Athens completed their fourth successive Greek club championship with a 22-18 win over Attica Springboks at Glyka Nera on Saturday.

In a tight game both sides played attractive, expansive rugby, sharing seven tries between them.

Athens edged the first half, taking a 10-8 lead following tries from right wing Giorgos Synetos and makeshift centre Filippos Sotiriadis.

Attica's points came from prop Nathaniel Courcelle who posted a try and a penalty.

Synetos and Sotiriadis both scored again early in the second half to open up a 22-8 lead for Athens.

Attica came back strongly in the last 20 minutes with tries from outside centre Jineuk Yi and fly half Alexandros Gounaris but Athens held on to lift the trophy once again.

Scorers:

Athens

Tries: Synetos (2), Soririadis (2); Con: Tsatsaronis

Attica Springboks

Tries: Courcelle, Yi, Gounaris Pen: Courcelle

 

Teams

Athens: 15-Giorgos Stratigakos, 14-Giorgos Synetos, 13-Phillipos Sotiriadis, 12-Lasha Tchelidze, 11-Konstantinos Kikidis; 10-Miriani Oboladze, 9-Giorgos Tsatsaronis; 8-Levan Gamiashvili, 7-Vangelis Nastas, 6-Nikos Mavreas, 5-Pantazis Kontakis, 4-Konstantinos Karandreas, 3-Giorgos Zervakis, 2-Costas Tsampaos, 1-Dimtris Katsafrakis

Attica Springboks: 15-Konstantinos Papadopoulos, 14-Pavlos Kolyvas, 13-Jineuk Yi, 12-Nondas Serapheim, 11-Laurent Agostini; 10-Alexandros Gounaris, 9-Sotiris Stergioulos; 8-Kai Fournes, 7-Russ Mayhew, 6-Lionel Fadin, 5-Jean Michel Hieronimus, 4-Christopher Choquette, 3-Vassilis Poulopoulos, 2-Revo Cordoba, 1-Nathaniel Courcelle