Date: 18/3/12
The 2013 rugby league season in Sweden will open with a 7’s tournament hosted by Kungsbacka Rugby Club on the 23rd March. The 7’s tournament will have an international flavour with teams from Denmark and Norway taking part.
Teams taking part in the 7’s tournament:
Kungsbacka (Sweden)
Borås (Sweden)
Spartacus (Sweden)
Skåne (Sweden)
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Fredrikstad Falcons (Norway)
Flekkefjörd Tigers (Norway)
A week later the regular rugby league season kicks off with Shåne taking on Copenhagen.
The Swedish have been hard at work with 3 more referees added to their refereeing ranks after completing a refereeing course in Oslo over the weekend. This now gives the Swedish 7 referees to cover the regular season games along with 7’s and internationals.
The referees will be on hight alert come Saturday with the world famous shoulder charge also being placed on the banned list in Sweden.
Confirmed regular fixtures for 2013 Swedish rugby league Pan Scandinavian Series are:
March 30th РSk̴ne v Copenhagen
April 6th – Copenhagen v Kungsbacka
April 13th РKungsbacka v Sk̴ne
April 20th РCopenhagen v Sk̴ne
April 27th РSk̴ne v Kungsbacka
May 4th – Kungsbacka v Copenhagen
Later in the year the Swedish will take on Denmark and Norway in the Viking Tri-Nations series. Dates and fixtures details are still to be confirmed.
Rules for Sweden Rugby League 7’s
(Saturday 23rd March 2013)
Sevens follows the rules of 13-a-side rugby league with exceptions. Each rugby league nation is at liberty to adopt a modified version of international rugby league rules for their own domestic competitions; as a result the rules of rugby league sevens can vary too.
Here is a short bullet list of the most significant changes
• Matches are played on a seven-a-side pitch that measures 70 * 45 meters
• Matches have two halves of seven minutes
• Unlimited substitutions are allowed from a squad totaling 12 players
• Smaller scrums formed from the three forwards on each team.
• All kicks for goal should be drop kicks
• After points have been scored a tap-kick restart is taken by the non-scoring side
• The tackle limit is reduced from 6 to 4 and no shoulder charging is permitted.
Further important information
Games will consist of two 7 minute halves up to and including the semi-finals with extra time played in the event of tie at the end normal time. The final is longer with two 10 minute halves.
A defending player is offside if he/she is less than 5m away from the play-the-ball (or, if the play-the-ball is inside his 5m line, closer to it than the try-line is) when the ball is played. At a scrum a defending player is also offside if he/she is less than 5m away from the base of the scrum.
Match schedule for 7’s tournament scheduled for the 23rd March 2013
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Kick-off |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Score |
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Game 1 11:00 |
Skåne Crusaders
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Spartacus Reds
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Game 3 11:40 |
Kungsbacka Broncos
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Borås Ravens
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Game 5 12:20 |
Borås Ravens
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Skåne Crusaders
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Game 6 12:40 |
Spartacus Reds
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Kungsbacka Broncos
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Game 8 13:20 |
Borås Ravens
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Spartacus Reds
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Game 9 13:40 |
Kungsbacka Broncos
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Skåne Crusaders
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Kick-off |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Score |
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Game 2 11:20 |
Copenhagen Black Swans
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Norway Vikings
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Game 4 12:00 |
Northug Rugby League
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Copenhagen Black Swans
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Game 7 13:00 |
Norway Vikings
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Northug Rugby League
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Kick-off |
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Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Score |
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Game 10 14:00 |
Bowl (5 & 6 place play off) |
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Game 11 14:20 |
Plate (3 & 4 place play off) |
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Game 12 14:40 |
Cup final |
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