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Two visiting sides, London Anzacs and German development outfit Alpenstoff Deutschland, contested the inaugural Scandinavian Rugby League Cup, the Anzacs coming up with a 34-16 success to take the trophy.

In superb conditions, six sides took the field at Ekeberg in Oslo and in a series of close games played under 9’s rules, the Londoners captured the silverware after a total of nine exciting encounters.

Player of the tournament was 17 years old German scrum half Philipp Wuest and the final classification was; London Anzacs, Alpenstoff Deutschland, Oslo Rugby Club, Nordic Barbarians – made up of players from the host country and Sweden, Wild Geese Oslo and Oslo University.

A crowd of over 250 attended and afterwards Rugby League Norway selectors met to pick a squad to face the incoming GB Student Chairman’s XIII, known as the ‘Pioneers’, who will play a Test in the capital on the 5th July.