C Div Match Report 5: Montfort vs SAS

For the second successive match, the Montfort C Div Rugby Lions came up against one of the powerhouses of schools rugby and were humbled.

The Saint Andrew's rugby powerhouse smashed the Montfort C Div Rugby Lions 71-8 in an awesome display of aggressive rugby on Friday 31st July.

This was Montfort's first defeat in the 2009 C Division 2nd Round campaign and it was big loss that says that Montfort still has a long way to go before we can be regarded as a serious rugby school.

Saint Andrew's has invested heavily in an impressive coaching panel, headed by Saints Old Boy Gene Tong, and are well-supported by their Principal and HOD PE. Saint Andrew's is truly the benchmark for schools rugby in Singapore.

In today's match, Saint Andrew's had raced to an unassailable 45-3 lead by half-time with seven tries and five conversions.

Saints continued to rack up the tries with an addiitional four tries and three conversions during the second-half to make it 71-8. Montfort's only points were scored through a first half penalty kick by captain courageous Mohd Shamir and a second-half try by twinkle-toes winger Syahiran.

Despite the heavy defeat, the coaching panel of Euan, Feng Hua and Song You felt that Alvin Yap and Dominic Daniel put up a brave performance in the forwards and backline respectively and were duly named Man-of-The-Match.

Scorers (Montfort):
Tries: 01 (Syahiran)
Conversions: Nil

Penalty Goal: 01 (Mohd Shamir)

Props: Matthew Ho and Alvin Yap
Hooker: Lewis Syn
Locks: Zulhilman and Kenny Lee
Flankers: Eugene and Chinakrit
No 8: Kang Dong Wan
Scrum Half: Jonathan Goh
Fly-Half: Mohd Shamir
Centres: Kirish and Ivan Lim
Wingers: Mohd Syahiran and Randell Toh
Full-Back: Dominic Daniel
Sub: Balvinder

Friday July 31st at Saint Andrew's School Rugby Field, 445pm
Ref: Kelvin Lee (Singapore Rugby Union Referees)
H/T: 45-3 SAS
Yellow Card: Nil
Red Card: Nil

Attending Teachers-in-Charge: Mr Yong

Statistics from Montfort Rugby C Div Round 1

Montfort Rugby C Div Round 1

Played: 4 (3 Away Venues, 1 Neutral)
Won: 3
Loss: 1

Points Scored: 164
Points Conceded: 89
Differential: +75

Total Tries Scored: 28
Top Try Scorer: Shamir (6 Tries)
Total Individual Try Scorers: 13 Players scored at least one try during round 1.

Possible Conversions: 28
Actual Conversions: 12
% Successful Conversions: 42.86%

Top Conversions Scorer: Shamir (6 Conversions)
Total Conversion Scorers: 4 Players converted at least one try during round 1.

Man-of-the-Match Awards (Forwards): Azhar, Fakhrul (2), Chinakrit.
Man-of-the-Match Awards (Backs): Syahiran, Shamir, Zech Wong, Ivan.

Red Card: Nil
Yellow Card: Nil

Injury (Hospitalisation): Nil

Teachers-in-charge Attendance: Miss Rashidah (4 Matches), Miss Jennifer (2 Matches), Mr Yong (1 Match), Mr Singh (1 Match).

C Div Match Report 4: Montfort vs ACSI

The ACSI rugby juggernaut steamrolled the Montfort C Div Rugby Lions 84-0 in an awesome display of pride, power and passion on Saturday 25th July.

This was Montfort's first defeat in the 2009 C Division campaign and it was heavy defeat that clearly illustrated the wide gap in rugby development between the two all-boys school.

ACSI has invested heavily in the right coaches and are well-supported by their Senior Adminstration in many ways.

By half-time, ACSI had raced to an unassailable 40-0 lead. The match was called off at the 55th minute mark when ACSI crossed the whitewash to make it 84-0, hence invoking the 80-point mercy rule.

Despite the heavy defeat, the coaching panel (minus Coach Euan who was away) felt that centre Ivan Lim put up a brave performance in the midfield was duly named Man-of-The-Match.

