Hi rugby players and sports fans,
The voting is over and based on the votes, here are the top 15 players by position:
#1 Carlos (prop, sajc)
#2 Arthur Lim (hooker, sajc)
#3 David Tambunan (prop, sajc)
#4 Jegathesan s/o Thanebal (lock, sajc)
#5 Sam Teo (lock, sajc)
#6 Daniel Lum (flanker, sajc)
#7 Timothy Gay (flanker, acsi)
#8 Kenn Wong (no.8, sajc)
#9 Chan MIng Qi (scrumhalf, sajc)
#10 Farid (flyhalf, sajc)
#11 Sirhan (winger, sajc)
#12 Jesse Quek (in-centre, sajc)
#13 Blandon Tan (out-centre. acsi)
#14 Abel Teo (winger, sajc)
#15 Mohamed Fadhil (fullback, acjc)
A reader has kindly put this together for everyone’s benefit. Readers have said that the voting is more a popularity contest. Any vote will always have an element of that. In any case, the aim of this vote, in line with the mission of this site, was to bring our vibrant sports scene to light and given the sheer number of comments for this voting, we think that’s been achieved.
So whether this is the best 15 or not, let’s remember that they are fellow Singaporeans. If some of them move on to represent the nation one day, we hope that their appearance in the top 15 made an encouraging difference in their journey to that high honour.
Red Sports. Always Game.
Les
Who are the best 15 A Division rugby players in 2008?
- Abel Teo (#14, winger, St Andrew's JC) (4%, 166 Votes)
- Blandon Tan (#13, outside-centre, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (3%, 127 Votes)
- Kenn Wong (#7, eigth man, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 127 Votes)
- Arthur Lim (#8, hooker, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 122 Votes)
- David Tambunan (#?, prop, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 116 Votes)
- Jesse Quek (#13, fly-half, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 110 Votes)
- Farid, (#10, position?, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 103 Votes)
- Sam Teo (#5, position?, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 101 Votes)
- Daniel Lum (#6, wing-forward, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 100 Votes)
- Sirhan (#15, position?, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 95 Votes)
- Chan Ming Qi (#?, scrum half, St Andrew's JC) (3%, 94 Votes)
- Carlos (#?, prop, St Andrew's JC) (2%, 92 Votes)
- Jegathesan s/o Thanebal (#?, lock, St Andrew's JC) (2%, 91 Votes)
- Mohamed Fadhil (#15, fullback, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 88 Votes)
- Hilmi (#9, scrum half, St Andrew's JC) (2%, 84 Votes)
- Timothy Gay (#7, open flanker, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 81 Votes)
- Bryan Wong (#2, hooker, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 80 Votes)
- Ian Gan (#9, scrum half, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 75 Votes)
- Jonah Wee (#?, position?, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 70 Votes)
- Mandeep Singh (#10, fly-half, Anglo-Chinese JC) (2%, 68 Votes)
- Eric Ong (#1, prop, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 67 Votes)
- Yi Shyen (#5, second row, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 64 Votes)
- Khairulanwar (#14, winger, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 62 Votes)
- Yan Shan (#22, lock, Jurong JC) (2%, 60 Votes)
- Shane Gan (#10, fly-half, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 59 Votes)
- Martin Butler (#6, blind flanker, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (2%, 56 Votes)
- Winston Soh (#1, prop, Jurong JC) (1%, 55 Votes)
- Alexander Chuang (#11, winger, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 54 Votes)
- Ashvin Raju (#14, winger, Raffles JC) (1%, 53 Votes)
- Justin Boey (#13, outside-centre, Anglo-Chinese School I)) (1%, 51 Votes)
- Joshua Renee (#?, winger, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 50 Votes)
- Shaun Lai (#?, position?, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 50 Votes)
- Timothy Teo (#11, position, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 48 Votes)
- Alexander Prentice (#8, position?, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 46 Votes)
- Kevin Neo (#?, lock, Raffles JC) (1%, 46 Votes)
- Liu Yi (#3, prop, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 46 Votes)
- Peter Wang (#13, outside centre, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 45 Votes)
- Daniel Looi (#12, inside-centre, Anglo-Chinese Junior College) (1%, 44 Votes)
- Nevin (#8, eigth man, Jurong JC) (1%, 44 Votes)
- Arnold Chen (#8, position?, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 44 Votes)
- Szu Ker (#?, scrum half, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 44 Votes)
- Muhamad Isa (#6, blind flank Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 42 Votes)
- Yee Min (#13, outside centre, Jurong JC) (1%, 39 Votes)
- John Yeo (#4, second row, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 34 Votes)
- Anwaar (#?, prop, Raffles JC) (1%, 33 Votes)
