European Championship C (Men) : 2015
Sat 17th October 2015 -
Greece
4
FT
76
Spain
Tries
Konsantinos Roussos (57)
Alex Doutres (4)
Hadriel Mehemed Gonzalez (27)
Antonio Puerta (11,47)
Chris Lopez (24,64)
Miguel Blanco (7)
Luis Thorp (61)
Gonzalo Morro (18)
Cedric Bringuier (78)
Matthew Dulley (16)
Diego Lagunas (33,75)
Ezequiel Perez-Fuster (68)
Goals
Grigoris Koutsimpogiorgos (0/1)
Alex Doutres (8/12)
Ivan Mendez (1/1)
Aitor Davila (1/1)
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Pavlos
Polymeneas
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Full Back |
Alex
Doutres
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Alexandros
Kesidis
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Right Wing |
Hadriel Mehemed
Gonzalez
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Konstantinos
Arvanitis
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Right Centre |
Antonio
Puerta
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Giannis
Giannimaras
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Left Centre |
Andrew
Pilkington
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Andreas
Psarakis
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Left Wing |
Chris
Lopez
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Panagiotis
Varypatis
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Stand Off |
Ivan
Mendez
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Grigoris
Koutsimpogiorgos
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Scrum Half |
Miguel
Blanco
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Panagiotis
Papadopoulos
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Prop |
Luis
Thorp
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Konsantinos
Roussos
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Hooker |
Gonzalo
Morro
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Artemis
Pittaras
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Prop |
Adrian
Alonso
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Panagiotis
Kerefilis
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Second Row |
Cedric
Bringuier
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Alexandros
Goumas
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Second Row |
Matthew
Dulley
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Konstantinos
Lamprakis
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Loose Forward |
Aitor
Davila
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Vasilis
Ventouras
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Int 1 |
Diego
Lagunas
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Georgios
Zdanov
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Int 2 |
Ezequiel
Perez-Fuster
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Touki
Arimanana
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Int 3 |
Dani
Moreno
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Giorgin
Syti
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Int 4 |
Jose Manuel
Munoz
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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP C – GAME 3
One of Europe’s newest competing nations has won their first silverware, after Spain ran in 14 tries to trounce Greece 76-4 in the Nikaia Municipality Stadium, Athens and take the European Championship C title.
The win also means that the Spanish become the six side in next autumn’s qualifiers for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, joining seeds Ireland and Wales along with Serbia, Russia and Italy. Spain head coach Darren Fisher was elated at the progress his men are making. “I'm very proud of my players,” he said. “They showed full commitment and our astonishing progress and journey continues. This is big step for us, but we know to expect our biggest challenge in the World Cup Qualifiers.”
In addition, Spain will be promoted to European Championship B, taking the place of Ukraine.
Spain led 42-0 at the break after a blistering start, full-back Alex Doutres, who scored the opening try, finishing with 20 points. Greek national team coach Matthew Ashill commented: “We are focusing just on our domestic players who are young novices but I'm very happy with commitment that we showed in second half.”
GREECE
Pavlos Polymeneas, Alexandros Kesipis, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Giannis Giannimaras, Andreas Psarakis, Panagiotis Varypatis, Grigoris Koutsimbogiorgos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Kostas Roussos, Artemis Pittaras, Panagiotis Karefilis, Alexandros Goumas, Konstantinos Lambrakis, Vasilis Ventoyrae, Giorgos Zdanov, Touki Arimanana, Giorgin Syti
SPAIN
Alex Doutres, Hadriel Mehamed González, Antonio Puerta, Andy Pilkington, Chris Lopez, Ivan Mendez, Miguel Blanco, Luis Thorp, Gonzalo Morro, Adrian Alonso, Cedric Bringuier, Matt Dulley, Aitor Davila, Diego Lagunas, Ezequiel Perez-Fuster, Dani Moreno, Jose Manuel Munoz