Germany v Netherlands

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[Gomersall]

Griffin Cup History. Five each going into Saturday’s match.

Year	Winners	Final score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref(s)
2013	Germany	28–22	Netherlands		Heidelberg		[1]
2014	Germany	70–16	Netherlands	Biesland Sports Complex	Delft		[2]
2015	Germany	46–12	Netherlands	Fritz Grunbaum Sportpark	Karlsruhe		[3]
2016	Germany	8–6	Netherlands	Biesland Sports Complex	Delft		[4][5]
2017	Netherlands	30–18	Germany	Barenteich	Osnabrück	200	[6][7]
2018	Netherlands	38–22	Germany	Sparta Rugby	Rotterdam	300	[8][9]
2019	Netherlands	56–18	Germany	Sportplatz Brilliter Weg	Gnarrenburg		[10]
2020	Netherlands	20–18	Germany	RC Zwolle	Zwolle		[11]
2021	Netherlands	48–16	Germany	Düsseldorf Rugby Club	Düsseldorf		[12]
2022	Germany	29–24	Netherlands	British School	Voorschoten	500	[13]

Edited October 16, 2023 by Gomersall

[Gomersall]

https://rugbyleague.nl/netherlands-mid-season-update/

[2blackrooks]

Historically this has been a great match, going on current form Netherlands should take this, don’t think Germany have done much international wise since the last encounter 

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[Damien]

19 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

 

Always nice to see a game delayed for that.

[Damien]

 

 

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[Guest]

Mitch Donnelly? Lol.

And the tongans get grief for heritage players. 

[Gomersall]

3 minutes ago, Leonard said:

Mitch Donnelly? Lol.

And the tongans get grief for heritage players. 

Residency I assume. Maurie Fa’asavalu ring any bells?

[welshmagpie]

1 hour ago, Gomersall said:

Residency I assume. Maurie Fa’asavalu ring any bells?

NSW based with Dutch grandparent. Same as Lucas Thomson.

[sam4731]

Any idea on attendance figures?

[Gomersall]

12 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Any idea on attendance figures?

I haven’t seen anything on X. 

[gingerjon]

13 hours ago, welshmagpie said:

NSW based with Dutch grandparent. Same as Lucas Thomson.

So has travelled over to play?

Fair play. That's commitment.

[Pulga]

13 hours ago, sam4731 said:

Any idea on attendance figures?

Bloody good crowd!

 

 

[Damien]

21 minutes ago, Pulga said:

Bloody good crowd!

 

 

That's fantastic. Unbelievable really.

[JM2010]

It’s rivalry like this that can help build the International game at this level. 

[yanto]

On 22/10/2023 at 19:48, Leonard said:

Mitch Donnelly? Lol.

And the tongans get grief for

Unlike a few European development teams the Dutch have not gone down the whole "lets get an Aussie based heritage team" path as such but if they have guys that are willing to fly half way around the world, at their own expense and stay for a month and put their hands up to help develop the game well good on em.

Even back in 2006 Aaron de Jager was a heritage player who came over and raised standards and is still remembered today.

Let's not forget England have used heritage players and let's not even talk about the Aussies looking at PI players backgrounds.

These young guys are proud to pull on the "Oranje" shirt and if it helps to raise standards well "fair dinkum"

But let's be typical of RL and look for negative points instead of celebrating how these small nations are growing the game and "doing the hard yards".