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KrisNord:

While the teams may have arrived in the two nations before proceeding to their training camps the day of the Opening Ceremony saw them all head to Claith, the capital of Ui Cenneslaig. Canan Park may have been more acustomed to the Gaelic sports but today it was a mass of rugby shirts. The stadium stood next to the river and teams were brought to the stadium via ships, each with a huge flag from their nation at the front of their vessel. As they had arrived for the first time in Claith each team had been presented with kilts made from a newly designed tartan, each unique to their nation and even entered into the official Cenneg Register of tartans. So now as teams arrived some, such as East Moreland had opted to don their hosts national attire. The teams were escorted into the arena through a guard of honour made up of school children, each representing one of the clans from Ui Cenneslaig or Cantabria waving the assorted national flags.

Once everyone had arrived and taken their seats. King Finley and his sister Queen Cait entered and took their seats just above the players tunnel. The opening ceremony was as one would expect from the Celts a variety of Highland Dancing, Pipe Playing and demonstrations of some of the nations traditional games such as the Cabre toss and other such sports. It was then that the trophy itself was brought into the arena before a lone piper accompanied each nations captain to the centre circle. Once assembled the two monarchs entered the playing field and greeted each before presenting each with a silver minted four leaf clover. "On behalf of the Kingdoms of Ui Cenneslaig and Cantabria we welcome you all to the World Cup and hope that we enjoy over the next few weeks a great spectre of sporting excellence." Queen Cait addressed the crowd.

Finley looked a final time at the paper in his hand to reassure himself of the traditional words.

"May your blessings outnumber
The Shamrocks that grow
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.

May luck be a friend to ye,
And be with ye in all yer days,
And may trouble be to ye,
A stranger, always"

The pipers who had played for each captain now formed a flanking corridor around the monarchs and the captains before piping them off and down the tunnel ready for the first game to begin.

Achkaerin:
OOC Notes:

1) Due to the number of teams in this competition each round of matches (with the exception of the first round) will comprise one post of ten results (20 teams in the tournament, you play each other once so 19 group games in all, top eight in the standings advance to the quarter finals.

2) During the group games the bonus point rule applies - simply put if your team scores 28 points in a match that they win you get three points instead of two (this is because 28 points is the equivalent of four converted tries), if your team loses a match by seven points or less you get one point instead of nothing. Please note you cannot score 28 points and lose 28-33 and get two bonus points it does not work that way.

3) It is normally two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Match Day One Part One
Ui Cenneslaig 21-12 Hassfurt

Cantabria 28-3 Rokkenjima (Cantabria bonus point win)

Current Standings

Achkaerin:
Match Day One Part Two
Centralia 15-18  New Derusmia (Centralia bonus point)
Himeyama 21-24  NQF (Himeyama bonus point)
Achkaerin 25-12 Vaguzia
Soviet Kaitaine 9-28 East Moreland (East Moreland bonus point)
Lodja 24-18 Floodwater (Floodwater bonus point)
Clysperis 15-9 Fleur (Fleur bonus point)
Phuebra 21-12 Dragovah
Zimalia 3-36 Iwi (Iwi bonus point)

Current Standings

Achkaerin:
Match Day Two Results
NQF 12-21 Centralia
Hassfurt 15-25 Achkaerin
East Moreland 28-10 Cantabria (East Moreland bonus point)
Rokkenjima 7-15 Phuebra
Iwi 32-10 Clysperis (Iwi bonus point)
New Derusmia 12-9 Himeyama
Vaguzia 21-18 Ui Cenneslaig (Ui Cenneslaig bonus point)
Floodwater 12-21 Soviet Kaitaine
Dragovah 15-28 Lodja (Lodja bonus point)
Fleur 18-15 Zimalia (Zimalia bonus point)

Current Standings

Achkaerin:
Match Day Three Results

Himeyama 9-18 Hassfurt
Vaguzia 25-15 NQF
Rokkenjima 18-24 Soviet Kaitaine (Rokkenjima bonus point)
Iwi 32-15 Cantabria (Iwi bonus point)
Centralia 12-18 Zimalia (Centralia bonus point)
Fleur 12-9 Dragovah (Dragovah bonus point)
East Moreland 24-21 Ui Cenneslaig (UC bonus point)
Floodwater 15-27 Achkaerin
Clysperis 15-21 Lodja (Clysperis bonus point)
New Derusmia 24-10 Phuebra

Current Standings

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