A game to remember in Yverdon
In front of a record crowd of 4,000 spectators at Stade Municipal on a sunny afternoon, Switzerland took on world No. 12 Spain in a high-intensity clash.
๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐บ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐จ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐!๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ
In front of a record crowd of 4,000 spectators at Stade Municipal on a sunny afternoon, Switzerland took on world No. 12 Spain in a high-intensity clash.
The Edelweiss team showcased their skill, class, and ability to compete at this level, proving that they know how to play. Moments of brilliance lit up the game, but converting opportunities remains a key area for growth.
The Spanish โLos Leonesโ secured a 43:13 victory which came with their ticket for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
A historic moment for Switzerland: Vice-captain Cyril Lin scored the teamโs first try in the Rugby Europe Championship! A milestone that marks the beginning of a new chapter for Swiss rugby at this level.
Head coach Olivier Nier reflected on the teamโs progress:
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ.
Captain Tim Voegeli adds some positives:
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ." But he also pointed out what needs to be worked on: "๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 80 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต."
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ." But he also pointed out what needs to be worked on: "๐๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 80 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต."
What stood out the most? Heart, passion, and an incredible home crowd that fueled the fight until the final whistle.
Swiss rugby is on the rise, and this is just the beginning. RTS - Radio Tรฉlรฉvision Suisse 2 will continue to show Switzerland's matches on television (delayed at 16:25) or as a live stream on RTS and RSI PLAY.
Next up:
Netherlands vs Switzerland
February 15th, 2025 โ kick off 13h00
Amsterdam (NL)
More to come from this team โ stay tuned!
Photocredit: Neil Dodd