Story By Jiexin Neo/Red Sports. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports and REDintern Soh Jun Wei
Montfort players tackling Ian Tan (#8) of Bukit Batok. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
Physical Education and Sports Education Branch, Thursday, March 13, 2014 — Bukit Batok Secondary came back strongly in the second half to tie 29–29 with Montfort Secondary in a final group game of the National B Division Rugby Championship.
Issac Andrew (#31) of Montfort scored a try early on in the game. Subsequently, a second try saw Montfort go 10–0 up.
Alvin Ter (#16) of Bukit Batok later made it past Montfort’s back line to score the first try for his team. Muhammad Irfan (#10) then added a second try to tie things up 10–10.
However, Marcus Ng (#10) scored two more tries to give Montfort a comfortable 24–14 lead going into the break.
Marcus (#10) scored his third try in the second half, allowing Montfort to pull away to 29–14.
However, good team effort from Bukit Batok spurred a comeback with 15 unanswered points. Alvin (#16) broke through with his speed for another try, and Ian Tan (#8) added another. Irfan (#10) also made his conversions count and scored a penalty to make it a 29–29 tie.
Montfort and Bukit Batok both had a 0–3 win-loss record before this game. Both teams did not enter the semi-finals.
Bukit Batok captain, Adriel (#1), said, “This match is our best by far this season. It is everyone’s combined efforts. I guess our lineouts were good, as we pretty much won most of them. I think we did well as a team.”
Montfort captain, Arvin (#66), said, “We did okay this game, it was better than our last three matches. I think we have a lot to improve on and we will work towards the Bowl Championship next year.”
Scoring by Period
Bukit Batok vs Montfort
First half: 14–24
Second half: 15–5 (29–29)
Final score: 29–29
Top Scorers
Bukit Batok
Alvin Ter (#16) – 2 tries
Muhammad Irfan (#10) – 1 try
Ian Tan (#8) – 1 try
Montfort
Marcus Ng (#10) – 3 tries
Issac Andrew (#31) – 1 try
Bukit Batok Secondary Roster
Adriel Goh Bing De (#1), Dzulfiqry Bin Zahari (#2), Yee Kai Damien (#5), Lithium Fang Li (#6), Muhammad Dzuhair B Abdul Rahim (#7), Ian Tan Jun Heng (#8), Lim Seow Chong (#9), Muhammad Irfan Syafiq B M K (#10), Shawn Seah Wei Kiat (#11), Muhammad Sajahan B Abdul Talib (#12), Muhammad Haniff B Rosli (#13), Edward Philip Torreta Monteagudo (#14), Chua Rui Heng (#16), Alvin Ter Zi Sheng (#16), Zachary Hua (#17), Ali Akbar Khan B (#18), Haziq Irfan B Effandi (#19), Adrain Quek Jun Jiang (#21), Amir Hamzah B Yusoff (#22), Kim Por (#23)
Montfort Roster
Hkabil B Azmi (#1), Noer Zat B Abdullah Saini (#2), Zulhijan Afiq B Zulkifle (#3), Vivek Ram Mahendra Kennedy (#4), Husain Murtuza Topiwala (#6), Mohammad Ryan Tan (#7), Zahid B Mohamad Noor Azrin (#8), Marcus Ng Weii (#10), Tio Yi Teng Jerome (#12), Gerald Goh Shu Min (#13), Chinnarat Chua (#15), Rystraum Mosquerra Bornilla (#16), Tan Min Wei Daryl (#17), Haneef Arshad Ahamed (#21), Vishanth (#22), Isaac Andrew (#31), Arvin Mok Kok Ming (#66), Qays Martin Johari, Gerald Cheng Chu Xiang, Danial Irfan B Zulkifli
2014 National B Division Rugby Championship — Fixtures and Results
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Are there anymore pictures for this match?
Hi Dini. That’s all we had time to put up.
Last photo, the handsome montfort player is called hkabil (1)
Hi, thanks for pointing that out! I’ve updated the player’s name 🙂
Clara
Adriel Goh Bing De (#1), Dzulfiqry Bin Zahari (#2), Yee Kai Damien (#5), Chua Rui Heng (#6), Muhammad Dzuhair B Abdul Rahin (#7), Ian Tan Jun Heng (#8), Lim Seow Chong (#9), Shawn Seah Wei Kiat (#11), Muhammad Sajahan B Abdul Talib (#12), Muhammad Haniff B Rosli (#13), Edward Philip Torreta Monteagudo (#14), Zachary Hua (#17), Ali Akbar Khan B (#18), Haziq Irfan B Effandi (#19), Adrain Quek Jun Jiang (#21), Amir Hamzah Bin Yusoff (#22), Alvin Ter Zi Sheng (#23)
Hi there, thanks so much for the names.
Jiexin
#13 bbss received a yellow card
Hi, thanks for the info.
Jiexin