At Darius and Girėnas Stadium – the struggle between football players and rugby players

2026-08-13 18:15 © L. Žemgulio

At Darius and Girėnas Stadium, there was a clash of football and rugby teams – FK "Kauno Žalgiris" football players participated in a challenge with the players of Kaunas rugby club "Ąžuolas".

Football players Joris Aliukonis, Rokas Lekiatas, and Anton Tolordava briefly exchanged a football for a rugby ball – in a cheerful  video , the Žalgiris team met with rugby players Tautvydas Krasauskas, Eimantas Bagarauskas, and Karolis Liaukumas.

The challenge consisted of six stages – three with a football and three with a rugby ball. In each stage, one player from "Kauno Žalgiris" and one from "Ąžuolas" competed.

During the first stage, athletes tried to throw a rugby ball through a target hole, in the second stage a football had to be kicked into the crossbar from a distance of 16 meters, and in the third challenge, they had to catch a high-flying rugby ball.

At that time, in the fourth stage, A. Tolordava and E. Bagarauskas tested their strength in a football kicking competition.

"No, you have no chance, brother," – A. Tolordava confidently smiled.

Finally, in the last two challenges, the Žalgiris players tried to overcome the "Ąžuolas" rugby players in both sports' kicking competitions.