ENC 2C : 30 Nov : Cyprus vs Austria

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Battle of the Goats !

Venue: Paphiako Stadium, Paphos Kick-off: 14.00 local

The Big match this weekend for RugbyRedefined.com is the match Between Cyprus and Austria. Today we see the only team that has a better Record than the New Zealand All Blacks ( Albeit lower Tier Test Rugby) , when the Cyprus “Moufflons” take on Austria , in this Battle of the Goats ! who will end up on ‘Top of the Mountain’ .

Cyprus are aiming for their 21st consecutive Test Victory that began on the 29th November 2008 with a 37 – 3 victory over Azerbaijan.

Cyprus’s 20th Victory a 34 – 3 win over Slovenia

Remaining Fixtures in 2014 show that a win today , would make a Divisional Final of sorts possible on the 17th May 2014 when Cyprus host Hungary.

• 16

  17/05/2014

  Cyprus  vs Hungary

• 17

  12/04/2014

  Hungary  vs Austria

• 18

  12/04/2014

  Slovenia  vs Bulgaria

• 19

  26/04/2014

  Bulgaria  vs Cyprus

• 20

  03/05/2014

  Austria  vs Slovenia

The Current ENC2C Standings are :

ENC 2C Ranking “Season 2012/14”

Rank	Teams	N°	W	D	L	Pts	Bonus	Tota
1	Cyprus	5	5	0	0	20	4	24
2	Hungary	6	4	0	2	16	4	20
3	Slovenia	6	2	0	4	8	2	10
4	Bulgaria	6	2	0	4	8	1	9
5	Austria	5	1	0	4	4	4	8

Cyprus squad (Alphabetical Order) from http://www.cyprus-rugby.com George Agathocleous Jack Antoniou Jack Bilton Andrew Binikos Stavros Charalambous Constantinos Constantinides Stavros Economou Stephan Eleftheriou Sam Emery Dinu Floredan Luke Frixou Scott Lennox Yiannis Loizia Dan McFarlane Marko Mladenovic Panagiotis Nikolaidis * Artemios Papgeorgiou * Costas Pavlou Alex Philiotis Frank Stravrou Burhan Torgut Marios Zakakiotis * Alex Zavallis * – denotes new caps ———————————————————–

Austria squad from http://www.rugby-austria.at/ 1: Milad FARKHONDEH-FAL (Captain) 2: Maximilian NAVAS 3: Maximilian FREYDELL 4: Christopher GRAF 5: Sebastian FREYDELL 6: Martin LEIDL 7: Mathias HEMETSBERGER 8: Paul HRUSCHKA 9: Lukas DOBNER 10: Mushegh ASLANYAN 11: Maximilian MÜLLER 12: Johannes DACHLER 13: Michael KERSCHBAUMER 14: Gordon CHIU (Vice Captain) 15: Omar EL AGREBI 16: Milan SABO 17: Stephan REISENEDER 18: Stefan ASBOTH 19: Stefan PSOTA 20: Maximilian KINSKY 21: Dominic KINSKY 22: Alexander RADOMIROV 23: Archil GULUA ————————————————————–

V Cyprus Austria
Games played:	1
Games won by Cyprus:	1 (100.00%)
Games lost by Cyprus:	0
Games drawn:	0
Most wins in a row for Cyprus over Austria:	1
Most losses in a row for Cyprus to Austria:	0
* New * Grounds Played At:	1
Largest points for Cyprus:	54 (20 – 54)
Largest points against Cyprus:	20 (20 – 54)
Largest winning margin for Cyprus:	34 (20 – 54)
Largest losing margin for Cyprus:	–
Total points for Cyprus:	54
Total points against Cyprus:	20
Average points for Cyprus per game:	54.00
Average points against Cyprus per game:	20.00
Average points difference per game between Cyprus and Austria:	+34.00

Games played between Cyprus and Austria
	17 Nov 2012	Austria	20-54	Cyprus

POSSIBLE RR World Rankings outcome on Result

CYP (on 48.94 points) at home -vs- AUT (on 35.94 points)

Possible Outcome	Rating Point Exchange	New CYP Rating	New AUT Rating	Will AUT overtake CYP?
If CYP win by 1-15 points	0.000	48.94	35.94	No
If CYP win by more than 15	0.000	48.94	35.94	No
If result is a draw	1.000	47.94	36.94	No
If AUT win by 1-15 points	2.000	46.94	37.94	No
If AUT win by more than 15	3.000	45.94	38.94	No

STATS & Story Source :  http://rugbyredefined.com

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