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Full time7 November 2009
Malta
25–23
Sweden
Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta · European Nations Cup Men's 2010Head-to-head

Malta won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PSweden penalty · Tim Johansson0–3
  2. 16’TMalta try · James O'Brien5–3
  3. 24’CMalta conversion · James O'Brien7–3
  4. 24’TMalta try · Paul Marzella12–3
  5. 41’TSweden try · Thomas Arvidsson12–8
  6. 48’CSweden conversion · Tim Johansson12–10
  7. 48’TSweden try · Lee Sandberg12–15
  8. 53’TMalta try · Ian Borda17–15
  9. 57’TMalta try · James O'Brien22–15
  10. 61’PSweden penalty · Tim Johansson22–18
  11. 73’TSweden try · Andrew Daish22–23
  12. 81’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien25–23

Line-ups

Malta

  1. 1Ian BordaProp
  2. 2Harry CollinsHooker
  3. 3Peter BradleyProp
  4. 4Luke WattsSecond row
  5. 5Daryl PsailaSecond row
  6. 6Michael BonaviaFlanker
  7. 7Joss HowlandsFlanker
  8. 8Robert BonaviaNumber 8
  9. 9Matthew MirabelliScrum-half
  10. 10Rohan SpiteriFly-half
  11. 11Lee CulnaneWing
  12. 12Dominic BusuttilCentre
  13. 13Paul MarzellaCentre
  14. 14Oliver SaccoWing
  15. 15James O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Tom Pace-MooreBench
  17. 17Nathan GattBench
  18. 18James FinlasonBench
  19. 19Michael WhitneyBench
  20. 20Clayton CassarBench
  21. 21Malcolm AttardBench
  22. 22Vincent StivalaBench

Sweden

  1. 1Magnus MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Jan JohanssonHooker
  3. 3Mathias ThorardProp
  4. 4Ivar BengtssonSecond row
  5. 5Viktor PetterssonSecond row
  6. 6Alan LeteleFlanker
  7. 7Andrew DaishFlanker
  8. 8Sebastian TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Lee SandbergScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas ArvidssonFly-half
  11. 11Seterexi TegunimatakaWing
  12. 12Paul MatthewsCentre
  13. 13Alex TaylorCentre
  14. 14Tobias BorgWing
  15. 15Tim JohanssonFull-back
  16. 16Roger de JagerBench
  17. 17Rikard JohanssonBench
  18. 18Fredrik CasselhagBench
  19. 19Paul SullivanBench
  20. 20Peter WiklundBench
  21. 21Rikard OrnbergBench
  22. 22Mike TatuBench

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Context

All-time, Malta 3–1 Sweden in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Malta going in
Sweden going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.