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.
sa boys all become successful food stall vendors when they grow up
Rugby is funny
U-14 national team
1)Pierce Sec No.8
2)ACSI Hooker
3)RI No.8
4)SAS Nigerian Player
5)Shaakti (SJI)(Dam tall!!!)
6)Lester (SAS)
7)Joshua (ACSI)
8)James Morgan(ACSI)
9)Alif (RI)
10)Marah(ACSI)
11)Pioneer Outcentre
12)RI Flyhalf
13)Joey (ACSI)
14)Benjamin Broughton (SJI)(Dam fast!!!)
15)Pioneer Fullback (Dam pro in kicking!!!)
Please name the best 15 of the country
thanks.
Re: “ACSI Unoriginal Haka”
True, we may not be winning titles for the time being, but at least we have a tradition and history that no one can copy. ACSI have no history, and worst still, you cant even do ABs haka right..
So not only are ACSI arrogant.. but now grossly unoriginal.
Suprise everyone this year and come up with your own ..
so are u guys saying tt the entry score for btss and other neighbourhood schools is 250++ too?
tohkiatshengken,
If you say i can say anything i wan, why you asking wud i trying to say?
Juz like ppl condemning our coach, who had produced better results, where has yours put you? In the top 4?
Respect from others is earned, not demanded!
And he hasnt got its worth from the rest of us.
g_tong,
stop judging RI’s coaches, who have more integrity than the ‘unsaintly’ ones. Even if they have not produced the desired results yet, at least they dont resort to ‘unsaintly’,underhanded tactics.
Try putting yourself in the Rafflesians shoes. How would you react if that happened to you. You may say that you will react in a different manner, but saying is different from doing. Besides, Raffles did not think that they were much better than saints. They were just confident that they could beat saints. You weren’t there at the semis, so you don’t know what happened.
my own two cents.
to insider.
the most blatant overstatement and misrepresentation about my coach?
you can say anything you want,
but i, as my his player, have a great deal of respect and admiration for him.
why?
because he is the reason why i am where i am today.
if fact, he is the reason why my team is where it is today!
and what’s so funny about him teaching us to play clean?
a team playing on the field reflects the coach.
sji players are men of integrity. this is part of our school values.
we play clean, i can assure that.
and we play hard, for the team, for the school, for our pride, for the passion of the game, for our coach.
so what are you trying to say?
to all the detractors of ACS,
Infallible, ACSians are not,
Invincible, we never thought.
In our inexorable quest to be our best,
We seek forbearance from the rest.
Vilification stamps from competition war,
Hard attempt to make you like us more.
GOD’s shield is our rear guard,
HIS vindication frees our hearts.
By His Grace, we withstand all testings,
And receive HIS inestimable Blessings.
To all the non-ACSians fraternity:
We seek frienship and peace to last eternity.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY
is it true tat acsi students(non ib) have the same academic standard as a nigbourhood school?
to YO
yeah…mayb they are beatable…the only unbeatable is god
YEA YEA!!!!
There’s one i remember in the u-17 m1 10s few months back where 1 acs(i) guy tackle 1 greenridge player when he’s already out,to the running tracks and that guy was screaming in pain.And not even one ac player went to him to ask him if he’s alright or what and they quickly taken the lineout when some of the greenridge guys were helping him out and they scored a try(the only try).WTF?!?..no sportsmanship team.Greenridge could,ve beatem them.
yep, couldn’t agree more ! dirty bunch they are (yes, ACSI, who else). Was at the game and saw the whole incident. In fact the spectators were horrified at what they saw. The ACSI player didn’t even bother to apologise or show any remorse. The coaches did not even react at all. Remind u of the stomping incident a few years ago involving who else but ACs players again. They never learn, do they? Well, what goes around comes around. one day, they will get their retribution.
I personally have very little to do with the rugby scene in singapore, but i have to say that the Rafflesians in the post condemning the ref shows very little sportsmanship and childishness. i didn’t see the game myself, so i don’t know how the actual game was played. but to say 3 times in one shot; that the referee is ‘biased’ and another one calling referring to the referee as ‘bloody’ does not come off very well for the school. it must have been in the heat and anger of the match, but irregardless of who is better or who played better, i think the ref still deserves respect. ultimately, it is the players who determine their own outcome.. if raffles thinks they’re so much better than the saints, then they should have won by a large margin instead of barely losing and then kicking up a fuss about it.
my own two cents
please try to name the C DIVISION national team.
thanks
ACS(I) is not unbeatable in 10s
They lost to LFS(french school) in K.L last June.
what makes you think that acs i academics are lousier than btss?
before ib we were already known to produce all rounded people?
look at the present day ministers or rich business men?how many are from acs???
hey, face reality. lets touch on the issue of acsi parents sucking up to other parents… your views pls… BE HONEST
ACSI – dirty bunch, want to beat them ? Easy, give them a taste of their own medicine. Saw what they did to the BTSS player and the reaction of the ACSI player, not to mention their coaches…. Need I say more ?