Sources of the RRJ just came back with some details on that surprising and protested first day game between the Swedes and the Danes.  It was the first game for each team, at the first time slot of the day, and was between the 2nd and 5th seeded teams in the pool.

The protest was made by Denmark concerning the referee's judgement about Sweden's final goal in the game.  The result of the protest was a 12-second turning back of the clock, to be played the next day, and the ball was given to Denmark.  The decision to give the ball to the Danes was apparantly incorrect given the direction of the arrow.

Denmark maintained control of the ball for eight seconds, and then scored with four seconds left on the clock.  The Swedes were unable to score in the remaining four seconds, and that was it.  After that loss, and with Belgium still to come, the Swedes had to hope that the Danes lost a few of their remaining games which might still allow them to place second in their pool if they did well in their other games.  Although the Swedes won all their other pool games, the Danes didn't cooperate, as they beat the Swiss by 1, the Finns by 6, and the Norwegians by a lot, so the Swedes will have to buy tickets to Athens to watch rugby this time around.

Hats off to the Danes, but we'll miss the Swedes.  They're a classy team.

I was able to find out a bit more info regarding Jon Lilley's re-classification. Although he was protested in advance of the championships, he was able to play his first two pool games before being forced to sit out all remaining games during a series of protests.  The Brits did get some good news from the panel, in the form of a downgrade in the classification of Justin Frishberg, who was dropped down from 2.5 to 2.0.  Despite having their offensive star watch from the sidelines, the Brits swept their pool, and all their remaining games to go 7-0 at the tournament and become the #1 European team in the sport.  The Swedes saw four of their players re-classified – two down and two up.  Christer Jansson went from a 2.5 to a 3.0, Kristofer Lindberg got upgraded from a 2.0 to a 2.5, while 3.0's Hans Topgaard and Mikael Widlund both dropped down to become 2.5's.