Bosnia-Herzegovina to host Serbia in first international match of 2021

Permission has been granted for the first ranking rugby league international of 2021 to go ahead today, complying with all Covid-19 regulations currently in place.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will face Serbia at the NK Rijeka ground in Vitez, kick off 2pm local time.

Serbia has named an 18-man squad which is on the road this morning after restrictions were lifted to enable them to travel. Four clubs are represented in their selection, with recent Serbian Cup winners Partisan providing seven members.

SERBIA SQUAD

Ilija Stanic, Uros Popovic, Matija Nedeljkovic (Dorcol); Lazar Stamenkovic, Luka Ilic, Stefan Arsić, Veljko Djordjevic (Radnick Nis); Andrej Marinkovic, Branko Sabanovic, Djordje Krnjeta, Enis Bibic, Marko Milicevic, Strahinja Dtoiljkovic, Uros Ilic (Partisan 1953); Batric Jevric, Marko Jevdjic, Milos Pavlovic, Nikola Mladenovic (Red Star).