An ACS(I) player goes for a runaway ball … (Photo 3 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
… but is tackled before he gets possession of it. (Photo 4 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Instead, Samuel Goh (RI #15) picks up the loose ball. (Photo 5 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
It’s two ACS(I) players against Samuel Goh (RI #15). (Photo 6 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
A tussle for the ball. (Photo 7 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
A Raffles player rides the tackle of the ACS(I) #9. (Photo 8 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
An ACS(I) playerhands off the ball before he is taken down. (Photo 9 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Maverick Lim (RI #12) trying to break free from his opponent’s grasp. (Photo 10 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
The ball pops loose from under a pile of players. (Photo 11 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Chong Chi (RI #14) came close to scoring a try but was brought down just before he could. (Photo 12 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Samuel Goh (RI #15) comes in to support his teammate as he is taken down by an ACS(I) player. (Photo 13 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
A Raffles player pushing his way through two ACS(I) opponents. (Photo 14 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Park Chang Kyu (RI #11) takes a penalty kick but misses this attempt. (Photo 15 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
A yellow card for a Raffles player for putting hand to the head of an ACS(I) player. Some ACS(I) supporters questioned why it wasn’t a red, especially after Evandy (#8) was red-carded for a dangerous offense earlier in the game which tipped the balance of game. (Photo 16 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Raffles players are elated after winning the C Division title from ACS(I). (Photo 17 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Emotions run high after the match … (Photo 18 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
… while hands grab hold of the Raffles flag. (Photo 19 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Raffles players and students alike gathering around the school flag to sing the school song. (Photo 20 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
N.B. Let us know the names of the players in the photos and we’ll update the captions. Thanks.
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pictures 5,6 and 13 are Samuel Goh (RI #15) while picture 10 is Maverick Lim (RI #12)
Thanks for the name updates.
sorry… but maverick lim is in picture 10. not picture 12. the person in picture 12 is chong chi (ri #14)
Thanks for the correction.
raffles lineup
1. Dean
2. Marcel
3. Wei meng
4. Zong sheng
5. Yi shu
6. Edgar
7. Syahid
8. Wei shern
9. Zong-rui
10.Kyle
11.Chang kyu
12.Maverick
13.Afiq
14.Chong Chi
15.Samuel
Thanks for the Raffles lineup.
congrats to the Saints in RI Team, and well done to the Saints in ACSi team.
#12 got sent-off for pushing ACSI #9’s face. Wasn’t a punch DUDE. dun believe me, ask the stadium(:
Try scorer is a lock no. 8 Ho Yi Shu
Thanks for the correction.
So nice to get these sorts of corrections that just state the facts.
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welcome to raffles domination.
there isn’t gonna be a domination. there will be a better contest from raffles from now on but definitely no domination. acsi have been marvellous champs and they will be back. saints too will rebuild and bounce back. such is sports, win some lose some.
the best way to decide true champ is to have a 2 tier competition. elite and novice. in the elite comp, you have ri, acsi, saints, barker, sji & pioneer. play each other twice. top of table is champ. bottom gets demoted. winner of novice gets promoted.
@colonel: go and imagine it urself. this one not rugby 6nation, division1,2,3,4,5,6,76,7,8,8,9,90,,00,,,,4,wer,erwt,e,reag,evw
lol RI beat ac twice in this season. still champ wads the diff. anw sports need some luck dude
In reference to 5th photo from the end: RI player was not yellow carded for a punch. He pushed away an ACSi player who tried to get the ball away from him. It was not an aggressive act. However, the push happened to be on the head of the ACSi player. The offense was probably more for time wasting. Video evidence is available.
Your comment made the player and the sport of rugby ugly. It’s the same old way that the media tries to sensationalize events. Pls make sure to understand the sport before turning it into a circus. There are too many times when a good tackle becomes a dirty play just because an uninformed observer who doesnt understand the game thinks it’s wrong.
Also, as to wether the RI player should have been red carded: there was 7 mins left in the game when the incident occurred. A yellow card means you’re out of the game for 10mins. A red card means you cannot re-enter the game. Therefore, either a red or yellow card makes no difference at all. You could have even sent him to solitary confinement in Changi Prison. 7 mins was all there was left.
well said. It was indeed not an act of aggression and it is the media that has given this beautiful sport a bad name and blown things out of proportion. I am proud that our boys have stood up to this test of character and strength to immerge victors fairly. 14 years was a long wait, but no more, Raffles shall dominate the Singapore Rugby once again.
As usual, we always welcome people to provide corrections for captions or story points.
You tell us, we correct it.
We are quite far from giving the sport of rugby a bad name. That is not our intention. If we wanted to sensationalise it, we would have put that photo up front, big and centre, and the headline would also be quite different.
And the subtler rules of rugby is not exactly the most obvious or easy to understand to the average student volunteer reporter who hasn’t grown up watching the game.
State the fact, save the attack.
And you can always write your own story: http://redsports.sg/tell-your-story/
At Red Sports, we welcome it. We don’t get many volunteers to cover rugby cos not many understand the sport.
Every year, we struggle to find volunteers for rugby. Much easier to get volunteers for the other team sports so far.
You send it, we post it.
It wasn’t a push. It was a slap. The referee was biased.
yes it was. RI should have dominated the game with score 20+ – o… ref biased…
Please note Raffles #2 is Marcel Low. He was not elbowed but was lift tackle and thrown to the field. This is not allow, the tackler must hold on to him and fall together.
Thanks
Fixed. Thanks for the correction.
Ri no 2 who was injured was Marcel low, no such player as rafik