Broughton hope for Swede smell of success this weekend!

International Rugby comes to town on Sunday 10th April when Broughton take on the Sweden National Side in a glamour end of season friendly at Wardie with a high-noon kick-off.

Hold on, Sweden you say?  The home of Abba, Ulrika, Ikea, Volvo, the Chef from the Muppets and Rugby.  Rugby?

The Swedish Rugby Union was founded on 29 March 1932 and joined the IRB in March 1988.  Currently there are about 1400 Senior male players registered in the Country,  with almost 350 Senior Ladies taking part in the sport as well.

Broughton Honorary Secretary Mark Brown was delighted to host the Swedes, saying "We hope will be a really exciting weekend for our Club, commented , "and we are also privileged to have Torvald Colliander, the Swedish Consul for Scotland, attending the fixture".

The Swedes are over on a long weekend as part of their final squad preparations for the forthcoming 2007 World Cup Qualifiers against Holland (23/04) and Belgium (30/04). 

All but 4 of the 26 member touring party currently ply their trade in the Swedish Leagues and they have got off to a great start to their World Cup campaign defeating Latvia 20-18 (away) and Lithuania 32-20 (home) last October.

The tourists will play two matches on their trip.  The other is at Haddington on Saturday 09th at Neilson Park.

Ulrika - Can't make it along on Sunday.

The Swedish Squad: