In 2001 Exiles men qualified to play in the Swedish rugby final, it was one game, away in Vänersborg, and Exiles were outplayed by a very good home team. At one point Vänersborg were down to 13 men, Exiles were not even close to scoring !

The following year, 2002, Exiles won the title,the first time since 1989.

Since then, Exiles have won another 11 titles, 12 out of 18, since 2001.

The last 7 years in a row, Enköping won 12 titles in a row, Pingvin 10 titles.

Exiles are not there yet, one year at a time, and the team are preparing for the 2019 final.

The team is more or less at full strength and play the first leg out of two games on Saturday, 2 pm, in Trelleborg.

Exiles beat Pingvin 23-10 and now go into the play offs as the highest ranked team.

Exiles-Pingvin games are always entertaining and the last game was no different.

The general feeling amongst the large crowd was that this game was one of the better games played in Sweden, for a very long time.

There were nearly 35 Sweden qualified players who played for either teams, but, as usual no selectors or coaches from the National team were present.

Exiles first team mens team take on Pingvin on Saturday, 24th of August.

Exiles need to win by 12 points, if the teams want to get the second final at Skarpnäck, on Saturday 28th of September.

Come down and support Exiles on Saturday !

Nu förstår man äntligen varför det varit så tyst så tyst om Moldavien. De ställde upp med sitt sämsta lag någonsin med endast 21 spelare och en blandning av 18-åringar och äldre herrar med ölmage. Tackling upphörde efter 50 minuter och då kunde Sverige göra sitt bästa resultat i mannaminne. Om inte detta är en tillfällig svacka kommer Moldavien att åka raka spåret ned till Conference 2. Deras spelstandard i dag var Allsvenskans nedre del eller kanske Div. 1.

Svårt att värdera det svenska laget, då motståndet var ovärdigt en landskamp. Cirka 15 missade/tappade passningar i kedjan var inte bra men det blev bättre på slutet. Klungan dominerade fullständigt och eventuella brister granskades aldrig. Stämningen verkar vara god i den svenska truppen. Man of the match: utan tvekan Sami Paulsson på hemmaplan.

Europe Conf. 1 North: Ukraine - Luxemburg   24 - 13

Ukraine got a fright as Luxemburg were only 13 - 17 down and pressing hard towards the end. Ukraine pulled themselves together and got the decider with five minutes to go. Neither side world-beaters but both probably too strong for the Swedish selected troupe of 43.

Europe Trophy: Lithuania - Czechia       30 - 10

Lithuania looking good and could be challenging for the Trophy. Czechia continuing the Eastern decline, with two defeats in a row.

Europe Conf. 2 North   Finland - Denmark 22 - 18

Very positive result for Finland. Denmark seem also to be in a bad way.

Ladies Trophy : Finland - Switzerland   5 - 20

Switzerland just a bit sharper, with Czechia the only other team taking part. Why isn´t Sweden in this tournament? They are stronger than these two teams.

Junior Vikings: Czechia U18 - Sweden JV   ? - 23 Sweden won!

Don´t know the exact score, but Sweden put up an excellent display in the first half to lead 20 - 0. They really looked as if they had been properly coached and played with a bit of “jävla anamma”. Well done Andy and others, as well as the players of course. I hope Sweden are entering for the European U18 XV-a-side in the Spring.