Sports Weekend

A look at the main sporting events this weekend

Steliu Lambru, 11.11.2022, 13:45

The ninth leg of Romanias National ice hockey championship on Friday will see the matches pitching SC Miercurea Ciuc against Háromszéki Ágyúsok and Sportul studențesc against ACSH Gheorgheni. The return games are due on Saturday. CSM Galati ranks first in the standings with 19 points followed by Háromszéki with 15, Gheorgheni with 14 points and SC Miercurea Ciuc with 9 points.

Romanias national rugby side will be playing a test match against Uruguay in Bucharest on Sunday. A week ago, the Romanian fifteen obtained a 30-23 win against Chile on the same stadium in Bucharest. Romania relies on a line-up of 33 rugby players coached by English Andy Robinson. They come from four sides in the domestic championships such as Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest, SCM Timisoara, CSM Baia Mare and from five French sides and an Italian one.

Romania played its last two matches against Uruguay in Montevideo in July 2022. Our players won the first match 30-22, but lost the second 26-20. On Saturday, on the same Triumphal Arch stadium in Bucharest, the national side of Tonga will be up against Chile, in a game part of their European tour.

On Friday in the 18th leg of the Romanian football Championships, OSK Sfântu Gheorghe takes on Petrolul Ploiești. On Saturday, Chindia Târgoviște plays Farul Constanța while Rapid Bucharest is up against CS Universitatea Craiova. Three games have been scheduled for Sunday, when UTA Arad plays FC Voluntari, CS Mioveni takes on CFR Cluj and FC Universitatea Craiova is up against FCSB. On Monday Universitatea Cluj plays FC Argeș and FC Botoșani takes on FC Hermannstadt. Farul Constanța ranks first in the standings with 40 points followed by Rapid București with 32 and CFR Cluj with 31.

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