Story and picture by reader Adnan Mohd Taip
SAJC, Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Montfort Secondary played a well-controlled game to beat Jurong Secondary 26-8 in the National Under-17 Rugby Plate Championship.
The game looked like it would be a closely fought match with Jurong slotting home a drop goal in the early part of the match to go ahead 3-0. But immediately after the 3 points, Montfort struck back after poor tackling by Jurong gave them a chance to score a try down the wing to go ahead 5-3.
A determined Jurong fought bravely back and camped in Montfort’s half for close to 15 minutes. Unfortunately, Jurong’s decision to play a kicking game denied them a chance to retain possession to gain points. Eventually, excellent defending by Montfort led to a turnover ball and a breakaway try by their huge out-center Fenghua (#8) for a 12-3 lead. With confidence growing, Montfort quickly added a simple try and conversion just before the end of the half for a commanding 19-3 lead.
When many would have wrote Jurong off at the end of the first half, the men in black proved that they still had something in the bag. Again they dominated possession and territory but kicking the ball out of hand did not help them convert their chances. A 5 meter scrum from the Montfort line was the closest the team had to score a try. Their persistence eventually paid off when they scored another elusive try through a well-rehearsed forward move to cut Montfort’s lead to 19-8.
Nearing the end of the game, Montfort wanted to end on a high. The team piled on the pressure, causing Jurong to give away penalties in their 22. It was from one of these penalties that Montfort’s huge out-center managed to rumble over the line and score the last try of the game under the post. With a 26-8 lead, Montfort held on comfortably till the end of the game.
N.B. If you recognise yourself or your teammates, please leave your name in the comments section and we’ll update the captions. Thanks.
wow..first time in my life to appear in the news! haha
oh! by the way Winger is me and gerald is Out center
Diao ???
LOLS ! xD
Who is junwei ???
diao so many ppl write stupid thing
and de first pic is gerald not lucas thanks ! xD
who is les?
les owns this site.
nice one songyu ^^v
It’s shocking to read about a rugby player gloating over the fact that his team managed to injure his opponents.
A montfort rugby player put this in his blog regarding the Jurong game:
“overall , we injured them a neck and a headshot !”
we r pround 2 b in the pictures….we should train harder n give all out….never let our sch n teachers down…never give up….continue 2 train hard guys…..
To the person who impersonated Uncle Leslie to post a comment here, please grow up. You are behaving like an immature child, hiding behind some other people’s nickname, not even having the guts to express your views using your own name.
Your IP address has been logged and will be monitored. If you repeat such childish actions again we will ban you from this site. Period.
Your comment has been deleted and nobody will ever get to see your views and feelings.
LOLS ! xD
Who is les ???
why i’m not inside ? nevermind ,
thanks photographer !
Lols …
Thanks who ever who wrote this and the pictures.
Montfortian GIANTS.
If You Believe It
You Will See It
the guy on our pic is not our “number 8” but our fly-off but he’s too proud to change his jersy only know one number 8 8 8
1st picture (Lucas lee prop through the defense line)
3rd picture ( Jason hong ) trying to stop the guy from breaking through
4th picture ( captain #8 feng hua breaking through)
Last picture ( Jason hong holding on #21 . Kian hao trying to rip the ball out.
#8’s name is Fenghua. Prop is Lucas. Winger is Gerald.