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RRC 2011-12 Semifinals – draw

At the RRC Board meeting home teams for semifinals were drawn.

After a lot of mixing and spining of crumpled pieces of paper in the cup, Marko Kapor drew the winner of the match 31 (RK Nada Split – RK Ljubljana) to host the semi-final against the winner of the match 34 (Esztergomi Vitézek RSE – RC Donau Wien). After that thrilling moment, Jure Makhota pulled out a crumpled piece of paper with the number 32 from the cup and thus determined that the winner of the match 32 (RK Pobednik Belgrade – Battai Bulldogok RC) will be the host of the second semi-final against the winner of the match 33 (RK Zagreb – RK Čelik Zenica).
All the matches of quarter finals, except the match Nada – Ljubljana should be played at 17th and the 18th March, and the date of the match Nada – Ljubljana will be determined after synchronization with the match of the Slovenian national team in the European Nations Cup.

Quarterfinal and semifinal draw is available in Match center at Fixtures and Results (Play-Offs) section.

Milan Orlović from RK Pobednik Mozzart Beograd is leading scorer with 30 points (6 tries) scored in 2011-12 RRC pool phase. Beke from KARC is holding second place with 29 points (2 tries, 5 conversions and 3 penalties) and he managed to score points in every game played. Last year top scorer Ivica Rubelj from RK Nada Split is at the third place with 27 points and we hope that he will fix his injury and rejoin this company in the 2011-12 RRC Top Scorer competition. Other players with over 20 points scored are Jureško from RK Zagreb and Navas from RC Donau Wien with 25 points, Nagyhegyesi from KARC with 23 points and Ursić from RK Nada Split with 22 points. With seven matches jet to play we expect tense and tight competition till the end of RRC season.

The official top scorers list is available here or in Match center at Top Scorers section.

RRC Pool Phase Ranking 2011-12

With all matches of RRC 2011-12 pool phase completed, eigth teams that will continue competition in single game knock out playoffs are known. As stated in RRC propositions, after pool phase teams are ranked by pool position, points, points difference, number of tries scored, number of sent-off players and number of yellow card bins. According to given rules ranking of quaterfinalists is shown here:

Quarterfinalists

Team P W D L F A PDif T B Pts
1. RK Nada Split 4 4 0 0 175 43 132 21 2 18
2. RK Pobednik Mozzart Beograd 4 3 0 1 99 29 70 13 3 15
3. RK Zagreb 4 3 0 1 95 82 13 14 3 15
4. Esztergomi Vitézek Suzuki RSE 4 3 0 1 99 46 53 13 3 15
5. RC Donau Wien 4 3 1 0 76 57 19 9 0 14
6. RK Čelik Zenica 4 3 0 1 76 70 6 10 2 14
7. gas.hu Battai Bulldogok RC 4 3 0 1 78 32 46 6 1 13
8. RK Ljubljana 4 2 1 1 87 51 36 9 2 12

Quterfinal matches schedule is available in Match center at Fixtures and Results (Play-Offs) section.

Score Statistics 30.11.2011

One match remaining till the end of 2011/12 RRC pool phase

With just one match remaining all quarterfinalists are already known. Nada, Bulldogok, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Donau, Pobednik, Vitezek and Čelik secured their place in the first round of playoffs scheduled for March 2012.
Last match between RK Zagreb and RC Donau Wien (3.12.2011 – Rudeš, Sošička bb, Zagreb) will decide ranking and pairs for quarterfinals. With up to five points available for each team this match will have big impact on rankings at the end of pool phase. Briefly, Zagreb can be ranked from 1st to 6th place and Donau form 2nd to 8th place depending on the match outcome. This is definitely the match to watch and follow.

Milan Orlović from RK Pobednik Mozzart Beograd is at the moment leading scorer with 30 points and Beke from KARC is holding second place with 29 points by keeping pace of scoring points in every game he played. With just player from RK Zagreb and RC Donau havin one more game and being able to overtake first place on the Top Scorers list at the end of the 2011-12 RRC pool phase we have to keep an eye on Jureško and Mijić from RK Zagreb and Lassy from RC Donau Wien.

The official top scorers list is available here or in Match center at Top Scorers section.

Thrilling finish of pool phase

Only a couple of exciting matches in the pool phase of 2011-12 RRC season remained. Every remaining match is to decide on which clubs continue to compete in the RRC playoffs scheduled for March and May of 2012.

In Zenica, RK Rudar and Battai Bulldogok RC will decide in “mutual collision”, the club that will be runner-up in the Pool A, where RK Nada already secured first place. Runner up in the Pool A will be safe in quarterfinals, but for 3rd placed team this will most likely be the end of this season.

City of Zagreb on this Saturday will see double program and a decisive match between RK Zagreb and RC Donau at the end of next week.
This Saturday on Rudeš pitch, RK Zagreb will seek to provide a chance to fight for first place in the Pool B against Donau next week and deny extension of quarterfinal hopes for KARC. By winning this game KARC are likely to secure a spot in the quarterfinals.
At the same time, near the Sava river, Esztergomi Vitezek will look for a bonus point in the match against HARK Mladost to secure first place in the Pool C and privileged place in RRC playoffs.