2008 U-18 Euro Nations Championship
September 2008, Czech Republic
Scotland Under 18 returned home from the Czech Republic trophy in hand after managing to win the Shield competition at the U-18 Euro Nations Championship earlier this month. It was a great end to the tournament for the boys, who bounced back after an opening day drubbing at the hands of the English. Here is a full report from the Shield Final, and also the results from all other matches at the championships, along with tournament squads;
In the Shield Final in Beroun, a try by David Crangle in the fourth minute of the second period of golden point extra time saw SCOTLAND defeat SERBIA 42-38 in an absolute thriller in which Serbian hooker 9 Austen Novakovic raced in for four tries.
Dragan Kranjcecs early score for the Serbs was cancelled out by Callum Macdonald but the Eastern Europeans then raced to a big lead thanks to a double from Novakovic and a touchdown from Niksa Unkovic, with Filip Brkic adding the goals.
The Scottish revival started just before half time thanks to scores from Ashley Honeyman and JJ McNair, both converted by Brad Fraser to make it 24-16 at the break. Novakovic continued his spree but the Scots closed to within two points thanks to a fine effort from scrum half Chad McGlame.
The Serbian rake crossed again and looked to have secured the silverware but Conar Dow had other ideas and when the Serbians were penalised in the final minute, Fraser levelled to take the match into extra time.
The jubilant Serbs thought that they had done enough when Nikola Glisic made the line but almost immediately, McGlame equalized by the posts.
Moving to golden point, the Scots were rewarded for keeping the ball alive through seven pairs of hands, Crangle breaking the stalemate for the clinching score cheered on by the riveted Czech fans.
| Position | Scotland | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| Full Back | Ashley Honeyman | Stevan Stefanovic |
| Wing | Reece Bone | Velibor Sreckovic |
| Center | Crawford Matthews | Dejan Hafizovic |
| Center | David Crangle | Nikola Rediovojevic |
| Wing | J.J McNair | Nemanja Pavlicka |
| Stand-Off | Brad Fraser | Vojislav Dedic |
| Scrum Half | Chad McGlame | Filip Brkic |
| Prop | Nathan Dalgado | Filip Jovankovic |
| Hooker | Mark Dack | Austen Novakovic |
| Prop | Steven McAveety | Dragan Vasiljevic |
| Second Row | Thomas Murray | Dejan Knezivic |
| Second Row | Scott Meenagh | Stefan Gajic |
| Loose Forward | Indio Singh | Niksa Unkovic |
| Sub | Callum Macdonald | Dragan Kranjcec |
| Sub | Jamie Seery | Marko Lyric |
| Sub | Conar Dow | Slobodan Jovanovic |
| Sub | Ross Allen | Nikola Glisic |
First Round
Ireland 66 12 Serbia
Czech Rep 0 64 Wales
England 52 6 Scotland
Semi Finals
England 22 40 Wales
France 40 34 Ireland
Serbia 42 36 Euro Celts
Czech Rep 0 30 Scotland
Cup Final
Wales 38 24 France
3rd v 4th
England 34 4 Ireland
Shield Final
Scotland 42 38 Serbia
7th v 8th
Czech Rep 26 22 Euro Celts
| Name | Club |
|---|---|
| John McNair | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Marc Bolland | North Glasgow Sharks |
| Conar Dow | Fife Lions |
| Christopher Killean | Fife Lions |
| Christopher Fisher | Easterhouse Panthers |
| David Crangle | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Jamie Seery | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Nathan Dalgado | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Calum McDonald | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Reece Bone | Rickaby Saints |
| Ross Allan | Rickaby Saints |
| Chad McGlame | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Ashley Honeyman | Keighly Cougars |
| Indio Singh | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Stephen McAveety | North Glasgow Sharks |
| Thomas Murray | Fife Lions |
| Scott Meenagh | Easterhouse Panthers |
| John Fraser | Dewsbury Moor |
| Byron Whalley | Thatto Heath |
| Iain Laidlaw | Easterhouse Panthers |
| Mark Dack | Gateshead Thunder |
| Crawford Mathews | Gateshead Thunder |
| Fredrick Lyth | Edinburgh Eagles |
| Pos | Wales | France | England | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kriss Wilkes | Alexis Falip | Gregg Scott | |
| 2 | Dalton Grant | Maxime Peault | Chris Hammett | |
| 3 | Gary Williams | Pierre Louis Bourrel | Matt Garside | |
| 4 | Jamie Tibbs | Damien Cardace | Daniel Edmondson | |
| 5 | Ryan Healy | Steven Gongora | Dave Sutton | |
| 6 | Dafydd Carter | Damien Jacquet | Scott Woods | |
| 7 | Mark Wool | Alexis Alberola | Pat Toft | |
| 8 | Gil Dudson | Theo Boneriez | Craig Gallimore | |
| 9 | Kyle Blackmore | Romain Vigroux | Barry Rothwell | |
| 10 | Terry Saunders | Andrew Bigat | Danny Burgan | |
| 11 | Joe Burke | Leo Baixas | Michael Allen | |
| 12 | Ross Waddell | Marc Meye | Josh Taylor | |
| 13 | Rhys Williams | Thibaud Margalet | Sean Macdonald | |
| Sub | Steve Williams | Anthony Deleigne | Phil Cowburn | |
| Sub | Owain Griffiths | Paul Barbaza | Rhys Clarke | |
| Sub | Tom Beaumont | Mounir Eljaghmati | Kirk Collins | |
| Sub | Sam Powell | Maxime Berca | Ben Cousins |
| Pos | Ireland | Czech Republic | Euro Celts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum Barry | Jakub Smisek | Sergey Pavyucenko RUS |
| 2 | Peter Carr | Martin Cernohosky | Andreev Denis RUS |
| 3 | James Wallace | Pavel Vseticka | Fedor Kovalchuk RUS |
| 4 | Joe Mulhern | Honza Hoskovsky | Chris Killean SCO |
| 5 | Jacob Driver | Dalibor Smotek | Fred Lyth SCO |
| 6 | Josh Rogerson | Michal Vancura | Pavel Calkin RUS |
| 7 | Liam Walsh | Petr Dobremysl | Victor Solokhin RUS |
| 8 | Josh Cooper | Pavel Bures | Petar Pavlovic SER |
| 9 | Sean Garrett | David Dolak | Nemania Sisle SER |
| 10 | Duane Scott | Michal Hora | Mark Boland SCO |
| 11 | Elliot Moores | David Polasek | Dedrag Cosic SER |
| 12 | Callum Mulhern | Martin Cihlar | Vadim Teptsov RUS |
| 13 | Louis Mckenna | Honza Buben | Byron Whalley SCO |
| Sub | William Wallace | David Pejcoch | Karel Fail CZE |
| Sub | Matt Sheard | Jakub Hrbac | Martin Vaniak CZE |
| Sub | Eddy Wilson | Cenek Holovsky | Vladimir Necid CZE |
| Sub | Sean Ward | Lukas Vasek | David Pudil CZE |