Results of the SRU-SCNRA U15 Zonal 15 A Side Tournament 2015

1st round kicks off with North v South&East. Great start for the South&East side as they dominate the match 44-14.

2nd round saw West going against the North. Great start for the West zone team winning the match 59-10. Great effort to the North side for putting up a good fight in the 2nd half of both their matches.

Final round - We had the South&East Zone and the West Zone gunning for Top spot! It was anyone's game with a score less 1st half. And in the 2nd half, South&East scored the first Try of the game, but just after 5min, West came back with a Try, score stands at 7-7. West continued their forward momentum and score their 2nd Try, but again the opposite replied back with their 2nd Try as well to tie the scores again at 12 all. With few minutes to go, a mistake from the South&East side provided a Penalty kick opportunity, and the West took that opportunity, scored stands 15-12. With just the final min to go, again mistake by the South&East saw West putting in their 3rd and final Try plus a successful conversion. Full time score West 22 - 12 South.

Final Standings

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1st - West Zone

2nd - South&East Zone

3rd - North Zone

Well done to all teams, players, coaches and the support from all schools!

We would like to thank all schools for the support to the program and we look forward to the next SRU-SCNRA Zonal, in Sept where we will have the U14s SRU-SCNRA Zonal.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Standard Chartered Bank for their continous support to youth rugby in Singapore. Up next for the SCNRA, will be the NRA U18/U19 15s Mid-Year Program; the NRA U15/U16 7s Program and NRA U20 7s Program in preparation for the JB 7s Carnival and U20 Asia 7s Championships. So do keep a look out for more latest news and updates!

All the best to all National Schools C Division teams in preparation for the tournament!!

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SRU-SCNRA U15 Zonal 15 A Side Tournament 2015

As part of our initiative to create more competitive rugby environment for students in Secondary Schools; Singapore Rugby Union and Standard Chartered National Rugby Academy re-organizing the SRU-SCNRA Under 15 - 15 a side Zonal Tournament 2015. 

In the past, the tournament grouped schools in four zonal teams to play against one another:
Team North Zone - Schools from North
Team South Zone - Schools from South
Team East Zone - Schools from East
Team West Zone - Schools from West

The tournament was a success then, and this year, we will be bringing back the SRU-SCNRA Zonal(s) Tournament in mid-June (Under 15, Born in 2000) in early-Sept (Under 14, Born in 2001).

This year we have made amendments in the grouping of the zonal teams for both the SRU-SCNRA Zonal(s) Tournament to the following below:

Teams (Zones)	Schools	RDO
North	Montfort / Evergreen / Admiralty / Northbrooks	Rex Wang
South & East	SJI / Peirce / Damai / Jun Yuan	Soh Zi Chun & Ashraf
West	Pioneer / Greenridge / Regent / Bukit Batok	Alvin Ho

Team Profiles:

Team North Zone - Evergreen, Montfort, Northbrooks, Admiraty Secondary. Coached by RDO Rex Wang, and Low Feng Hua.

Team South&East Zone - SJI, Peirce, Damai, JunYuan Secondary. Coaches by RDO Ashraf Nasser, RDO Soh Zi Chun.

Team West Zone - Pioneer, Greenridge, Regent, Bukit Batok Secondary. Coached by RDO Alvin Ho, and Tay Soo Chuan.

Results of the SRU-SCNRA U18 Inter-Tertiary 15 A Side Tournament 2015

1st Round - It was a close encounter for both matches with both Singapore Schools Teams winning their opening matches against Combined ITE and Combined Polytechnic Barbarians. In the 1st match, Singapore Schools B looked to be more dominant side throughout the game, leading the half 5-0, and finished off the game 16-5. In the 2nd match, it was anyone's game with both Singapore Schools A and Combined Polytechnic Barbarians Team putting constant pressure to each other. Heading into the 1st half 7-8 to Singapore Schools A with the lead. In the 2nd half, both teams added in a converted try each, but with Singapore Schools putting in an extra penalty kick to extend the lead 25-21. In the final minutes of the game, flyhalf Joshua Goh (ACS I) from Singapore Schools A attempted a drop goal 25m out and succeeded, extending the lead to 7 points difference, and with the drop goal successful, the full time score stood at 28-21, in favour of Singapore Schools A.

