TheBreakdown
Full time21 April 2012
Malta
22–14
Sweden
Hibernians Ground, Paola, Malta · European Nations Cup Men's 2012Head-to-head

Malta won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien3–0
  2. 24’TMalta try · Oliver Sacco8–0
  3. 29’TSweden try · Thomas Arvidsson8–5
  4. 30’CSweden conversion · Robin Fransson8–7
  5. 42’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien11–7
  6. 52’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien14–7
  7. 55’PMalta penalty · James O'Brien17–7
  8. 66’TSweden try · Rikus Van Niekerk17–12
  9. 67’CSweden conversion · Robin Fransson17–14
  10. 80’TMalta try · James O'Brien22–14

Line-ups

Malta

  1. 1Kyle MasonProp
  2. 2Harry CollinsHooker
  3. 3Alistair LiveseyProp
  4. 4Luke WattsSecond row
  5. 5Charles SammutSecond row
  6. 6Michael BonaviaFlanker
  7. 7Joss HowlandsFlanker
  8. 8Mark DaveyNumber 8
  9. 9Thomas HollowayScrum-half
  10. 10Robert HollowayFly-half
  11. 11Vincent StivalaWing
  12. 12Dominic BusuttilCentre
  13. 13Tobias QuarendonCentre
  14. 14Oliver SaccoWing
  15. 15James O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Daniel HollidayBench
  17. 17Dragan CerketaBench
  18. 18Clayton CassarBench
  19. 19Daniel ApseeBench
  20. 20Max GaleaBench
  21. 21Matthew CamilleriBench
  22. 22James MorrisBench

Sweden

  1. 1Peter WiklundProp
  2. 2Rikard JohanssonHooker
  3. 3Peter BlahaProp
  4. 4Ivar BengtssonSecond row
  5. 5Mattias BjorkebackSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Jonny PetterssonFlanker
  8. 8Rikard OrnbergNumber 8
  9. 9Lee SandbergScrum-half
  10. 10Connor MurphyFly-half
  11. 11Thomas ArvidssonWing
  12. 12Alex TaylorCentre
  13. 13Rikus Van NiekerkCentre
  14. 14Tobias BorgWing
  15. 15Robin FranssonFull-back
  16. 16Stefan ObradovicBench
  17. 17Mark StephensonBench
  18. 18Carl Eirik LundquistBench
  19. 19Emil AnderssonBench
  20. 20Sami PaulssonBench
  21. 21Daniel NissilaBench
  22. 22Simon PierceBench

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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.