Our Montfortian Giants thrashed Evergreen Secondary 21-10 on Friday 22nd Feb at Evergreen Secondary.
In front of a boisterous home crowd, our Montfort Rugby warriors silenced the home team when Captain Low Feng Hua scored the first try of the match. The try was duly converted by Vice-Captain Ng Song Yu. Two more tries were scored and converted to seal a great victory.
Playing a high tempo pressing game, our Montfortian Giants blunted the much-vaunted Evergreen forward pack. The Evergreen pack boasted a national under-16 player who was a menace. But our Montfortian Giants were able to deal with the Evergreen threat with a series of hard-hitting tackles and no nonsense rucking.
Two more tries were scored by Montfort to seal the fate of Evergreen. Feng Hua scored his second try to add to Benjamin Matchap's first-half try.
This was a game that saw our Montfort Giants brave the hostile home crowd who had berated our school with chanting that is best left unwritten. But being true gentlemen, our boys swept aside such negativity and charged forward with great passion to do the school proud.
A point to note that our Giants played well because they played with their hearts, aims and hopes as ONE!
The pre-match talk led by Mr Vincent Toh and pre-match prayer led by Mr Vincent Yong certainly got our players focussed on the task at hand. Pacing the touchlines, Head Coach Mr Kelvin and teachers Mr Toh, Mr Yong and Mr Singh continued to keep our Montfortian spirits up. This four-man partnership are always there to support our Montfortian Giants - They are truly Men For Others.
Remember gentlemen - Our Hearts, Our Hopes and Our Aims Are One.
We dedicate our victory to God without whom we would not be able to overcome the hostile environment and a technically-gifted team like Evergreen.
Our next match will be against our fellow Catholic brothers SJI at SJI on Tuesday. SJI has a long and proud rugby tradition. We must respect them and they are well-led by teachers who very passionate about the game. Their head coach is also a respected veteran in the coaching scene. It promises to be a cracking match. Montfortian supporters are more than welcome to the match. The match kicks off at 4.30pm.
To God Be The Glory!
