This weekend many of us will be glued to the start of the Autumn International matches, but tomorrow also sees two of Finland's ENC rivals go head to head.
Group leaders Norway, who have now risen above Monaco to 92nd in the IRB world rankings, travel to Luxembourg (the national currently ranked directly above Finland). Luxembourg edged out Finland in Helsinki last month, fending off a late come-back to win 14-16. Norway also opened their ENC account account against Finland, producing a dominant performance (including 5 tries) to run away with a 32-3 victory. Norway then hosted Bosnia & Herzegovina, where they struggled against the physicality of the group's other newcomers, rallying late to snatch an 11-9 victory.
Norway have named a squad that sees four changes from the one that faced Finland (including both starting props), and four changes from the squad that faced Bosnia. This will be Norway's first game of the season away from home, and with Luxembourg being Finland's closest rivals in the group, Finland's players and management should be taking a keen interest in this game.
We haven't seen any evidence of a live stream of the game, but we are hoping that Norges Rugby will continue their excellent work with producing a high quality video of the game.
Stay tuned!
Norway squad v Luxembourg:
Even Ellingsen - (Blindern RK)
Erlend Meldalen - (Blindern RK)
Christopher Byrne - (Bergen RK)
Andreas Fyri - (Oslo RK)
Ewan Adair - (Oslo RK)
Axel Wilhelsen - (Bergen RK)
Pascal Raclin - (Oslo RK)
Markus Sourlas - (Bergen RK)
Kim Robin Pettersen - (Horten RK)
Nick Sæby - (Stavanger RK)
Shelton Davis - (Tønsberg RK)
Andre Slaatta - (Bergen RK)
Anders Teigland - (Bergen RK)
Michal Urbanski - (Bergen RK)
Kristoffer Borsheim - (Stavanger RK)
Kristian Elgheim - (University of York)
Simmen Hammer Eriksen - (Horten RK)
Fredrik Skovly - (Oslo RK)
Simen Nystad - (Blindern RK)
Sondre Sundersen - (Revheim RK)
Thierry Davy - (Blindern RK)
Francis Hunt - (Oslo RK)
Alex Deisner - (Stavanger RK)
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