Update provided by anonymous reader.
Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 – St. Andrew’s Secondary beat Raffles Institution 11-10 in a C Division semi-final shrouded by controversy over two disallowed RI tries.
Commented reader Raffles: “Unfortunately it's sad news from me. Biased refereeing caused us to lose to Saints. We scored 2 tries, and Saints scored 1. 2 more tries were supposed to be ours, but the biased referee did not allow those. Saints won purely with penalties, again biased refereeing.”
“One point. WE DESERVED TO BEAT THEM. WE DESERVED TO FACE ACS(I) IN THE FINALS. Bloody referee!”
Saints led 6-5 (2 penalties to a try) at half-time.
In the second half, Saints scored a try against the run of play to lead 11-5. In the final seconds, RI scored a try to make it 10-11 but failed in their conversion attempt.
In the other semi-final, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat Bedok Town Secondary in a one-sided match with the mercy rule coming into play before full time. ACS(I) won 88-7 but not before a Bedok Town player ran the length of the field to score for his team.
ACS(I) will meet the Saints in the C Division Rugby Championship final at Yio Chu Kang Stadium next week on August 15th. Kick off is 1645hrs.
In other action, St. Joseph’s Institution beat Damai Secondary 22-5 and will now face either Pioneer Secondary or Anglo-Chinese School (Barker) in the plate final.
Best forward pack
1)Timothy Kan (ACSI)
2)Joshua Foo(ACSI)
3)Ahmad (ACSI)
4)Daniel Chong (ACSI)
5)Lester (SAS) (i haven’t seen much of him, but he is reckoned to be a rather good player)
6)Jay (ACSI)
7)Leonard (ACSI)
8)James Morgan (ACSI)
Rossafiq (ACSI) is up and coming for 2nd row
best team:
tk, alex, ahmad,joshua,haoyi , ken :0 , zaoseph, danchong, leonard, jay, daryl, edwin, llama , harvey, morgan,ross, ishraf, 2x gabriels, winson, yisheen , hakim, yash, ethan :0, daryn, nick, issac, samuel,and abit of shaun chow, TIM TAN, kejia, nonu, victor ( moral support) and marcusgan
Good luck to both teams tmr. Play ur best guys and have fun!!
to les .
soo what you guys win ..
u guys made a stupid tackle last minute ..
that was soo stupid of raffles ..
but still congrates to them .
let me tell you , the next time we go against you guys ..
we will not let you guys off soo easily ..
trust me ..
ACS(I) probably has the best team in the country, just that people don’t noe their names (:
well said outcentre, i hate refs
Raffles BEAT Bedok Town.
Raffles WON Bedok Town only if Bedok Town went home with the Raffles team to be their servants.
Raffles WON the match when they BEAT Bedok Town.
raffles won bedok town 😀 congrats people!
Dear Andrew,
You are welcome. Hope you enjoy the game tomorrow.
And to both teams – all the best.
les
RI c div last year got into the semi finals because they beat SJI. Why did they beat SJI? Cos the ref allowed a knock on try from RI and dissallowed a clear try frm SJI becos he said it was held up. U guys seemed pretty happy in the cup back then. Now that ur the victim of poor refereeing, blames are going all over the place. ref dissallowed this, ref dissallowed that. We had no choice but to accept our loss. We didnt bitch arnd and just played in the plate. So dun bitch arnd abt wat could have been. Rugby is like that. U get such referees but u gotta play ur game. If the ref is dissalowin tries, u got no choice but to break their backline and score under the post clearly with nobody chasin u so the ref can see.
