RUGBY

National A Division
Raffles Junior College vs Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Wednesday, 9 May 2007 at Raffles Junior College

Story and pictures by Red Sports reader Mr Wee Ban Bee, an ACS old boy. Thanks, Mr Wee!

Raffles Junior College (RJC) beat Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) 7-3 in a hard fought game this afternoon to set up a semi-final clash with St Andrew’s Junior College. ACJC will now have to meet ACS(Ind) in the other semi-final, a scenario both Anglo-Chinese schools did not want.


An RJ player is hauled down by JD of ACJC. © Wee Ban Bee

The match started almost an hour late at 5.25 pm due to rain and possible lightning.

RJC scored the first and only try about 3 minutes after kick off. According to observers, it should not have been given as it was a forward pass that missed the referee’s attention.  A clearance by ACJC was blocked by RJ and with the bouncing ball, RJ was able to go ahead and get a try even though it was supposedly a forward pass. RJC’s conversion was successful to make the score 7 – 0 to RJC.


AC and RJ players engaged in a ruck.© Wee Ban Bee

After that most of the game was played in RJ’s half. A penalty was given to ACJC and Mandeep Singh managed to convert to give AC their 3 points.


An AC player tries to take down Nazirul of RJ. © Wee Ban Bee

During the second half, RJ were awarded a penalty right in front of the goal post about 30m out. The kick went way left and missed the posts altogether.


Mandeep Singh of ACJC plays a kicking game. © Wee Ban Bee

ACJC pressed on with their attack and managed what appeared to be a try right under the goal posts but this was not seen by the referee as the boys were piled up over each other. Refereeing was fair to both sides. ACJC will thus meet ACS(I) at Old PA next Wednesday 16 May at 3.15pm with RJC meeting SAJC at 4.30pm.

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed are the writer’s own. You don’t agree with it? Write your own. We’ll post it. And I mean WRITE, not mouth off. Writing is for adults, mouthing off is for juveniles.


An RJ player in full flight. © Wee Ban Bee


Yiming of RJ player runs into an AC tackle. © Wee Ban Bee


Shahir of ACJC is stopped in his tracks by Zhehan of RJ. © Wee Ban Bee


A maul forms around an RJ player. © Wee Ban Bee


An ACJC player bulldozes his way through the RJ line. © Wee Ban Bee

Editor’s comment: Sounds like there were some controversial calls, huh? If you were there too, please feel free to share your comments about the game. If you recongise yourself or your team mates in the pictures, let us know names and we’ll update the captions. Thanks.