Previous and upcoming matches

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Created on Sunday, 23 September 2012 11:54

Written by Martin Raneburger

This weekend RFC Bezigrad faced RK Ljubljana and got defeated by 7 to 40. You can find the match report here.

In the upcoming weekend there are plenty of games, so be prepared for a great day of rugby.

The Celtic First XV will face RC Stade Viennois on Saturday the 29th at Dirnelwiese and kick off at 1pm.

And in Maribor the Wanderers will met with RFC Maribor and kick off at 2pm.

Click here to find the complete league gameplan for the 29th.

As the Season 2012 nears an end

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Created on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 10:46

Written by Lee Zeinzinger

With the season nearing its closure and only the 7's finals ahead of us this coming Saturday (23.06.2012) in
Wr. Neustadt where we are sure the boys will give up an exceptional performance, Vienna Celtic looks forward to the summer events which are currently in planning and will be posted here next week. In the mean time we would like to share with you the club activities from last week. 

AGM (14.06.2012)

Last week saw the AGM hosted whereby a new comittee was voted for and put into place to look over the club in the coming season. We would like to thank all those who spent time in the comittee last year and played a role in the clubs success, we would also like to thank the incoming members for offering their services. The new comittee looks as follows:

Chairman: Antonio de Vall
Vice Chairman: Kyrill Lapin
Treasurer: Andreas Zinschitz
Secretary: Gerald Fuchs
Mens Team Manager: Lee Zeinzinger
Event Managers: Omar Nino El Agrebi / Chris Evans
Youth Manager: Daan de Val
Financial Controller: Alfred Hansal

Touring Team (19.06.2012)

Last friday a touring side from England blessed us with their presence and started off their tour in our favourite Irish pub, flanagans. Here they invited our boys to the pre-match warmup where their social and singing skills were put to the ultimate test, still prevailing to make the game on Saturday morning at Dirnelwiese. Their 22 strong team faced our Barbarian team a mixture of 1st XV, Wanderers and C team  boys and one girl (thanks Anna). The temperature rose to a high 32 degrees by kick off which made it very difficult to cope however two 25 minute halves where agreed on and the game took place, offering many a try from both teams. the actual score was never noted but word has it that the Englanders won it in the last minute by a conversion.

After match celebrations started straight away, where many favored water over beer because of the harsh conditions. Eventually the party moved on taking a few Celts with them to Bratislava where their tour continued. Word has not come back yet if they survived Bratislava, and neither have we had word from the few Celts who joined but we hope that they had a great time and enjoyed our company as we did theirs.

All in all Celtic enjoyed their presence, hospitality and especially the rugby with them.

Austrian 7's Final Tournament

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Created on Monday, 25 June 2012 11:13

Written by Martin Barrett

A strong celtic 7s squad made the way down to Wr. Neustadt on theweekend ready to claim the Austrian Sevens Title. Unfortunately they did not manage to gain the trophy losing to successfully defendingchampion Donau in the semi final stage.

The tournament kicked off well for Celtic who achieved victory in 3 oftheir 4 pool stage games without conceding any points. The only loss was suffered against the hosting team Wombats due to a rather experimintal celtic line up as well as strong and for Sevens unexpected kicking game by the hosts.

Finishing second in their pool the team led by captain Yeong-U Seo proceeded to the semi final stage where they faced a strong Donau side consisting of both experienced players and young upcoming talents. Celtic dominated throughout the first half, managing to score first and preventing the ever so dangerous Donau attack from crossing the whitewash. Only within the last two minutes did Donau gett the better of the injury stricken Celtic defence breaking the line twice leaving the final score 14-7.

Donau went on to win in the final against a commited Stade Viennois, Celtic finished 3rd and were presented the award for most valuable player during the tournament Daan de Val (and best looking in Martin Barrett).

Many thanks to the hosts who once again held a magnificent rugby festivity, and congradulations to RC Donau for taking the title.

Vienna Celtic 1st XV fails to gain the Title

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Created on Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:20

Written by Lee Zeinzinger

Vienna Celtic 1st XV team failed once again to gain the trophy from RC Donau for the second consecutive year. Handling errors and the failure to dominate in the set pieces cost the team most of the points made against them. A full report will follow shortly. In the mean time take a look at the report video from ORF

Final Score: RC Donau 39: Vienna Celtic 8

Great thanks goes out to the Sponsors, supporters, organizers and players who made it possible for the team to make the final...

We hope to see you all next season again.