Germany win promotion
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:42
Germany beat the Netherlands 27-17 in Amsterdam on Saturday in a Division 2A match of the European Nations Cup.
The victory ensures that Germany will be promoted to Division 1 in place of the Czech Republic next season.
In fact the match was closer than the positions of the two teams suggests - Germany top and promoted, Netherlands bottom and demoted. The Dutch made the German invaders work hard. At half time the visitors led just 13-12. Flyhalf Fedde Lingsma scored a try in the second half which gave his side a 17-16 lead but the Germans ended stronger.
Scorers:
For Germany:
Tries: Güngör 2
Cons: Franke
Pens: Davies 3,Franke
Drop: Grzanna
For Netherlands:
Tries: Knox, Klumper, Lingsma
Cons: Bonhof
Teams:
Netherlands: 15 Jay-Jay Boske,
14 Titus Klumpers, 13 Rik Roovers , 12 Paul Van Helden, 11 Piet Hein Schram, 10 Fedde Lingsma, 9 Roger Scheffer, 8 Jason Knox, 7 Jordi Bonhof, 6 Bobby Teijsse, 5 Koen Buseman, 4 Boudewijn De Rouw, 3 Joshua Friedler, 2 Hajo Feitsma, 1 Allard Jonkers (captain)
Replacements: 16 Walter Rijnbeek, 17Miquel Van Der Cruijsen, 18 Robert Van Trigt, 19 Tjebbe Jehee,20 Benjamin Mast, 21 Anton Werth, 22 Dominique Brandwijk
Germany: 15 Edmoore Takendesa, 14 Christopher Weselek, 13 Kieron Davies, 12 Colin Grzanna, 11 Matthieu Franke, 10 Lars Eckert, 9 Mustafa Güngör, 8 Bodo Sieber, 7 Gerrit van Look, 6 Tim Kasten, 5 Jens Schmidt, 4 Manuel Wilhelm, 3 Alexander Widiker, 2 Tim Coly, 1 Benjamin Krause
Replacements: 16 Steven Williams, 17 Benjamin Danso, 18 Alexander Pipa, 19 Sebastian Schulz, 20 Markus Walger, 21 Rolf Wacha, 22 Marten Strauch
Referee: Cristian Raduta (Romania)
