WARFL Round 2 - May 18th 2013

The second round of the 2013 WARFL season took place last weekend with glorious sunshine across South Wales. Despite the forecase earlier in the week looking wet and gloomy, the sun made an appearance as games took place in Cardiff, Swansea and Barry.

Full results and the table after Round 2 can be found below:

(Winners in Bold)

Swansea Magpies 9.9.63
Cardiff Panthers 14.16.100

Cardiff Double Blues 9.8.62
Bristol Dockers 27.18.180

Vale Warriors 6.10.46
Chippenham Redbacks 26.23.179

Table After Round 2

Team	Played	W	L (F)	D	For	Against	%	Points
Cardiff Panthers	2	2	0	0	190	63	301.59	8
Chippenham Redbacks	2	2	0	0	241	101	238.61	8
Bristol Dockers	2	1	1	0	235	124	189.52	5
Cardiff Double Blues	2	1	1	0	182	241	75.52	5
Swansea Magpies	2	0	2	0	124	220	56.36	2
Vale Warriors	2	0	2 (1)	0	46	269	17.10	1

Wales win EuroCup 2011 Plate Competition

Congratulations to the Cymru Red Dragons on bringing home a trophy for the EuroCup. The team were unable to bring back the EuroCup itself but did win the Plate competition beating Spain by 40 points in the final. A further update will be posted soon.

Here is how they did it:

Pool Stage

• Vs England, Lost 29 - 9 (Click here for video highlights).
• Vs Iceland, Won 48 - 22 (Click here for video highlights).

Knockout Stage

• Semi Final: Vs Russia, Won 47 - 10.
• Final: Vs Spain, Won 46 - 6 (Click here for video highlights).

The full results from last weekend can be found on the AFL Europe website, with the full compliment of video highlights can be found here.

Wales drawn in Euro Cup group with Iceland and England

The Euro Cup is taking place in Belfast on Saturday 8th October in Belfast. The Cymru Red Dragons are in a group with Iceland, and the old enemy, England. The very best of luck to our Welsh boys who will no doubt do us proud.

The fixtures for our boys are as follows:

• 10.30 am: England vs Wales.
• 12.30 pm: Wales vs Iceland.
• Knockout sstages from 2.00 pm onwards.

Follow the tournament online:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/afl-europe

Live score update are available on the AFL Europe Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/afl_europe

Dragons get ready to soar at EuroCup

The Cymru Red Dragons squad to compete at the Belfast EuroCup has been named and feature a strong team full of experience. Coach Kim Swain has chosen a line up with players from the Welsh Austrailan Rules Football League (WARFL) and from the London League and Southern England League.

WARFL Champions, the Cardiff Panthers have the most squad members with 8 of the 16 Dragons having played for the Champions who went unbeaten last season. They include Captain David Saunders and his brother Jon, winner of the Panthers Rookie of the Year Award. There are also 4 Great Britain representatives in the squad, Mark Horsman & Andrew Atack of the Cardiff Panthers and Tom Gillard & Harry Triggs of the West London Wildcats, the 2011 London Premiers.

Other WARFL teams represented are the Bridgend Eagles and Cardiff Double Blues, both of whom have two players in the squad, whilst Asst. Coach will be Alex Parry of the Swansea Magpies. The final two places are taken up by experienced Portsmouth Pirates duo George Llewellyn and Sam Jones.

The EuroCup will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland on the Saturday 8th October. The competition will see around 20 teams including the likes of Russia, Sweden, England and Italy, compete with hosts Ireland and Champions Croatia for the EuroCup over a 9-a-side format. Last year the Red Dragons came a respectable 7th overall and will be hoping to go even further in the competition this time. To find out more about Aussie Rules in Wales, please visit WARFL.org.uk


Full Squad

David Saunders (Cardiff Panthers, Captain)
Andrew Attack (Cardiff Panthers)
Brian Sparkes (Cardiff Double Blues)
Bryan Bliss (Cardiff Panthers)
Gareth Griffiths (Bridgend Eagles)
George Llewellyn (Portsmouth Pirates)
Harry Triggs (West London Wildcats)
Ian Carter (Cardiff Panthers)
Jamie Evans (Bridgend Eagles)
Jon Saunders (Cardiff Panthers)
Josh Davey (Cardiff Panthers)
Mark Horsman (Cardiff Panthers)
Rhys Morgan (Cardiff Double Blues)
Sam Jones (Portsmouth Pirates)
Scott Jones (Cardiff Panthers)
Tom Gillard (West London Wildcats)

Kim Swain (Coach, Cardiff Panthers), Alex Parry (Asst. Coach, Swansea Magpies).