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Singapore Women’s Rugby World Cup hopes dashed by Japan

By Nic Chua

Republic Polytechnic, Wednesday, November 5, 2009 – Japan trumped Singapore convincingly 35-11 in the first match of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifiers.

Right from the get-go, the stage was set for a great evening of rugby, with the cool and breezy weather from the afternoon showers advantageous to the Japanese players, who were expecting to play in Singapore’s usual hot and humid weather.
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South African Vipers beat Davetelavu of Fiji to retain Ablitt Cup at SCC Rugby 7s

Contributed by Fadilah

Padang, Sunday, Novemeber 8, 2009 – Defending champions South African Vipers took the top spot in the Ablitt Cup after edging out Fiji’s Davetelavu 24-0 in a thrilling finish to the 62nd Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) Rugby 7s.

Earlier in the day, the Vipers had beaten Ponsonby 23-0 in the quarter-final match to set up a semi-final meeting against SA Universities. SA Vipers edged out SA Universities 7-0 to march on into the final.
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Temasek Poly crowned 2009 POL-ITE Rugby Champions after defeating Republic Poly

Story by Koh Yizhe/Red Sports and Pung Wei Jing. Photos by Koh Yizhe/Red Sports.

Republic Polytechnic, Thursday, October 29, 2009 – Temasek Polytechnic (TP) came back from 10 points down to beat Republic Polytechnic (RP) 33-24 in the championship match of the Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Rugby competition to clinch the title.

Both teams took to the match with a common goal – to end their season on a positive note, although their respective situations were unique. A TP win would have clinched them the first spot, leaving ITE in second and RP third.
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Temasek Polytechnic come from behind to beat ITE 14-5 in POL-ITE rugby

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Republic Polytechnic, Monday, October 26, 2009 – Temasek Polytechnic beat the Institute of Technical Education 14-5 in a Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Rugby Championship game.

Both teams came into this match knowing a win was a must if they wanted to fulfill their title ambitions. For ITE a victory will crown them POL-ITE champions. For TP a win will put them on top of the POL-ITE leaderboard with one more game to play.
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ITE one step closer to title after defeating Republic Poly in POL-ITE rugby

By Koh Yizhe/Red Sports

Republic Polytechnic, Thursday, October 22, 2009 – The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) are one match away from the Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Rugby Championship after overcoming Republic Polytechnic (RP) 12-6 in a thrilling encounter.

Both teams overcame challenges from Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic in previous matches and this match was their hardest challenge in the competition.
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Republic Polytechnic make it two wins out of two after defeating Singapore Polytechnic in POL-ITE Rugby

By Koh Yizhe/Red Sports

Republic Polytechnic, Monday, October 19, 2009 – Despite a slow start, Republic Polytechnic (RP) comfortably beat Singapore Polytechnic (SP) 32-7 in their second match of the Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Rugby Championship.
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Republic Polytechnic overpower Ngee Ann Polytechnic in POL-ITE Rugby

Story by Koh Yizhe/Red Sports. Photos by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports.

Republic Polytechnic, Thursday, October 15, 2009 – Republic Polytechnic (RP) swept past Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) 38-5 in their opening match of the Polytechnic-Institute of Technical Education (POL-ITE) Rugby Championship.

Daryl Chia was on target throughout the night with his perfect conversions and got things going for RP in the fifth minute with a penalty. Mohammed Naqiuddin then powered his way through NP’s defense for a try a few minutes later. No. 8 Alvin Ho then added a hat-trick of tries as well before captain Beam Chan capped off a wonderful night for the hosts with a try of his own.

NP got a consolation try in the closing moments, but it was too little too late for the visitors.
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Singapore go down to Hong Kong in women’s rugby match

So Kan Poh Stadium, Hong Kong, Saturday, October 10, 2009 – Singapore went down 17-22 to Hong Kong in their final match before the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup Asian qualifiers scheduled for November 2009 in Singapore.

Singapore fell to an early Hong Kong try when the opposition scrum half scored from a quick penalty tap in the 7th minute. Eight minutes later, Singapore conceded a second try through another quick penalty tap.
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NUS win Singapore University Games rugby 7s title

Sunday, October 4, 2009 – The National University of Singapore (NUS) ‘A’ beat the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ‘A’ team 26-14 to capture the 2009 Singapore University Games (SUniG) rugby 7s championship title.

The two-day event saw NUS breeze through the group stage, outscoring their opponents by a massive 65-7, with NTU ‘B’ the only team to get any points against them.
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Singapore women hammer Malaysia in rugby test match

Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Saturday, October 3, 2009 – Singapore hammered Malaysia 63-0 in a warm-up for the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup Asian qualifying playoffs.

Singapore scored 11 tries against the Malaysians, who were playing their first-ever test match.

There is a single slot left available at the Women’s Rugby World Cup and Singapore will have to playoff against Japan in early November. Should our Singapore team clear that hurdle, they will come up against either Kazakhstan or Hong Kong to win that coveted final slot.
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Singapore to host Asian 5 Nations First Division rugby in 2010

Information courtesy of Singapore Rugby Union

Thursday, September 17, 2009 – Singapore Rugby Union has been selected by Asian Rugby to host the HSBC Asian 5 Nations (A5N) First Division Tournament in 2010.

Singapore will host Malaysia, their opponents in the first game, Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei in April of next year.
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Singapore rugby finish last at Shanghai 7s

Singapore finished ninth and in last place at the Shanghai 7s, which is part of the new Asian Rugby Sevens Series.

Singapore began the tournament in Pool B with a 38-0 loss at the hands of Hong Kong and then lost their second game 51-0 to South Korea.

Relegated to Pool F, they beat India 10-7 and followed that up with a 24-17 victory over Thailand.
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Singapore U-20 squad head for Asian Junior Rugby Championship in Hong Kong

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.
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24 U-16 and U-18 teams to play in upcoming SCC Rugby 7s

Contributed by Fadilah Amir Hamzah

After an absence of 15 years, the SCC Schools and Colleges 7s tournament will be brought under the Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s umbrella. Beginning from this year, it will be held as part of the main tournament and will be held over the same weekend.

24 under-16 and under-18 teams will battle it out for the title. Making their debut at the tournament will be Nhulunbuy High School from Australia, the reigning Territory 15-a-side champions for 2009.
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ACS(I) beat ACS(BR) for 13th consecutive C Division rugby title

Contributed by Gladys Wee

CCAB, Friday, August 21, 2009 – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 22-15 to capture their 13th consecutive C Division National Rugby Championship title.

The CCAB spectator stand was packed to overflowing to witness only the second all-ACS final in the last 13 years. ACS(BR) had lost their previous appearance in the final against their ACS(I) brothers.
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