- Loy Xing Yu (#11, winger, Jurong JC) (1%, 30 Votes)
- Muhammad Zaid Abdul Malok (#5, flanker, Jurong JC) (1%, 28 Votes)
- Victor Tan (#?, winger, Anglo-Chinese School(I)) (1%, 27 Votes)
- Jonathan (#25, inside centre, Jurong JC) (1%, 25 Votes)
- Nabhan (#12, standoff, Raffles JC) (1%, 24 Votes)
- Chris Fang (#5, position?, Raffles JC) (1%, 24 Votes)
- Toh Wei Xun (#8, flanker, Raffles JC) (1%, 23 Votes)
- Matthew (#?, hooker, Anglo-Chinese JC) (1%, 23 Votes)
- Jian Le (#10, fly-half, Jurong JC) (1%, 23 Votes)
- Leonard Yap (#9, scrum half, Raffles JC) (1%, 22 Votes)
- Pika (#10, inside centre, Pioneer JC) (1%, 20 Votes)
- Mark Vincent (#10, position?, Catholic JC) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Mark Twoon (#2, hooker, Raffles JC) (0%, 18 Votes)
- Arif Bohan Said (#?, fullback, Raffles JC) (0%, 17 Votes)
- Poh You Kai (#13, centre, Raffles JC) (0%, 16 Votes)
- Shaun Sin (#10, position?, Raffles JC) (0%, 15 Votes)
- Ng Yong Han (#3, prop, Raffles JC) (0%, 14 Votes)
- Dinnesh (#8, eight man, Catholic JC) (0%, 13 Votes)
- Bertrand Lian (#?, prop, Raffles JC) (0%, 13 Votes)
- Keith (#13, position?, Raffles JC) (0%, 12 Votes)
- Ivan (#9, scrum half, Pioneer JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Jay Fong Jian Lin (#?, position?, Raffles JC) (0%, 11 Votes)
- Cynric Chong (#69, hooker, Pioneer JC) (0%, 10 Votes)
- Xu Kaisheng (#9, scrum half, Jurong JC) (0%, 9 Votes)
- Victor Huang (#2, hooker, Pioneer JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- unnamed (#12, position, Catholic JC) (0%, 8 Votes)
- unnamed (#18, lock, Catholic JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- unnamed (#5, position?, Pioneer JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- Woo Zhishen (# 26, winger, Jurong JC) (0%, 6 Votes)
- David Yung (#3, prop, Anglo-Chinese JC) (0%, 3 Votes)
- Jeremy Tan (#77, forward, school?) (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 742
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thnx thomas tan, u have inspired us jjc yet again
Jegathesan s/o thanebal lock sajc
#25 jjc is jonathan.
# 1 JJC is winston soh
# 5 JJC is Zaid
# 22 JJC is yan shan
# 8 JJC is nevin
#10 JJC is jian le
Justin Boey (#13, outside centre, acsi)
isnt thomas tan the ex-national rugger?
Let me declare that the charge of neglect on my part is a misjudgment on your part. I will assume you are not aware of the how this site works and you mean no malice with your statements.
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What I am doing now is to train young writers and shooters to cover the sports scene so that more of you out there can have the ability to cover your own scene.
To say that I will cover the school sports scene well just by myself is arrogance on my part. I cannot do it. I only have one body and can only be at one place at one time.
I started this site because I believe the Singapore sports story needs to be told with many voices, and not just mine. If few stories are told, it’s because few have stepped forward.
In the last year or so, a few good men and women have stepped up:
Lai Jun Wei, 19 serving National Service
Tan Huey Ying, 19, waiting to enter university
Jolyn Ang, 17, year 1 at Victoria Junior College
Marvin Lowe, final year at Singapore Management University
Ian Chew, teacher at Catholic High
Adnan Md Taip, National University of Singapore
Harley Tay, a parent
Wee Ban Bee, old boy of ACS who covers ACS rugby games
NIcholina Chua, a full-time working adult and touch rugby fan
Yang Yue Heng, 13, Raffles Instiutition
This list is not exhaustive. Many others have stepped in as well. But the point is this: if we chip in to tell the stories we have witnessed, we will have a site that we can call our home, that captures our experiences out there on the field of play, that reminds us of where we come from.
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hile4tjalj,
I believe that one of the names u mentioned is no longer in the competition due to some… errr nyjc should know what i’m talking about.. and i’m sure u do too..
the heading is RedSportsXV – nominate your best 15 rugby A Division players
not best 15 rugby A Division (something else)
sorry but yea.. u mite wanna vote for him next year when he’s allowed to play again..
CHEERS
gerald tan wei jian,
I totally agree with you. all the focus has been on the cup division, and the plate division has been totally neglected. It is expected of the people from the cup division to be good, they’ve been playing for their whole life hence they ought to be more familiar and comfortable with the game.
some teams which are good without a doubt; ACS(I). these teams are good because they’ve been playing together for 6YEARs.. if they don’t perform they should drop the sport and not bring shame to it. give these neighbourhood JCs 6 years together and they might even beat the traditional rugby schools.
