Story by Jiexin Neo/Red Sports. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Bryan Wong (CJC #24) gets tackled by JJC players. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
Physical Education and Sports Education Branch, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 — Jurong Junior College (JJC) brought down Catholic Junior College (CJC) 17–5 to clinch third in the National A Division Rugby Championship (Plate). They had previously defeated CJC 12–7 in the preliminaries.
Jurong Junior College came in fourth in the Plate Championship last year.
Ian Chai (CJC #12) broke through for an undefended run for the line, but JJC eventually stopped him. Ian then passed off the ball to the right side of the offense, with Bryan Wong (#24) on the run, but JJC’s defence did not budge. They stopped CJC’s runs and took over the possession.
Vivian George (CJC #13) soon had another scoring opportunity, but was brought down close to the try line.
CJC started off well, retaining possession mostly in their offensive half, but JJC were unfazed. JJC capitalized on their defence and gained momentum of the game bit by bit. Their defensive efforts paid off when they converted on a turnover to score the first try. Wayne Tan (#1) broke through for the try and Nixon Lim (#8) converted to make it 7–0.
Thereafter, Wayne (JJC #1) looked to score another try and sprinted for the line, but was brought down by his defenders. He sustained an injury and was substituted by Jia Yunxiang (#23).
Just before halftime, Chia Cheng Da (JJC #11) went ahead of his defenders but CJC caught up and tackled just in time to break his run. JJC took a 7–0 lead going into the halftime break.
A few minutes into second half, JJC earned a penalty but Nixon’s (#8) attempt was off the mark. Thereafter, the lightning alert went off to stop the play.
The second half resumed shortly after. Moments after, CJC had a chance to score through a penalty, but Aaron Chong (#8) failed to convert. JJC continued to make timely tackles to gain possession, and extended their lead to 12–0 when Lee Ke Xian (#13) scored the second try.
CJC then scored their first try of the game when Wong Jun Han (#16) sprinted ahead of all his defenders to touch down (5–12).
Just before the whistle sounded, Benjamin Lim (JJC #5) pushed past the defence to score one for JJC to end the game 17–5 winners.
JJC captain, Wayne (#1), said, “It was a good game. We followed our coaches’ plans and it showed results, and worked well. We came into the game with a winning mentality. It’s a game that we fought in before, and we knew what to improve on compared to the other time, since we already met them in the qualifying round.”
On their season, Wayne added, “At the start it was very good. Once we went into the Plate round, it started going down because we lost to PJ. It was a match that we were looking forward to, a close match that we thought we could have won.”
Scoring by half
JJC vs CJC
1st half: 7–0
2nd half: 10–5 (17–5)
Scorers
JJC
Wayne Tan (#1) – 1 try
Lee Ke Xian (#13) – 1 try
Benjamin Lim (#5) – 1 try
Nixon Lim (#8) – 1 conversion
CJC
Wong Jun Han (#16) – 1 try
Jurong Junior College Roster
Tan Yun Jie Wayne (#1), Sean Ong Zhi Wei (#2), Chua Yujie Edmund (#3), Luthfil Aidiel B Abdul Razak (#4), Lim Chong Zheng Benjamin (#5), Mok Justin (#6), Ryan Ng Young Wei (#7), Lim Jing Zhi Nixon (#8), Lim Wi Yip Damian (#9), Chen Junyao (#10), Chia Cheng Da (#11), Lee Ke Xian (#13), Tan Jun Xue Keith (#14), Swan Htet Oo (#15), Harvind S/O Sekhar (#16), Teo Jia Rui Jerry (#17), Colin Tay Ming Yi (#18), Brandon Chua (#19), Ruben Ramani (#20), Chua Yue Yang Jovan (#21), Chia Ang Shen (#22), Jia Yunxiang (#23), Beh Choon Hao Timothy (#24), Glen Lee Yi Feng (#25), Eldric Foo Fang Xun (#26), Rajdave Singh (#27), Ye Lin Htay (#28), Chew Wei Jie Jeremy (#29)
Catholic Junior College Roster
Timothy Lim Kiak Hwee (#1), Ken Tan Kai Yao (#2), Lee Kai Shuen Royce (#3), Alun Wilfrid Winn (#4), Justin Randall Durnford (#5), Tan Jian Hong Benjamin (#7), Joshua Tan Jia Xuan (#8), Aaron Marc Chong Kia Wee (#9), Darren Tan Qin Yuan (#10), Prashin Jeevaganth (#11), Chai Jie Ian (#12), Vivian George (#13), Timothy Joseph Thong Wai Hong (#14), Oen Weng Hoong Jeremy (#15), Wong Jun Han (#16), Pun Ze Yong (#17), Justin Julius Chu Qijie (#18), Ewan Morrison Yung Zhen Feng (#19), Ethan Leong Tian Sheng (#20), Nicolas Koh Jun Kit (#21), Patt Wei Zheng Dylan (#22), Lum Yi Cheng Jerome Matthaeus (#23), Bryan Wong Zheng Kang (#24), Muhamad Khair B Mas’od (#25), Lim Yen Hng Kennard (#26), Yong You Liang Joben (#27)
National A Division Boys Rugby Championship — Fixtures and Results
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