Rugby

[pakolainen]

Helsinki Rugby Club is actively recruiting experienced or novices to the beautiful games.

with 2 mens teams, 1 womens and an expanding youth team. Come along.

Get into the spirit, especially with the 6 nations starting this weekend.

http://www.helsinkirugby.org

Cheers
Steve

[kmboll]

Are there still mens practices Thursdays at 19.15?

[pakolainen]

Hi, currently in the winter season the men are training on Fridays 2015 -2200 on the astroturf behind of the Finnair stadium.
and then today, and every saturday 1615 - 1800 in the bubble hall at myllypurro.

Today should be a good turnout.

[Rosamunda]

Any info on the junior team? My 15 yr old wants to start playing (he already plays soccer but wants to try rugby). How old is the junior team and where do they train?

[pakolainen]

Hi, our junior team, is training today in the myylypurro bubble hall. Average attendance during these winter months has been about 8 persons. Your son would fit right in, the ages of our youngest if i remember correctly is a shade over 10.
The person to contact at the moment for more information is Heikki Ape, the youth coach: 050 5437383

Maybe we'll see you tonight

Cheers
Steve

[Rosamunda]

Your son would fit right in, the ages of our youngest if i remember correctly is a shade over 10.

My son could squash a 10 yr old to death if he tackled him!!!! He's MUCH bigger than me. I'd be a bit worried about him practising with younger kids: I've seen what he can do to his little brothers

Anyway, he isn't at home this weekend, gone to cut wood in the forest but will talk to him about it tomorrow. Myllypuro is rather a long way (shame we don't have metro to Matinkylä yet !!!) but I will call the coach to get more info (does he speak ENglish?).

The England/Scotland game is live on France2 at 18h (Finnish time). So I'll be watching it. And France/Italy starts in about half an hour!

[pakolainen]

Ok, Yes Heikki speaks English, very well and also spanish. We have some big kids in the team, 10 y.o is probably the youngest and oldest i'm not too sure, as there are not enough youngsters to seperate into different age groups they are all training together.

and then we have some small ones in the mens team.

Tell me about the rugby, no satelite to get sky sports, which doesn't show it and the BBC coverage doesn't reach here and of all the channels i don't have is TV2 .-(

[Rosamunda]

Well the Italian team sound very confident (8/15 of them play in France, so the French won't have too many secrets on the field). And there has been a huge TV buildup to the game in Rome, not to mention NO SOCCER all weekend !!! I can post the results on here... but don't expect a commentary I'm not sure I even know all the rules of the game! I'm really a soccer mum

[pakolainen]

well that's ok, it's never too late to deflect to the good side

[Rosamunda]

22-3 to the French, who missed conversion in last second of first half.

Looks like the middle of summer in Rome. Italians were running into the sun and whinging about the weather.

[sppuuddy]

pakolainen wrote
Tell me about the rugby, no satelite to get sky sports, which doesn't show it and the BBC coverage doesn't reach here and of all the channels i don't have is TV2 .

Same problem here has anyone found any links that stream the games, the normal ones i use for the football dont seem to show rugby, but surely its gotta be out there somewhere.

[Rosamunda]

Well I get the French analog channels with the same dish I get Canal-digital. All you need is an analog receiver (no card, it's public TV, free).

Trouble is, the France Telecom sat is way south-west so you need to be on high ground, facing south to get the reception. And of course, it's all in French

[sppuuddy]

Thanks Penelope, i tried to get the canal plus satelite when i first moved here but they said i would not get good reception, too close to the forest so i had to settle for the canal plus digi box option.
For anyone that wants to see the Wales Ireland game today, the live stream channels that normally show the football say they are showing todays game, as with the football it can be hit or miss but its worth a try.......COME ON EIRE....