Rugby is a game which has to be cultivated and there are alot of potentially good and committed players all around. All they need is passion. And not forgetting team chemistry which is often improved over time.
Hence, i suggest that uncle les start looking at real players with passion and commitment in Rugby.
one SPORT, fifteen MEN, our LOVE
RUGBY
to my previous post
its JJC #25 instead of #24
butler(num 6 acsi)
khairul(#15 acsi)
SUPER SPEEDSTER
acjc:
jonah wee
tim han
mathew
sean lai
timothy teo
Conspiracy is crap la. Look down on poly players. LOL. Shouldn’t look down on poly students. Some of them are smarter than you, just that they dont want to go to jc. Moreover they won some combined school teams before. .
I was down at CCAB yesterday to watch the plates semi-finals. Many players impressed me. I noticed some of these players. Some already got mentioned, but nevertheless i got to post mine.
#18,CJC- Tall and tough lock.
#10 CJC- A very fine flyhalf
#8 CJC- tough no.8
#12 CJC- quick and nippy
#5 PJC- Good drive to help his team gained plenty of grounds
# 9 PJC- stable scrum half who controlled the game well
# 1 JJC- very strong prop
# 5 JJC – impressed me most with many good runs.
# 22 JJC- won every lineouts, both his and opponents’
# 8 JJC- good set-up play
#10 JJC many good kicks
# 24 JJC made many good tackles
The match between PJC and CJC was rather a dull affair, with lots of scrums.
However, NYJC got rolled over by JJC later on, and JJC really played impressive rugby.
John Yeo (#4 lock acsi)
Leo Yi Shyen (#5 lock acsi )
They’re the best jumpers in the competition, how can anyone miss that.
SP, ITE, TP
the powerful team!!!
hi its easy to find player frm the top four hmmmm
but i have been finding players frm plates enjoyable to watch too
just and opinion to give exposure to plates, i watched both the semifinals
though scrappy, it was pulsating
yeah just a few names
CJC#12-havent got name yet, fast and quick to pounce on loose balls, sidesteps well too and though small is a tough cookie
CJC#10 – Mark Vincent, made it to combine school last year, good sidestep and experinced and is obviously a very good kicker
CJC#8-Dinnesh, big eight man and good reader and crasher, sets up good set pieces and keeps the forward pack tight
PJC #9- Ivan, stable scrum half, one of the more composed ones and able to dig out balls in the hardest of ruck, jjc’s scrum half aint bad either, both are built similarly
PJC #10 – Pika, fast and penetrative inside centre, gains ground like its free, plays inside centre and was the most penetrative player tht dae
JJC #5- Mohd zaid, top scorer for plate division i think, have scored all kind of tries from half filed runs to close tries
JJC#8- Nevin , mobile eight man, gains quick ground
JJC#1- Winston, big prop, looks heavy but has a little bit of run in him, can gain ground and clear rucks, currently already scored 2 tries
JJC# 11- Loy Xing Lu, fast open winger, can burn the field in a matter of seconds
although lacking in awareness, he is still an asset to his team, works well with
JJC#13-Yi Min, smart flair player that tends to take the game upon himself , good reader and can find openings well
all my time watching rugby has been interesting and i really hope to bring more awareness to the plate division, they are talented but are raw and unpolished , wld be an asset if given enough time and oppurtunities to develop
looks like you got to throw out the whole lot of nominations if only names from one school comes in, eg all SAJC or all ACSI etc.
Consider only the ones with mixed nominations( ie from different schools) as these appear to be unbias.
Eric Ong (#1 prop acsi)
Bryan Wong (#2 hooker acsi)
Liu Yi (#3 prop acsi)
John Yeo (#4 lock acsi)
Leo Yi Shyen (#5 lock acsi )
Martin Butler (#6 blind flanker acsi)
Timothy Gay (#7 open flanker acsi)
Arnold Chen (#8 no.8 acsi)
Ian Gan (#9 scrum half acsi)
Shane Gan (#10 fly-half acsi)
Alexander Chuang (#11 winger acsi)
Justin Boey (#12 in-centre acsi)
Blandon Tan (#13 out-centre acsi)
Joshua Renee (#14 winger acsi)
Khairulanwar (#15 fullback acsi)
it seems biased. but seriously, have you ever watched them play?
special mention to entire SAJC loose forward trio who stole tons of ball against us 2 weeks ago. ACJC’s got some serious talent, next year they’ll be favourites. Muhamad Isa blind flank #6, Alex Prentice No.8 #8, Peter Wang Out centre #13, Mandeep Singh fly-half #10, Mohamed Fadhil fullback #15.