On behalf of the players, members and Council of the Malta Rugby Football Union, may I express a huge thanks for the magnificent support from the Maltese people. Led by the brilliant South End Core and the XFM deejays, yet again YOUR contribution was immense.On behalf of the players, members and Council of the Malta Rugby Football Union, may I express a huge thanks for the magnificent support from the Maltese people. Led by the brilliant South End Core and the XFM deejays, yet again YOUR contribution was immense.

M. Jean-Claude Baque, the president of FIRA/AER, the European Rugby Association, said in a post match speech, that he had never seen such a superb ambiance between players and

supporters.

Prosit to the thousands who supported the 22 and inspired them to rise to 49th in the world rankings after the 27-10 beating of Latvia.

Furthermore, we would like to thank s the Malta Tourism Authority, especially Carina Dimech, Alessandra Abela and Isabel Sant, for sponsoring the visit of TOTAL RUGBY TV crew. This enabled the MRFU to ensure that the match was filmed, together with tourism clips, which will be broadcast in154 countries with a 168 million audience outreach.

Such a huge coverage is of massive value to the Maltese economy and organizations such as the MHRA, and many small businesses.

The Malta Rugby Football Union is pleased to be able to make a big contribution to tourism and to the nation in these troubled times.

Mike Turner

General Secretary, MRFU