Estonia's national team have accepted the offer of a match with Finland A to be played in Turku on 28.09.13.
The match will be played at Paavo Nurmi stadium as a warm-up game for Finland's European Nations Cup match against Greece. This will be the second match to be played by the recently-created development side, following a loss to a strong Stockholm Exiles Barbarians side in Mariehaminna in April this year.
Finland A will be selected and coached by Turku Eagles' coach, Alastair Davies and aims to provide a wider group of players with experience at a higher level with the ultimate aim of providing a deeper pool of suitable players for the 1st team.
Finland and Estonia have not met since 2010, when both a home and away fixture was played under the International Rugby Partnership Shield. Both matches were won by Finland, but Estonia have since made vast improvements and playing an array of opponents ranging from the England Deaf Team to the current ENC Group 3 leader, Turkey. Additionally, Estonia have a thriving 7s scene and compete internationally, so we can expect plenty of speed and flowing rugby.
Squads tba.
You can download the two 2010 matches between Finland and Estonia here:
http://rugby.fi/federation/media/internationalgames/finland-international-games-for-download/
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