Rugby to 7, the San Marino national team ready for the Conference 2 in Malta
This weekend, June 11 and 12, 2022, the San Marino men’s 7-a-side rugby team will take part in the Conference 2 tournament, organized by Rugby Europe, in Malta. The San Marino National Olympic Committee reports this in a press release.
THE TOURNAMENT
In addition to the Titans, the tournament will be attended by the hosts of Malta, Estonia, Kosovo, Slovakia And Slovenia.
The tournament program includes a single group for Italy in which everyone will meet everyone once. The matches will start on Saturday morning and end on Sunday in the late afternoon.
There will be no endings. The team with the most points will win the Conference and will be promoted to Conference 1 next year.
The tournament field will be the Tony Bezzina Stadiumlocated in the north of the island and used throughout the year by the Hibernians Football Club.
THE COMMITMENTS OF THE SAMMARINIANS
The program of the San Marino players foresees the departure from Bologna on Friday morning and the arrival in Malta around 12.00. In the afternoon there will be a first training session, the first will be the next day at 10.22 against Malta.
The next match is scheduled at 14.22 against Estonia. The match against Slovakia will end on Saturday at 16.52.
On Sunday the remaining two matches are scheduled: at 3.44 pm San Marino-Kosovo and at 4.30 pm Slovenia – San Marino.
The return to the Titan for the biancazzurra delegation is scheduled for the late evening of Monday 13 June.
THE DELEGATION
The group will be governed by the coach Giovanni Gianesini, who has been preparing the team in recent months. There is to support him Mirco Sergi, international referee and second coach. Also present for the bureaucratic part federal president Davide Giardi and the general secretary Dorotea Balsimelli. Complete the staff on physiotherapist Alessandro Vio.
They will take the field 12 playersafter weeks of intense work on the pitch and in the gym.
Here are their names and their date of birth:
Navid Ataei 24/11/1994
Matteo Babboni 4/3/1998
Federico Bartolini 12/1/1992
Mattia Bastianelli Gambini 29/3/1993
Michele Cecchetti 25/4/1999
Luca Di Bisceglie (PAC) 1/13/1989
Luca Giardi 4/7/1999
Alessio Marchetti 31/1/2003
Giacomo Mini 27/3/1998
Jonathan Muraccini 25/10/1999
Elia Piscaglia 23/5/2000
Mattia Tomassini 21/9/1999
“I’m confident – explains the technician Gianesini – because the boys have engaged in training in recent months. Furthermore, the Federation has made important means and resources available. There is a great desire to do well and improve the already excellent results of last year. Let’s just hope the heat doesn’t make us suffer too much, since we’ll play in broad daylight “.
“It will be an important moment for us – declares the president Giardi – because we want the excellent exit last year in Belgrade in which, despite being first and foremost in Conference 1, we won a match and scored goals in all the challenges. Secondly, because a good result in Malta would allow us to remove the pass for the Small States Games which will be held in Malta next year “.