Red Star Belgrade Rugby League Club continued is unbeaten run in Balkan’s region defeating Radnicki Niš in Serbian Cup Finals 42:12 (half 12:6). It was first ever finals for the hosts at SC Čair stadium as they played spirited first half.
Converted try from Milos Tamburić gave Radnički a lead in the first quarter of the game, but it was all red star resulted wise from that moment. Guided by Aleksandar Djordjević’s hat trick and a brace form returning captain Vojislav Dedić secured much more comfortable second half for guests from Belgrade.
“Two seasons ago they surprisingly beat us on their home ground, so we knew it won’t be easy game for us”, said Red Star captain Vojislav Dedić who recovered from injury in time for finals. “They really had a strong second half, but we played much better after the break and took a deserving win”.
Also on the score sheet for Serbian and Balkan champions were Petar Milanović and Daniel Watson as they retained Serbian Cup. It is the third Cup for Red Star and second trophy this season, after they early season win in Serbian Super Cup.
RADNIČKI NIŠ 12 (6)
RED STAR 42 (12)
Tries: Miloš Tamburić (15′), Lazar Živković (58′).
Goals: Đorđe Stošić 2/2.
RADNIČKI NIŠ: Stefan Jovanović, Đorđe Stefanović, Stefan Arsić, Bojan Anđelković, Miloš Tamburić, Miloš Miljković, Đorđe Stošić, Aleksandar Ilić, Miloš Stašin, Aleksandar Stošić, Marko Milenković, Mihajlo Jović, Lazar Živković. Subs: Ivan Pantić, Marko Đuk, Marko Todorović, Bojan Jekić.
Tries: Aleksandar Đorđević (23, 44′ i 80′), Vojislav Dedić (35′ i 67′), Petar Milanović (53′), Daniel Votson (63′).
Goals: Miloš Zogović 1/1, Vojislav Dedić 5/5, Vladislav Dedić 1/1.
RED STAR: Miloš Zogović, Ilija Krstić, Nikša Unković, Petar Milanović, Nikola Đurić, Stefan Nikolić, Vladimir Dedić, Stefan Nedeljković, Vuk Štrbac, Slobodan Manak, Daniel Watson, Matej Bajić, Aleksandar Đorđević. Subs: Vojislav Dedić, Velibor Srećković, Nathan Tape, Jack Treloar.
Venue: SC Čair. Attendace: 150. Referee: Radoslav Novaković (Belgrade). Red cards: Stefan Jovanović 58′, Aleksandar Ilić 80′ (Radnički Niš), Miloš Zogović 80′ (Red Star).
