidan.
– Det är ett projekt som jag har drivit själv. När jag spelade i U18-landslaget knöt jag lite kontakter med folk i vissa delar av världen. Eftersom säsongen ligger nere i Sverige vill jag ut och döma. Jag vill testa på hur det är att döma i andra länder och på så sätt uppleva en annan rugby än den som finns i Sverige.
Det svenska förbundet står för kostnaderna för flygbiljetterna och boendet löses genom att Palombo får bo hos en kompis i London.
– Rugbyn är enormt stor i England eftersom sporten har sitt ursprung där. Jag tror att rugbyn i England är snabbare än den är i Sverige, det är inte lika mycket slarv utan bollen kommer ut snabbt från fasta situationer. Det är noggrannare spel, och då går det väldigt fort.
– Jag vet bara vad det är för lag jag ska döma, mycket mer än så känner jag inte till så här på förhand. Det finns fler ligor i London än lag i Sverige…
Annan respekt inom rugbyn
Om Alexander Palombo får som han vill är detta bara början på en lång domarkarriär inom rugbyn.
– Jag vill ut i världen och ta mig så långt som möjligt, vart det leder vet jag inte. Sedan vill jag kunna kommunicera på engelska. Jag känner mig bekväm med det men vill bli ännu bättre.
Vad kännetecknar en bra domare?
– Kommunikation är A och O. Man får spelarna med sig på ett helt annat sätt om man har en bra kommunikation. Det som skiljer rugbyn från till exempel ishockeyn är respekten mot domarna, i rugby är det bara kaptenen som pratar med domaren. Här blir domaren sedd på ett helt annat sätt, det är verkligen en annan atmosfär. Själva rugbykulturen är att vara mån om alla