Update and pictures by Leslie Tan/Red Sports. Additional pictures by Red Sports reader Mr Wee Ban Bee, an old boy of ACS.
“Shh! Don’t tell anyone but I found the ball.” Kenneth of ACS(I) tracks the ball during a scrum. (Photo 1 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)
Yishun Junior College, Monday, August 13, 2007 – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat Raffles Institution 68-3 yesterday to set up a Championship Final date with St Andrew’s.
ACS(I) were up 33-0 by the half-time break with five tries and four conversions. In the second half, RI managed to put three points on the board with a penalty conversion but the ACS boys piled on the misery with another six tries and one conversion to finish up 68-3 winners.
The final between ACS(Ind) and St Andrew’s is scheduled for Monday, 20 August 2007, 4.30 pm at Yio Chu Kang Stadium.
An RI rugger tries to tear through two ACS(I) tackles while Nicholas Siah (far left) moves to intercept. (Photo 2 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)
Joshua of ACS(I) on his way to scoring a try in the second half. (Photo 3 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)
Nazryn of ACS(I) about to score a try despite the valiant efforts of an RI player. (Photo 4 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)
Nicholas Siah (bottom of the pile) places the ball in the ruck and everyone scrambles. (Photo 5 © Leslie Tan/Red Sports)
Shaun of ACS(I) tries to fend off tackles from all sides. (Photo 6 © Wee Ban Bee)
Nazryn of ACS(Ind) player drives through an RI tackle. (Photo 7 © Wee Ban Bee)
Tussling for the ball during a line-out. (Photo 8 © Wee Ban Bee)
Nicholas Siah (tallest) and two ACS(I) teammates try to stop an RI rugger. (Photo 9 © Wee Ban Bee)
Shaun of ACS(Ind) goes for the try line but is stopped by #15 of RI. (Photo 10 © Wee Ban Bee)
An RI rugger goes up for a line-out. (Photo 11 © Wee Ban Bee)
James Morgan of ACS(I) player goes through an RI tackle. (Photo 12 © Wee Ban Bee)
An RI rugger is hauled down by Kenneth and Joshua (right) of ACS(I). (Photo 13 © Wee Ban Bee)
Editor’s note: If you recognize yourself or your teammates in the pictures, let me know the names in the COMMENTS section, not the chat box. If you’ll also let me know the names of all the scorers, I’ll post it up. More action shots in the Picture Gallery.
soon, we’ll hav chance to take revenge…
Let’s go AC!!!!
all the best for the finals guys!
two i ment…
in the eighth photo the tow others are marah on the left and kenneth on the right…
Thanks 🙂
lols, it’s okay. Nicholas Siah is the last man of the first pic going to attack the RI player,
in the 4th photo. the player placing the ball in the ruck is nicholas siah
in the 5th photo, the player behind shaun is nicholas siah
in the 8th photo, the tallest player is nicholas siah.
=D
Regarding Nicholas Siah, I cannot update the captions for the pictures because I cannot see the number. It would be nice if rugby jerseys had:
a) numbers in front
b) numbers that are legible
c) numbers that are actually big enough to read (the ACS numbers are designed not to be read.haha.
haha,the best is yet to be?wait longer
thats it…its over…
saints gonna topple over at the sight of AC…
afterall up n on…but not 4 long…they will crash n burn….saints will never learn….
the ref is called balabrains
the number eight who is in most of the pics is Nicholas Siah
o yea and in’An ACS(Ind) player goes through an RI tackle.’ the acs player is james morgan’
in’An ACS(Ind) rugger on his way to scoring a try in the second half.’the rugger is joshua.In’An RI rigger is hauled down by two ACS(ind) players.’the 2 acs ruggers are kenneth and joshua’
‘”Shh! Don’t tell anyone but I found the ball.” An ACS(Ind) player tracks the ball during a scrum.’,the ACS(Ind) player is Kenneth. For ‘An ACS(Ind) about to score a try despite the valiant efforts of an RI player’ and ‘An ACS(Ind) player drives through an RI tackle’,the ACS(Ind) player is called Nazryn.Shaun is the ACS(Ind) player in ‘#7 of ACS(Ind) tries to fend off tackles from all sides’and the ‘An ACS(Ind) player goes for the try line but is stopped by #15 of RI’ .