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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.

 

 

swedish chefHold 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:

Name Club
David Ray Stockholm Exiles RFC
Anders Jansson Stockholm Exiles RFC
Björn Sjögren Stockholm Exiles RFC
Ivar Bengtsson Stockholm Exiles RFC
Leonard Swahn Stockholm Exiles RFC
Daniel Lag Uppsala RFC
Niclas Jaråker Enköpings RK
Alan Letele Vänersborgs RK
Hannes Eriksson Vänersborgs RK
Mike Tatu Vänersborgs RK
Erik Wikström Vänersborgs RK
Robert Kantmark Malmö RC
Mattias Björkebäck Malmö RC
Andreas Persson Pingvin RC
Kanogo Njuru Hammarby IF Rugby
Fredrik Casselhag Hammarby IF Rugby
Andreas Bruhn Göteborgs RK
Robin Wallster Göteborgs RK
Christoffer Lundell Göteborgs RK
Nico Parmelund Göteborgs RK
Daniel Lekman Wexiö RK
Jan-Olov Johansson Spartacus RUFC
Sebastian Taylor Haberdasher Old boys
Alexander Taylor Bracknell RFC
Nick Todd Blackheath RFC
Andrew Saunders Richmond RFC