Hooker Peter Kokontis led the way with three tries as Greece eased to the European U19s Shield with a comprehensive 94-6 win over Norway at the CREPS Font Romeu high performance facility in the Pyrenees, France, to end the tournament unbeaten.
The dominant Greeks ran in 18 tries in all, William Giovas with two in the opening 13 minutes, as they built up a 52-6 half time lead, stand off Joshua Silverstone-Utheim with Norway’s reply, to maintain his record of scoring in every game.
“I’m ecstatic for the boys, all 22 of them,” said Greece head coach, Jim Pizanias, to the background of bouzouki music ringing out from the victorious dressing room. “They all got games in this series and it was great to see our six domestic players on the field in this match together, that was the best part about it.
“All those boys had a great tour, they really loved it and they’ll go back to their schools and universities and will let everyone know how great it is to play for Greece at rugby league. Hopefully we can get a 19s competition going in Greece on the back of this.”