Band-Sarries will face Farrapos on Saturday (26), at 3 pm, on Estádio da Montanha. In woman’s league, Bandetes dispute the second phase of Paulista Championship of Sevens, on Sunday (27), at SPAC
After a great start on Super 10, by winning of 55 x 24 from Rio Branco, the Band-Sarries team will try their second victory. They fly to Bento Gonçalves (RS) on Saturday morning (26), where the game starts at 3 pm, they going to play the second round of national tournament against Farrapos. Sunday (27) it is the day of Bandetes going to the field, at the second phase of Paulista Championship of 7′s. The games start at 8 am, on SPAC, South of São Paulo.
The good news for the men’s team is the comeback of four important players: props of national team Jonatas (Chabal) and flanker Thiago Thut and wing Diogo Raucci. They don’t play the initial game because their injuries . On the bench, the Band-Sarries also have the enter of former juvenile Guden. “We expect a very tuff game. The South team lives a good moment, but Band-Sarries wants to bring another victory”, analise Antonio Martoni, CEO of São Paulo Saracens Bandeirantes.
The last game between the two teams was almost a year ago, for de sixth match of the Super 10 on 2013. Band-Sarries wins by 30 x 23 at the occasion. “The duel between the forwards its going to be the strong part of the match. The both teams have quality on contact. O Band-Sarries hopes that his performance will be good as the year before, factor that can make the difference on field”, says Antonio Martoni.
Woman’s Paulista Championship of Sevens
After the opening of Super 7’s, Brazilian tour of woman’s rugby, the Bandetes dispute on Sunday (27) the second phase of Paulista Championship. The woman’s team of Band-Sarries will have high level games, taking under care that at the same pool it is São José, finalist at Super 7’s, that took place on last Sunday, in Belo Horizonte.
This competition will be more intense, since that on the pool matches will be qualified the finalists. Band Saracens are in pool B, next to São José, Jacareí e Portuguesa. The first match is at 8h40. On pool A, the teams are SPAC, Rio Branco, Pasteur and USP. The Paulista Championship classifies to the nationals, BR 7′s, by the end of the season.
Original text in portuguese by Gustavo Batista (ZDL Comunicação): zdl.com.br, translated by Juliana Modaneze.
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