Livonians determined to win the championship and both leading clubs on Saturday / day
In recent years, the Latvian Championship has dominated the RK “Livonia” and RK “Butchers”. As a result, the duels of these two teams have always attracted great interest among rugby fans and sports. And it is both leading Latvian rugby clubs that the highly awaited fight will introduce the new Latvian Championship.
The game as always promises to be very tense and emotion. Last year, the Livonians won very convincingly in the regular season – 48:12, when the winner of the game was known in the first half, as Marc Roller was in the lead with 38: 7.
The second meeting between the two teams was already in the final, where the title winner was clear. Butchers, who won the first half with 12: 0, were better off with this crucial fight. The Livonians only scored the first points in the 67th minute – 7:22, but the « waking » came late, winning the CoR « Butchers » with a similar result in 2023 (22:12 and protecting the title.
RK “Livonia” player Uvis Vasilenko. « We have been preparing for this game during the winter season and very mature for this game. During the winter, we have added many interesting things to the training process, such as Krosfit training we had never used to prepare before, because before there was only athletics and gyms lifting. have been even other thoughts. ”
RK “Livonia” manager Gregor Gorohovsky. « As usual, the first game after » coming out of winter sleep « is like » cat in the bag « and not always the quality of the game is very viewable and good, but it is understandable. The guys have not played at that level for a long time. Gradually the players and the team have to stand in that mode. wait and what we need to do to make the result positive for us. ”
RK “Livonia” player Mārtiņš Rundāns. « Several young people have played in the previous two seasons, and they are perfectly complemented by the lineup and replacing others who have gone from rugby. In the winter, well done physically, in recent weeks technical solutions are already in training. The system works, believe in the system. Quality may not be the best. ”
