Contributed by Low Feng Hua

The Singapore National Under 20 squad will participate in the Asian Junior Rugby Championship in Hong Kong from September 4-14.

The team has been training intensively for the last month with the majority of the players being selected from the clubs that took part in the U-20 Competition earlier in July.

Coaches Mohd Ismail and Rhys Jones have targeted to improve on last year’s performance. The U20 team will be supported by Team Manager and Sports Trainer, Andrew Fong and Sathivelu Narasiman.

Singapore will take on Sri Lanka in their first game on Saturday, September 5.

Asian Junior Rugby Championship 2009 team list (Name/Club)
John Tng Eng Hock (Blacks)
David Ken Arjuna Tambunam (Blacks / Army)
Muhd Hasif Afiq Bin Suradi (Blacks / Ngee Ann Poly)
Samuel Thio Jun Yong (Blacks / Army)
Daryl Chia Wen Wei (Blacks / Republic Poly)
Kenn Wong Xuan Wen Blacks / Army)
Shawn Ng Si Hon (Bedok Kings / Temasek Poly)
Low Feng Hua (Bedok Kings / ITE)
Terence Chee Shao Zhou (Bedok Kings / Temasek Poly)
Alvin Ho Yao Wei (SRC/ Republic Poly)
Hairi Bin Md Rashid (SRC / ITE)
Harresh Krishnan [Captain] (SCC / Temasek Poly)
Ian Alexander Law Zi Jian (SCC / Ngee Ann Poly)
Timothy Teo Yong Qiang (SCC / Civil Defence)
Ngiam Jun Xiong (SCC / Ngee Ann Poly)
Mark Ngo Hua Boon (SCC / Ngee Ann Poly)
Muhd Hasif Bin Azman (SCC / Ngee Ann Poly)
Muhd Asyraf Hidayatullah Bin Sahari (Wanderers / ITE)
Muhd Aliff Alfian Bin Othman (Wanderers / ITE)
Leonard Yap Quan Feng (Wanderers /Raffles JC)
Tiah Nan Hong (Wanderers / Singapore Poly)
Muhd Shahid Bin Hilmi (Wanderers / ITE)
Muhd Fadhil Bin Roslan (Anglo-Chinese JC)

Fixtures
First Round – Saturday, September 5
Korea (1) – bye, direct entry to SF1
Match 1: Thailand (4) vs. Chinese Taipei (5) – 13:30 Kick-off
Match 2: Sri Lanka (3) vs. Singapore (6) – 15:05 Kick-off
Match 3: Hong Kong (2) vs. Malaysia (7) – 16:40 Kick-off

Second Round – Wednesday, September 9
SF1: Korea (1) vs. Winner Match 1 – 10:00am Kick-off
SF2: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3 – 11:45 Kick-off
SF3: Loser Match 2 vs. Loser Match 3 – 13:30 Kick-off
Loser Match 1 receives bye, direct entry to 5th place playoff

Finals – Saturday, September 12
7/8th placing: Loser SF3 vs. Invitational XV – 13:30 Kick-off (if requested)
5/6th placing: Winner SF3 vs. Loser Match 1 – 15:05 Kick-off
3/4th placing: Loser SF1 vs. Loser SF2 – 16:40 Kick-off
Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 – 18:15 Kick-off