Scorers (Montfort):

Tries: Nil

Conversions: Nil

Props: Matthew Ho and Alvin Yap

Hooker: Lewis Syn

Locks: Fakhrul and Azhar

Flankers: Eugene and Chinakrit

No 8: Kenny Lee

Scrum Half: Harry Stokes

Fly-Half: Mohd Shamir

Centres: Zech Wong and Ivan Lim

Wingers: Mohd Syahiran and Randell Toh

Full-Back: Dominic Daniel

Saturday July 25th at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Rugby Field, 10am

Ref: Marius Franken (Singapore Rugby Union Referees)

H/T: 40-0 ACSI

Yellow Card: Nil

Red Card: Nil

Attending Teachers-in-Charge: Miss Rashidah and Miss Jennifer

Photos courtesy of ACSI Parent Volunteer Mr Richard

C Div Match Report 3: Montfort vs Peirce

The Montfort Rugby Lions C Div team notched up an impressive away win against Peirce Secondary on Thursday 23rd July.

Nine tries were scored in a one-sided match that saw starting debuts for four Sec 1 players.

This was the C Div third successive win on the trot and maintained the 100% winning record for the 2009 season.

Fielding mostly a Sec 1 team, Montfort opened the scoring with prop Matthew Ho. Although not firing on all cylinders, the team still led 20-0 at half-time before coming out even more determined to make it 51-0 by the final whistle. Obviously the half-time talk jolted the players into a ruthless streak against a Peirce team that tackled their hearts out.

Once again, goal-kicking was an area of concern as only three out of the nine tries (33% success rate) were converted by our dead-ball specialists.

The coaching panel - Euan Morrison, Low Feng Hua and Ng Song Yu - named second-row lock Fakhrul as the Forward-of-The-Match while rampaging centre Zech Wong was voted as Back-of-The-Match.

Match referee Rohit controlled the match with his usual calm and composed demeanour.

Scorers:
Tries: Dominic (2), Matthew Ho, Chinakrit, Azhar, Musli, Mohd Shamir, Lewis Syn, Ivan Lim.
Conversions: Mohd Shamir (2), Dominic

Montfort Rugby Lions vs Peirce
Props: Matthew Ho and Alvin Yap
Hooker: Solomon Soh
Locks: Fakhrul and Azhar
Flankers: Balvinder and Chinakrit
No 8: Kang Dong Wan
Scrum Half: Harry Stokes
Fly-Half: Clement Yeo
Centres: Zech Wong and Ivan Lim
Wingers: Mohd Syahiran and Randell Toh
Full-Back: Musli
Subs (Used): Jonathan Goh, Eugene Sito, Lewis Syn, Sean Ang, Zulhilman, Mohd Shamir, Dominic.

Thursday July 23rd at Peirce Secondary School Field, 445pm
Ref: Rohit Singh (Singapore Rugby Union Referees)
H/T: 20-0 Montfort
Yellow Card: 01 (Peirce)
Red Card: Nil

Attending Teachers-in-Charge: Miss Rashidah and Mr Vincent Yong

C Div Match Report 2: Montfort vs Bukit Batok

Montfort Rugby Lions ran in fourteen tries in a convincing display against Bukit Batok at Saints Village on Monday.

True to form, the C Div captain, Mohd Shamir opened the try fest with a well-worked move.

Taking the cue from their captain, Montfort piled on the hapless Bukit Batok team and by half-time were leading 67-0.

Fifteen minutes into the second-half, Montfort hit the magical point mark with a converted try that brought the score to 86-0. The game was ended at the 45th minute mark as part of the "mercy rule" in force for the schools rugby that ends a match when it crosses the 80 point mark.

Match referee Rohit Singh policed the match well and had a firm grip on the proceedings and the clean record of the match was a testimony to his fine handling of the match.

Eight of the fourteen tries (57% success rate) were converted by the Montfort dead-ball specialists. The lack of goal-kicking options is still a source of worry for the coaching panel in the coming weeks.

The coaching panel named Mohd Shamir as the Man-of-The-Match while the battling openside flanker Chinakrit was voted as Forward-of-The-Match.

Scorers:
Tries: Dominic (3), Mohd Shamir (2), Ivan (2), Dong Wan, Syahiran, Chinakrit, Alvin, Eugene, Zech, Balvinder
Conversions: Dominic (3), Shamir (3), Lewis and Harry.