Hey all,
well now…i did not was the game but from all the readings i belive Raffles had a much better game compared to Saints. Kudos to Raffles even though its was unfortunate the game went the Saints way by a point. I am guessing it was that way cos the Saints defence must have been pretty solid to hold back Raffles. Lets not bring in the Refs now shall we, i mean camon…refs will be refs, good games bad games haha all the same. I had similar feeling when RJC won SAJC by 2 kicks (6-0) a few years back….really was pissed of at the ref cos there were some really questionable calls made. However just like how raffles were apparently a better team on field for this game, SAJC was definatly the better team a few year back for that game. That is where out emotions come in cos we know the the better team shud have won. But at the end of the day i accepted that it was really a hard fought match on both side, especially RJC on that as the had to do alot to stop the SA forward. Thus much similar to this C-div game, i belive SA had a bad game but thye did all in thier power to stop Raffles.It was jus unlucky for Raffles. But im sure they will remmeber this and come back stronger….cos thats wat always happens.
I don’t see why there is so much bickering….i mean lets face it, when it comes to rugby every school ( AC, RI and SA)have their pride, arrogance,tradition etc…. Wait hold on…..let me correct myself….its not the school, its the ppl in the school and its cos of the love for the school that some of “us”( by us i refer to from all 3 schools) tend to go over board and come across as arrogant and stupid. It about how mature are about it. For a very simple fact that i learnt a lesson in humilty from ACS ( im a saint by the way, old boy). A few years back when SA met AC in the B div finals after eons for the 1st time, and when SA won 10-7 i was goin crazy…i mean come on..after 17 years we win the title haha so i took my school flag and ran around the field. As i was running…one AC student student shouted ” f%^* SA” and i shouted back ” f*&% yourself” and jus seconds after that another AC student said ” well done saints..u deserve it” and i smiled and said thanks. See wat i mean haha its not the school, its the ppl in the school and they love they have for it. I am a die hard Saint and nothing will change that. When im on the field ill give all out when im playin against AC and RI (esp again RI haha dun ask why lol, my debut game and last game for SA was against RI). However of the field when i see them play i respect both AC and Raffles cos they train hard and get where they want to. Its the same for SA. It that kind of dedication that all of us should applaud and encourage…not silly bickering about who school is better. The school is only the best till the next tournament. Jus like how england was champs before the spring boks took the mentle. So to the rugby community of singapore, lets jus enjoy and share the passion for the game and for ur school and respect each other.
Once a SAINT, Always a SAINT
Dear Les,
Thank you for your prompt action. I am looking forward to a great game of rugby tomorrow. I enjoy the schools’ competition in Singapore – long may it continue.
I am looking forward to see ACS(I) totally consume Saints tomorrow.
Grand Slam victory, ACS All the Way!
ACS Forever
All the comments regarding James Morgan’s age have been removed.
I find it tiresome that of all the sports, rugby is the only one where the comments get out of hand quickly.
I think you should all think twice before you write because inappropriate comments reflect badly on the sport you purport to love.
I set up this website to provide encouragement to all youth athletes involved in Singapore sport but it only takes a few juvenile comments for your sport to look idiotic very quickly.
Les
editor
I have had enough of all the remarks. I am James Morgan’s father and if anyone wants to see James birth certificate I shall bring it to the final tomorrow to prove to people who do not know their facts how old he is.
tohkiatshengKEN , why am i mean? if i tell u that ur faith sucks then yes, i am mean. But I didn’t did i? I am merely making everyone aware of religious and cultural sensitivities. Pls mind what you say. There is a reason why the Singapore government is extremely strict when it comes to race and religion in the media. That is why many films and books relating to such matter are censored.
Just becos I call myself The Devil doesn’t mean that I am out to start a fight. Just stick to sports and stay away from any sensitive issues. I hope you understand.
hey qwerty u forgot marcus gan haha
tk, alex, ahmad,joshua,haoyi , ken :0 , zaoseph, danchong, leonard, jay, daryl, edwin, llama , harvey, morgan,ross, ishraf, 2x gabriels, winson, yisheen , hakim, yash, ethan :0, daryn, nick, issac, samuel,and abit of shaun chow, TIM TAN, kejia, nonu, victor ( moral support) and whoever i didnt name
and joshua and the whole first 15 😀
ur missing some people like ross. ahmad, llama