A team of veterans from Edinburgh Northern flew the flag proudly for Scottish club rugby at a tournament in Milan hosted by the Old Babbyons club.
A total of 12 teams took part in three groups but due to the social nature of the event no knock-out rounds were played.
In addition to beating the hosts (25-0) the Northern old boys overcame Tigra Bari Old (15-0) and Black Eagles Ambivore from Bergamo.
The Edinburgh Northern squad comprised:
Wilson Craig (captain), Joe Smith, Luke Daigneault, Andrew Suttle, Gavin Ford, Tom Simpson, Dougal Nicol, Erick Kapp, Kit Walker, Jon Glover, Alex Laird, Jamie Hackett, Andrew Spiller, Mike Pollock, Drew Chapman, Michiel Smith, James Fleming, Ally Scott, Craig Lawson, Andrew Marr, Tony Doran, Neil Hardman, Jerry Sandford, Sacha Ponniah and Barry O’Dea.
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