Montfort Rugby Lions vs Bukit Batok
Props: Matthew Ho and Alvin Yap
Hooker: Lewis Syn
Locks: Fakhrul and Azhar
Flankers: Eugene Sito and Chinakrit
No 8: Kang Dong Wan
Scrum Half: Harry Stokes
Fly-Half: Mohd Shamir (C)
Centres: Kirish Deepan and Ivan Lim
Wingers: Mohd Syahiran and Randell Toh
Full-Back: Dominic Daniel
Subs (Used): Zech Wong, Balvinder Singh, Matthias Wong, Clement Yeo, Jonathan Goh, Solomon, Kenny Lee, Sean Ang, Zulhilman, Ryan Tai, Musli

Monday July 20th at Saint Andrew's School Field, 33opm
Ref: Rohit Singh (Singapore Rugby Union Referees)
H/T: 67-0 Montfort
Yellow Card: Nil
Red Card: Nil

Attending Teachers-in-Charge: Miss Rashidah and Miss Jennifer

C Div Match Report 1: Montfort vs Damai

Montfort C Div Rugby Lions smashed Damai Secondary 27-5 at Damai on Thursday afternoon.

The Montfort C Div Rugby Boys were leading 10-5 at half-time.

Captain Mohd Shamir led from the front by opening the try scoring after wonderfully worked move. Damai then drew level before hooker Lewis Syn scored a try to make it a tight tense first half which saw both sides probably rusty due to the enforced CCA closure caused by the H1N1 virus these past three weeks.

After a half-time pep-talk by the coaches and teachers, Montfort Rugby Lions roared back with a vengence.

In the second-half, Shamir added two more tries before flanker Chinakrit added a fifth try to seal the match in the final five minutes of the match.

Match referee Kelvin Lee policed the breakdown well and had a firm grip on the game and the single yellow card was a testimony to his firm handling of the match.

Only one of the five tries were converted by Shamir. The lack of goal-kicking options is bound to worry the coaching panel in the coming weeks.

The coaching panel named Syahiran as the Man-of-The-Match while the 2nd row partnership of Azhar and Fakhrul were voted as Forwards-of-The-Match.

Scorers:
Tries: Mohd Shamir (3), Lewis Syn, Chinakrit
Cons: Mohd Shamir (1)

Montfort Rugby Lions vs Damai
Props: Matthew Ho and Alvin Yap
Hooker: Lewis Syn
Locks: Fakhrul and Azhar
Flankers: Eugene Sito and Chinakrit
No 8: Kang Dong Wan
Scrum Half: Harry Stokes
Fly-Half: Mohd Shamir (C)
Centres: Kirish Deepan and Ivan Lim
Wingers: Mohd Syahiran and Randell Toh
Full-Back: Dominic Daniel
Subs (Used): Kenny Lee and Jonathan Goh

Thursday July 16th at Damai Secondary School Field, 4.45pm
Ref: Kelvin Lee (Singapore Rugby Union Referees)
H/T: 10-5 Montfort
Yellow Card: 01 (Damai Secondary)

Red Card: Nil

Attending Teachers-in-Charge: Miss Rashidah and Mr Singh

C Div 2009 Kicks Off & C Div Competition Squad

The Goh Keng Swee Shield (Extreme Right) .... The C Div Pinnacle of Schools Rugby

The much anticipated Rugby C Div Tournament will finally kick off on Thursday 16th July.

Montfort will be playing away against Damai. Kick-off 4.45pm.

Our 2nd match in the 1st Round will be against Bukit Batok on 20th July at SAS.

On 23rd July, we will be up against Pierce at their home ground.

We complete our first round fixures with visit to ACSI on 25th July.

The C Div Competition Squad:

Matthew Ho Weijie 2AA
Syn Jun Hao Lewis 2E1
Yap Chiu Peng Alvin 2A1
Kang Dong Wan 2E3
Chua Chinnakrit 1A1
Dominic Daniel Kumar 2E2
Mohd Shamir B Mohd R 2AB
Kirish Deepan Jagadeesan 2E4
Lim Zhi Wei Ivan Irwan 2E3
Toh Randell Emmanuel 2E3
Lee Xian Hui 2AA
Eugene Sito You Cheng 2E3
Azhar B Mohd Noor Azrin 1E4
Harrison John Stokes 1E3
R Zuhilman B Mohamad Zaher 2E4
Mohamad Syahiran B Mohamad J 1A1
Fakhrul Izzat B Mohamed H 1A1
Muhammad Muslihuddin B Omar 1E3
Soh Xue Hui Solomon 1E3
Tai Ryan 1E4
Balvinder Singh s/o Surender Singh 1A1
Ong Jie Sheng Justin 1E1
Choo Yi Cong Adrian 1AA
Jonathan Goh Cheng Leong 1AB
Yeo Clement 1AB
Zechariah Wong An Yi 1E4
Matthias Bennett Wong Tse S 1A2
Sean Ang Jian Jie 1E4