The men’s under-18 rugby team of seven will fight today for fifth place in theEuropean in Trophy category after falling out of the semi-finals at the stage being played at Budapestin the facilities of the Dr. Koltai Jeno Sports Center.
The kids they closed the day with a single victory against Moldavia by 7 to 26, a triumph that served to recover after a demanding start and that keeps them in the fight to finish the tournament in a good position. Earlier, the men’s combined had clearly fallen against Latvia in the debut, by 45 to 5, and had also conceded in front Israelone of the strongest rivals in the group, by 31 to 7. With this balance, Andorra he was out of the title race, but heads into the final day aiming to compete for fifth place. The first obstacle will be Croatia and, in case of victory, the tricolors will play this position against the winner of the duel between Luxembourg and Moldova. The big girls, on the other hand, had a more complicated first day and accumulated three defeats. The Andorrans lost against Portugal by 10 to 29, against Switzerland by 5 to 34 and against sweden by 25 to 0, accusing the fact of having been placed in the strongest group of the tournament and running out of options too soon. Today, the women’s team will face the second phase with the duels against Portugal and Moldova and the goal of being able to avoid relegation Conference.
