Hello fellow Welshies, I have been a member of this group for some time but this is my first post. Like many of my countrymen I have a passion for rugby (despite coming from North Wales) and I have been involved in rugby in the Gulf for 15 years as a player, reluctant spectator, administrator and manager. For the past 7 years I have been Manger of the Bali Legends team that plays in the Int Vets section of the Dubai 7s. The team plays in memory of the 27 rugby players who died in the Bali bombings whilst competing in the Bali 10s in 2002, and also promotes and rises money for the charity Dan’s Fund For Burns. Any way after that rather wordy intro the reason for this mail is to let you know that this year’s team has quite a strong Welsh flavor with 12 of our touring party coming from Wales. Those who know their Welsh rugby may recognize a few names from yesteryear in the team. So if you do and are at the 7s this weekend and you fancy coming down to watch us it would be great to have your support. I have listed below the squad, and also the schedule for our games on Thursday and Friday this week. Who knows what will happen on Saturday…. I have also included below a link to an article that was done on us in last weeks Khaleej Times. Hope to see some of you pitch side on Thursday and Friday this week. Trefor Khaleej Times Article: khaleejtimes/nation/inside.asp?section=nationgeneral&xfile=/data/nationgeneral/2014/November/nationgeneral_November250.xml The 2014 dnata Bali Legends Squad Alix Popham – Coach: Wales, Brive, Scarlets, Leeds, Newport Steve Franks: Water boy, Bali Legend / boxer Arwel Davies: Back Row; Swansea, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Warriors 7s, Classic Lions Christopher MacDonald: 9/Utility back, Wales U21,Scarlets, Swansea, Llanelli, Bali Legend Duncan Law: Front Row; Wales Students & XIII RL, Pontypool, Cardiff, Crawshays, Bali Legend Jonathan Hooper: Centre\10; Wales 7s, Bridgend Michael Powell: Back Row; Ospreys, London Welsh Neil Clapham: 10; Classic Lions, Neath, Llandovery Nick Kelly: Back Row; Pontypool, Celtic Warriors Peter Rogers: Front Row; Wales, Bridgend, Classic Lions, Bali Legend Rob Hill: Back Row; Swansea, Bali Legend Ben Ashford-Barnden: Wing; Plymouth Albion Brett Luxton: Back Row; Plymouth Albion, Bali Legend Dan Parkes: Front Row; Bath, Exeter, Royal Navy Jez Flynn: 9/Utility back; Marauders 7s, Redingensians, Bali Legend Max Hansford Centre: Exeter Chiefs, Bali Legend Paul Jones: 14; Wales 7s, Cardiff The Playing Schedule Thursday 4th December 10.00am: First Game dnata Bali Legends vs Richmond and Swansea Heavies- Pitch 5 12.20pm: Second Game dnata Bali Legends vs Crusaders- Pitch3.20pm: Third Game dnata Bali Legends vs Joansey’s X men- Pitch 6 Friday 5th December (this schedule is dependent on how we get on on Thursday) If we don’t win all of our games on day 1:•Sometime between 10.20 and 10.40: Plate, Bowl, of play off ¼ final – The7s If we win all of our games on day 1 and top our pool: Sometime between 18.12 and 19:00: Trophy ¼ final – The7s
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:24:28 +0000
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