Almost There

Despite the inclement weather, the results this weekend almost went the way of all the home teams. Hammarby being the one's to rock the boat. Alas although they won, it was not by enough points to secure a place in the finals. Was that, one wonders, because of  ill discipline last week? Still they run Exiles close this year and let's hope that they can build on this for next year and that they don't fall away like GRF have after also coming close to making the finals last year. Enkoping, who must surely be the favourites now, duly run up a big score against Pingvin, a squad that does not travel well. Will be an interesting couple of games but we expect the team wearing white shirts, yes they are white underneath all the sponsors logos, to come out victors over the two matches.
Uppsala Ladies produced a fine display against Enkoping in the home leg of their semi-finals and it was a pleasure to watch. Guy must have worked his magic this week to inspire that performance and overcome the loss last week by more than enough points to make the finals. If they perform like this in those matches then the opponents will have their work cut out. Those opponents? well no real surprise either. After last weeks win away at Exiles by 19 points, GRF emerged victorious at home in what was a pretty sub-standard game by all accounts, with both teams performing below the expected levels. This may have been due to the weather, who knows? Let's just hope that the finals will produce some quality rugby for the spectators.

What about the play offs for the Men's Elite. Again home wins for both sides. Spartacus out muscled Vanersborg in a very scrappy and tense game. The weather did not help but, according to our reporter on the touchline, it was well controlled by the referee. So Spartacus will have the chance of consolidating their position in the Elite and will hopefully try and improve their record next year.
Finally, GRF scraped home against Attila in a game that they could quite easily have lost if the opposition had taken the chances that came their way. According to reports, the GRF coach was pulling his hair out, well he would have done if he had any, but he was clearly distraught at his sides performance. It always seems to be the case, that without their playmaker, and he was injured for this match, GRF cannot play.