Friday, March 25th, 2011 — Results this week have determined the final four for the semi-finals of the B Division Rugby Championship.

St Joseph’s Institution beat Greenridge 12-5 earlier this week on Monday March 21 to ensure that they grabbed fourth place in Group A. Only the top four qualify for the semi-finals.

SJI will face powerhouses Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in the semi-finals. ACS(I) have sealed top spot in the group with an unbeaten 7-0 win-loss record while SJI finished the first round with a 3-1-3 record.

In a game played today, Friday, March 25, St Andrew’s Secondary beat Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 46-0 to lock up second place in the group. The Saints, who finish the first round with a 6-1 win-loss record, will again take on the ACS (Barker Road) boys who finish their season with a 4-1-2 record.

Raffles Institution (5th; 2-2-3), Greenridge (6th; 2-5), Pioneer and Junyuan Secondary, the bottom four teams of Group A, will now face the top two of Groups B and C in the Plate quarter-final knockout round. Evergreen Secondary (4-0) topped Group B with Damai Secondary (3-1) finishing second to them. In Group C, Admiralty finished top (3-0) with Unity Secondary second (2-1).

The team that can make it through all the way to the final and win will capture the Plate championship. The losing team in this knockout stage will play in a round-robin bowl competition that has been set up to give the schools more rugby playing time.

The first semi-final between ACS(I) and SJI will kick off at 3.15pm on Thursday, March 31st, at CCAB, That game will be followed by the second semi-final between ACS(BR) and St Andrew’s Secondary.

Plate quarter-final fixtures

National B Division Rugby Championship – full fixtures and results

Group A
Group B
Group C

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