A slightly delayed blog with results from last weekend and a few results already from this weekend, particularly in the internationals. This weeks domestic results I will publish in a few days. So the International season is in full swing with the European Cup and some friendly internationals being played.
In France the third round of the ELITE1 was played with Lezignan running out 54-10 winners over Avignion. St Gaudens/Toulouse suffered a heavy defeat 06-44 to Catalan team Pia, Villeneuve beat Carcassonne 34-10, Carpentras had a convincing win 40-18 over Montpellier and the UTC v Limoux game was postponed. The table stands as:
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | Pt | |
| 1 | Pia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 9 |
| 2 | Lezignan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 9 |
| 3 | Carpentras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| 4 | Villeneuve | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | St Gaudens/Toulouse | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -24 | 6 |
| 6 | Carcassonne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -10 | 3 |
| 7 | UTC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -20 | 1 |
| 8 | Limoux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -18 | 0 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -34 | 0 |
| 10 | Avignion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -66 | 0 |
In New Zealand the last round of the provincial competition was played with Auckland and Counties Manuka eventually winning through to the Grand Final. Northern 6-86 Auckland, Wellington 20-30 South Island, Counties Manuka 34-26 Heartland and Waicoa Bay Bye
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | PT | |
| 1 | Auckland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 12 |
| 2 | Counties Manuka | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 10 |
| 3 | Wellington | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 10 |
| 4 | South Island | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 10 |
| 5 | Waicoa Bay | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 6 | 6Heartland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -14 | 4 |
| 7 | Northern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -394 | 2 |
In Papua New Guinea the semi final of the Bemobile cup was played with Goroka beating the Gurias to meet Mendi in the Grand final. The semi was played in Lae in front of over 8,000 people.
In Serbia the final of the Cup of Serbia was played between Car Lazar and Dorcol. The spiders (Dorcol) won in a very lop sided contest 98-2. This weekend the action goes back to the Championships with the semi final between Red Star and Radnicki with the winner going through to face Dorcol who are looking for the triple this year.
I finally have got some results for the South African competition. There are three regions playing at the moment, well that are providing results.
Vaal
The first round has the Vaal A beating Heidelberg 54-20 and Vikings beating Vaal B.
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | Pt | |
| 1 | Vaal A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2 | Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Vaal B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| 4 | Heidelberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -34 | 0 |
Northern Bulls
Two rounds have been played in the Northern region. In round 1 Tuks B beat the mustangs 24-0, Kungweni demolished the defence 54-0 Tuks A slaughtered Northern 118-4. In the second round Tuks A beat Kungweni 42-8 and the Silverbacks won 56-34 over the Mustangs.
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | Pt | |
| 1 | Tuks A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 4 |
| 2 | Tuks B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 3 | Silver Backs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 4 | Kungweni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -54 | 0 |
| 5 | Mustangs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -48 | 0 |
| 6 | Defence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -54 | 0 |
| 7 | Northern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -118 | 0 |
Eastern Eagles
5 Rounds have been played. You can see all the rounds on the website but the latest round, round 5 was Bears A 56-20 Bears B, Kempton 34-42 St Helens and ERP 56- 6 Germiston.
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | Pt | |
| 1 | ERP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 8 |
| 2 | Bears A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6 |
| 3 | St Helens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 4 | Bears B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -44 | 2 |
| 5 | Kempton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -60 | 2 |
| 6 | Germiston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -96 | 2 |
| 7 | Elsburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -42 | 0 |
Two rounds of the Alitalia European Cup have been played last weekend and this weekend with France and Wales showing to be the two stand out teams. In the First round in front of a massive crowd of over 14,000 the French demolished Ireland 58-24 while Wales demolished Scotland 60-22. In the second round so far France had a grinding win against the Scotts 26-12 in wet and cold conditions in Albi. Despite the weather a healthy crowd of 6,721 still turned up to watch France take a closer step to a 4 Nations berth next year.
| Team | P | W | D | L | B | PD | Pt | |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 |
| 2 | Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| 3 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -34 | 0 |
| 4 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -52 | 0 |
Two other internationals were also played over the weekend. England, aside from their hit out against Cumbria which ended in an 18-18 draw, took on the New Zealand Maoris this weekend in a Mount Smart double header. The English raced out in a stunning first half to an 18-0 lead and seemed to be on the way to a big win, but capitulated in the second half with the Maoris clawing back to an 18-18 draw. The New Zealand Kiwis in the main event demolished the Samoans in an ominous sign to the 4 Nations teams, winning 50-6.
Just a not that the radio program is going to be only an hour long over the last part of the season with the number of matches reducing significantly. Also last week and this week there wont be shows in their regular time slots as other commitments are forcing Chris and myself to have to postpone it. We are hoping to do one big show next week. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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