Cyprus Rugby Federation press release
Rugby Europe Sevens, Men’s Trophy – Malmoe (SE)
The Cyprus Mens 7s team will participate in the first leg of the Rugby Europe Sevens, Men’s Trophy (Former Rugby Europe Division A 7s) to be held in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday and Sunday 11-12th of June 2016.
The Cyprus team consist of the following players lead by the experienced coach Mr Ruaridh Pye from Scotland:
Matthew King (Captain), George Agathokleous, Fidias Efthymiou, Joannou Christopher, Luke Frixou, Marcus Holden, Marko Mladenovic, Andreas Zacharia, Alexander Zavallis-Roebuck, Yiannis Loizias and Dimitris Grigoriou.
Mr Alexander Zavallis-Roebuck spoke of the teams goals for the 2 tournaments to be held this weekend and 2-3/7/2016 “Strongest squad we’ve ever had for a competition. We’ve all put in the hard work on and off the field with weekly tests to report to one another and a warm up tournament in Musselburgh club. Players have also been involved in UK competitions. The Team is really excited for this years 7s and hope to push beyond the achievement of last year”
The first match of the of the two-day tournament sees Cyprus take on the Czech Republic followed by the hosts Sweden and Romania.
Unfortunately due to technical reasons, the games will not be broadcast live. The results will be posted on the website of the European Rugby Federation.
http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/group-294.htm
The president of the Cyprus Rugby Federation Mr. Vasiliadis stated “I wish the players and management all the best and a good performance in a difficult tournament. The 7s team has pleasantly surprised us with their exploits, especially last year when under allot of difficulties they managed to reach the final of the Polish 7s tournament and secure second place losing in the final to the hosts. A big thank you to all who contributed to the preparation of the team for this seasons 7s especially Mr Felix Frixou, whose assistance was crucial for the preparation and participation of the team in this year’s tournaments. ”
