Senior International Matches (Men) : Men's International

Sat 28th September 2024   - KO  13:00 - FC Car Konstantin, Nis

Serbia

6

FT

56

Netherlands

Tries

Goals

Serbia, Netherlands name squads for Nis clash

Serbia will warm up for their men’s European World Cup qualifier with Wales in Carcassonne in a month’s time when they face Netherlands on Saturday, September 28 at the FC Car Konstantin stadium in the city of Nis (kick off 1 pm, local time).

The nations last met a year ago in Zwolle, Netherlands victorious 40-10.

Serbia men’s head coach, Darren Fisher, said: “This will be a good test for our domestic players. It gives them a great opportunity to be in contention for our World Cup qualifiers squad in October. I’ll be handing out some debuts and there are a couple of returning players which will freshen up the squad”.

It will be the third consecutive international weekend fixture for the Netherlands, who have defeated Scotland and narrowly lost to Ireland already in September.

Oranje men’s head coach, Dave Hunter, said: "After last week’s loss, we're looking forward to a much-improved effort against Serbia who will be extremely tough to beat on home soil - we'll have to be at our very best if we are to compete. However, our combinations are getting better and team moral is high”. 

Enzo Peyre from France will officiate, and the match will be live streamed on the ERL and Serbian Rugby League Facebook pages.

SERBIA SQUAD

Andrej Mora, Mateja Nedeljkovic (RLC Dorcol Tigers), Aleksandar Pavlovic, Andrej Marinkovic, Djordje Krnjeta, Dzavid Jasari, Enis Bibic, Strahinja Stojiljkovic (RLC Partizan 1953), Tulisani Jabulane (RLC Radnicki Nis), Luka Ilic, Stefan Arsic (RLC Radnicki Nis), Denis Cengaj, Marko Jankovic, Milos Calic, Nikola Djuric, Rajko Trifunovic, Voja Dedic, Vuk Strbac (RLC Red Star Belgrade), Aleks Stojanovic (Siddal).

NETHERLANDS SQUAD

Hidde van den Berg, James Adams (Amsterdam Cobras), Bonne Wilce, Kees Kuijpers, Kevin Ebing, Mavi Gevers (Brabant Bears), Tom Van Bokhoven (Cromer Kingfishers), Maas van der Reek, Maurits Thomson (Den Haag Knights), Arie-Tjerk Razoux Schultz, Daniel de Ruiter (Harderwijk Dolphins), Luke Van Bokhoven, Mitch Donnelly (Narrabeen Sharks), Dimitri Haringa, Max van der Stroom, Mike Prins, Paul Kuijpers, Pieter Kluvers (Zwolle Wolves), Tom Turnock (Rotterdam Pitbulls).

 

27 September 2024
Netherlands impress in Serbia to win international

Posting six of their nine tries in the final twenty minutes, two to winger Mike Prins, Netherlands emerged convincing 52-6 winners over Serbia in their men’s senior international at the FC Car Konstantin stadium in Nis.

The Oranje opened impressively, Tom Van Bokhoven and Dimitri Haringa – who also kicked three goals – with quick fire tries to establish an early 12-0 lead. Strahinja Stojiljkovic replied but, importantly, in the final minute of the first half, Mavi Gevers went over for a converted try to make it 18-6 at the break.

Netherlands men’s head coach, David Hunter, noted: “We knew if we could withstand the first 20 minutes from Serbia that we'd be in with a shot, and it was a really physical opening to the game. In the second half we did the small things right and that gave us the opportunity to post points at the end.”

Serbia, who went down to 12 men with eight minutes to go and are preparing for European World Cup qualifiers in France next month, had an equal share of possession up to the hour mark.

But a number of mistakes in possession meant that they could not exert any concerted pressure and that showed in the later stages as the Netherlands ran rampant.

“The guys haven’t played together since July and that was a tough task,” said Serbia men’s head coach Darren Fisher.

“I was pleased that we've had some debuts and players coming back from injury but there's no excuse for some of the aspects we put out in the second half.

"The big focus is on October, we needed a good competitive game, and we'll sit down and decide out of that domestic squad who will be included going forward.”

SERBIA 6

Andrej Mora, Rajko Trifunovic, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Denis Cengaj, Andrej Marinkovic, Dzavid Jasari, Vojislav Dedic, Milos Calic, Vuk Strbac, Marko Jankovic, Stefan Arsic, Nikola Djuric, Enis Bibic. Subs: Aleksandar Stojanovic, Djordje Krnjeta, Strahinja Stojiljkovic, Luka Ilic

Try: Stojiljkovic (32), Goal: Jasari (1/1).

Sin bin: Arsic (72 - late tackle)

NETHERLANDS 52

Mitch Donnelly, Dimitri Haringa, Hidde van den Berg, Maas van der Reek, Mike Prins, Maurits Thomson, Pieter Kluvers, Tom Van Bokhoven, James Adams, Kevin Ebing, Mavi Gevers, Luke Van Bokhoven, Paul Kuijpers. Subs: Arie-Tjerk Razoux Schultz, Tom Turnock, Daniel de Ruiter, Bonne Wilce

Tries: T. Van Bokhoven (9), Haringa (14), Gevers (40), Prins (60, 71), Donnelly (61), Razoux Schultz (65), van den Berg (73), Ebing (77); Goals: Haringa (3/3), Thomson (5/6)

Half time: 6-18

 

Referee: Enzo Payer (France)

29 September 2024