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Promotional DVD’s featuring games from the UK Superleague are now available from SRL. Contact scottedwards@bredband.net for more info.

 

 

 

SRL were most recently involved in the Scandinavian 9’s tournament hosted by Norway in Oslo on May 30th 2009. Following the success of this historic event for rugby league ”in the North” plans are in action to play further games in the autumn

Report from Rugby League European Federation: Two visiting sides, London Anzacs and German development outfit Alpenstoff Deutschland, contested the inaugural Scandinavian Rugby League Cup, the Anzacs coming up with a 34-16 success to take the trophy.

 

In superb conditions, six sides took the field at Ekeberg in Oslo and in a series of close games played under 9’s rules, the Londoners captured the silverware after a total of nine exciting encounters.

 

Player of the tournament was 17 years old German scrum half Philipp Wuest and the final classification was; London Anzacs, Alpenstoff Deutschland, Oslo Rugby Club, Nordic Barbarians – made up of players from the host country and Sweden, Wild Geese Oslo and Oslo University.

 

A crowd of over 250 attended and afterwards Rugby League Norway selectors met to pick a squad to face the incoming GB Student Chairman’s XIII, known as the ‘Pioneers’, who will play a Test in the capital on the 5^th July.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Representatives from the six participating teams in the Scandinavia 9’s in Olso 2009

Henrik and Martin Johansson…..

Scott Edwards, Fredrik Lavergren and Martin Johasson representing Sweden in the team ”Nordic Barbarians”