Rugby match in Stavanger

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On the 24th of June, Michael went to Stavanger with the Porsgrunn Pirates, the local rugby league team, for a match against the Stavanger Storm. The Storm are the champion of Norway in Rugby Union (XV players) and are playing (and dominating) their first season in Rugby League (XIII players) with the same players. Their team got some international players from Australia, Fidji or Samoa, including some former professional and Nick “The Honey Badger” Cummins, the wing from the Australian national team, and his brother. Thus, the challenge was huge !

The match was furious but after dominating the first half time, two players from Porsgrunn got injured, the rest of the team began to be exhausted, the Pirates were defeated by the storm in an intense second half time. A side-step of Michael in the last 22 meters was at the origin of one of the Pirate’s try in second half time !

 

 

As Rugby is a story of fighting with friends, the match was followed by a barbecue. In the evening, the third half time, at the Beverly, a sport bar in Stavanger, supported by the Storm’s sponsors, was crazy and last until the morning…

A great experience with really friendly people. The rematch will happened the 2nd of september !!

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