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Scottish Universities reach BUCS finals |
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Scotland Rugby League had its most successful week in Student Rugby League as it saw two Scottish based universities competing in the British Universities Colleges Sport (BUCS) knock out competitions for the first time in the 8 years that Student Rugby League has been played in region. The University of Edinburgh made their debut to the sport in the BUCS plate competition against Newcastle University 2 in Edinburgh. Edinburgh who have never played a competitive match of rugby league pulled off a shock win over the visitors 34 – 14 Edinburgh seemed to adapt well to rugby league despite not really knowing the rules of the code and going in to the match with extremely limited training and experience. Edinburgh entered into the BUCS competition after the Scottish Universities 9’s tournament was cancelled due to flooded pitches. |
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Massive prize awaits winners of 2010 rugbyleague.com European Cup |
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 A place in the 2011 Four Nations beckons France, Ireland, Scotland or Wales when they compete in this year’s rugbyleague.com European Cup, details of which were announced by the Rugby League European Federation today.
The chance to play against England, Australia and New Zealand in the UK next year is the prize on offer for the winners of a tournament which kicks off on October 9, 2010 with matches in France and Scotland. The opening weekend sees France host Ireland while the Scottish Bravehearts play Wales in a repeat of the 2009 rugbyleague.com European Cup final, which Wales won 28-16. |
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Scottish Universities in BUCS action |
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Scotland's universities prepare for BUCS action this week as two Edinburgh based universities work their way into the finals. Scotland's flagship university for rugby league, Edinburgh Napier University are heading south on Thursday morning to face Leeds University in the British Universities and Colleges Sport Shield final at West Park rugby club in Leeds. The match will be Edinburgh Napier's first outing at a final in 8 years the team are eager to bring some rugby league silverware home for the first time. Giles Lomax, Edinburgh Napier University captain and Scotland "A" Hooker said: "We are really looking forward to the game, we worked hard all season, won our league but lost out on a technicality to Leeds TAS. It's been a good season overall, although with all the travelling we haven't been able to field a strong team away from home but we won't be far from it on Thursday. We travelled with a skeleton 13 to Manchester Met and managed to pull off a 36 - 30 win and we again travelled in the semi final to beat UWIC, so I think we throughly deserve our place on Thursday final." |
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