The Finnish national team has announced the 23-man squad that will travel to Zenica to take on the BiH national side in European Nations Cup Group 2D on 25th April.
Preparations for the game have gone well, with two training camps at Solvalla in Espoon Nuuksio, including a training game vs an invitational Barbarians side. 4 players are due to earn their first cap for Finland, including England-based scrum-half Danny Taylor, who qualifies through a Finnish grandmother. Joensuu speedster Henri Repo stands to bring up another milestone in Finnish rugby, by becoming the first Karjalan Rugby player to represent the men's side.The last time the two nations met was the final game of the last ENC season, where Finland produced a strong second half performance to win the game and deny Bosnia automatic promotion. You can watch that game, courtesy of WRCAtsu, here.
Finland squad v Bosnia:
Forwards:
Mikael Ahola (Chiswick RFC, UK)
Kosti Eskola (Warriors RC, Helsinki)
Karl Filtness (Jyväskylä RC)
Fred Harrison (Tampere RC)
Janne Heinänen (Jyväskylä RC)
Aaro Katainen (Jyväskylä RC) - Captain
Matti Keränen (Kuopio RC)
Mauno Konttila (Jyväskylä RC)
Aleksi Laitinen (Vaasa Wolves)
Kevin McCarthy (Helsinki RC)
Marko Sallert (Helsinki RC)
Sauli Tyvi (Vaasa Wolves)
Kalle Välimäki (Linna Rugby, Hämeenlinna)
Backs:
Avea Avea (Linna Rugby, Hämeenlinna)
Paul Davies (Kuopio RC)
Teemu Elomaa (Jyväskylä RC)
Thomas Finell (Warriors RC, Helsinki)
Kalle Helin (Vaasa Wolves)
Antti Lammi (Warriors RC, Helsinki)
Crispin Mäenpää (Brugsche Rugby Club, Belgium)
Valtteri Valtia (Warriors RC, Helsinki)
