Cardiff Uni runners up in 2nd Team Nationals
Posted by Josh on March 19, 2008
On the 15th March, the student 2nd team nationals were held in Manchester, and saw an impressive performance by Cardiff University in reaching the final.
Having failed to qualify for the BUSA nationals, Cardiff were entitled to field their first team in the event, along with the other teams that hadn’t qualified, to compete with the strongest second teams. Howevre, while the squad did contain several first teamers, there were also a few first choice players not in the team.
Having negotiated the group stages safely, and beaten Birmingham in the semi-final, Cardiff were pitted against UEA in the final. Having beaten the East Anglians earlier in the tournament, Cardiff may have fallen victim to over-confidence as they couldn’t repeat the victory, ultimately losing 8-5.
