Story by Les Tan. Pics by Les Tan and REDintern Vanessa Lim.
Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, August 15, 2008 – The Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat St. Andrew’s Secondary 39-0 in a one-sided C Division Championship final to complete the rugby grand slam. ACS(I) won the A and B Division titles this year and are now the first school in Singapore school history to hold the A, B and C titles in a single calendar year.
Having beaten the Saints 41-5 in an earlier second round game, the only question was the margin of victory on the day. ACS(I) quickly answered that with an early try and by half-time, they were up 15-0. Saints did not even get inside the 22m line of their opponents half and were unable to put any sustained and meaningful pressure on ACS(I).
The second half was more of the same with four ACS tries and the only stress for ACS(I) was whether James Morgan would convert any tries after having missed all three in the first half. In the end he did manage to convert two although what most people will remember was the fact that he managed to hit the rugby posts twice.
Two of the ACS(I) tries in the second half saw them tear through the Saints backline like a knife through butter with multiple passes and a final strong run over the try line. This will go down as one of the most lopsided finals in C Division but given the fact that the mercy rule had to be invoked even in the semi-final when ACS(I) beat Bedok Town 89-7, this was not wholly unexpected.
ACS(I) won all their preliminary round games 80-0 with the mercy rule evoked in each game and they outscored their opponents throughout the whole championship by 512 to 15 points. This is the 12th consecutive C Division title for ACS(I).
The top four teams – ACS(I), Saints, Raffles Institution and Bedok Town – all received their medals and trophies at the end of the game but perhaps they should create a special prize next year for the players who score against ACS(I) next year. There certainly aren’t many of them.
Try scorers:
ACS(I): Md Rossafiq (1), Daniel Chong (1), Jay Koh (1), James Morgan (2), Winson Yung (1), Joey Wee (1)
Other results:
3rd/4th placing game: RI 37 Bedok Town 7
does anyone know where to look for pictures RI VS BTSS?
To devil,
Uncle Les is right to correct ridzy cos in 1975, RI DID NOT win the title. Going by account, no one did. It was a draw. Do you understand that a draw means NO one has won?
So who hasnt got a clue as to what he is arguing about, LOL!!!
Yea rdm, I agree with you.
Hence, what can we say, but ACS takes that honour, having won 6 g-slam, compared to Raffles 4, and Saints 2.
this is damn stupid. i swear. who cares who really won the grand slam. the sch that wins the most deserves that right, anw. just saying..
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devil says: ” guess there’s no point arguing with someone who hasn’t got a clue as to what he’s arguing about.”
…hell knows no fury like the devil’s scorn.
lucifer thought he could be God, what you thinking devil?
Beware the judgement!
sigh…devil of the most ‘unsaintly’ kind, you have just manifested your condescending arrogance in the above statement.
This site has been the mainstay of school sports for some time, and uncle Les and his team have done a great job.
Thou not erudite, they have provided very current, informative and interesting news.
Theres no need for snide sideswipes. If anyone is not happy with the posts, editorial, wudever…they shld just ‘get thee behind’…
Uncle Les’ article : “ACSI won the A and B Division titles this year and became the first school in Singapore school history to hold the A, B and C titles in a single calendar year." , is NOT erroneous.
ACSI is indeed the 1st school to solely and wholly own 3 titles in a calender year. Can ri or saints claim that?
Joint IS NOT exclusive 1st!
Btw, I am not a clever manipulator of words,jus an innocent ‘punter’
I humbly submit I cant hold a candle to many concerning my condescension.
ACSI doesnt breed arrogance in as much as the other schools are similarly guilty of.
To ?:
I get flamed if I cover or don’t cover a certain sport and so either way, someone gets upset 🙂 It’s alright. It comes with the territory.
I just take the blows and continue. That’s life.
If you can illuminate us as to how a joint-title holder is equal to an outright title holder, I am sure all readers of this thread will be happy to hear it.
I am no rugby expert and so am happy to be corrected by readers. I set this site up so folks can jump in and shed some light on what’s happening out there. I do not know it all.
I predict nxt yr’s final will be a better one(more competitive-abt the same skill lvl for both side which akes it a more tougher final) to watch…i m sure im not gonna miss it…
it just disgusts me to see all the people flaming each other, and even condemning the guys at redsports. i think many people who visit this site have become complacent and have morphed into a bunch of unappreciative and immature children. rugby was supposed to be played by gentlemen. totally a lack of this behaviour here. i get the feeling that they would rather not see anything news on their sport. les, i think you should just stop covering rugby considering all the hoo-ha it causes everytime there is a story, will save you a lot of time.
I guess there’s no point arguing with someone who hasn’t got a clue as to what he’s arguing about. Have a good day les.