2nd Round - Combined Polytechnic Barbarians got their first win today, where they played against Singapore Schools 'B'. Having lost to these Singapore School's side last year, this year the Poly Barbars came back with a vice versa results on the opposition, putting in 4 tries in the first half and another 4 in the 2nd half, final score Combined Polytechnic Barbarians 48-7 Singapore Schools 'B'. In the other match, Singapore Schools 'A' continues their winning streak, showing why they were the past year's winners, winning their match against the Combined ITE 55-0.

Final Round - Singapore Schools 'A' continued their unbeaten record winning their last match of the tournament against Singapore Schools 'B' 24-8, and crowded Winners of the tournament, 2 years straight! Well done to the players and management team! Having gotten 4th in last year's tournament, the Combined Polytechnic Barbarians took 2nd placing in this years tournament after defeating Combined ITE today.

Regardless of results, well done to all teams for displaying great teamwork, character and fighting spirit! We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Standard Chartered Bank for their continous support to youth rugby in Singapore.

Final Standings

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1st - Singapore Schools A (U18)

2nd - Combined Polytechnic Barbarian

3rd - Singapore Schools A (U18)

4th - Combined ITE U18

Well done to all teams, players, coaches and the support from all schools!

We Are Bringing It Back! (SRU-SCNRA U15 Zonal 15 A Side Tournament 2015)

We are bringing it back! The SRU-SCNRA U15 Zonal 15 a side tournament!

The tournament where different schools from the same zones combine as one to compete against the other zones! The tournament in the past had helped to identify potential/future age group and even national players.

Our current national players who competed in the U15 Zonal during their time: Forwards Alvin Ho, Hasif Azman, Gaspar Tan, Lee ChangYu, and Backs Suhaimi Amran, Nicholas Groen, Samuel Lau, Tiah Nan Hong

Program Fixture

SRU-SCNRA U18 Inter-Tertiary 15 A Side Tournament 2015 (Team Profiles)

The Annual SRU-SCNRA U18 Inter-Tertiary 15 A Side Tournament kicks off on 10th June.

The tournament will also provide the SCNRA to identify potential players for the respective NRA age group programs coming up later this year. The tournament will see different 4 combined teams taking on each other, Singapore Schools A (U18), Singapore Schools B (U16), Combined ITE, Combined Polytechnic Barbarian.

With both Singapore Schools teams taking the top 2 position in last year's tournament, can they retain their titles this year?

Fixtures

Team Profiles:

Singapore Schools U18 and Singapore Schools U16 Team. The Singapore Schools teams are made up of elite players all over singapore and is under the Singapore Schools Sports Council. The teams are assisted by Mr Sidney Kumar from Saint Andrews Secondary School and Mr Romi Musa from Raffles Institution. With the SRU assisting with the coaching, by Standard Chartered Bank Rugby Development Officers Ashraf Nasser and Alvin Ho.

Combined ITE U18 Team. The Team combines ITE College East, ITE College West and ITE College Central together. Having just won the SRU Tertiary 7s recently and overcoming SIM University in the Finals, the team shows that age didn't matter for them. Coach by Head Coach Yazid Rosli, Coach Farij Samsudi and with assistance from SRU's Senior SCRDO Soh Zi Chun. Having gotten 3rd in last year's SRU-SCNRA U18 Inter-Tertiary 15 a side tournament, this year's ITE Team will be looking to continue their high spirited momentum into this tournament.

Combined Polytechnic Barbarians U18 Team. The Team this year brings together players from the Polytechnics, Private and International School. Coming in 4th place last year the team seeks for an improve performance this season. Managed by SCNRA Manager Gaspar Tan along with NRA U19 Head Coach Hadizan and SCRDO Rex Wang.

NRA U16 Select Program 2015

Our NRA Under 16 Select Program ended off in a good note with the team with a winning against Centaurs Under 16, on Saturday 18th April, 25-12. 

The players were selected from Teams in the National School's B Div Bowl and International School. A total of 54 players were shortlisted from 9 secondary schools and 5 international schools to participate in the program.

- Admiralty Secondary School

- Damai Secondary School

- Evergreen Secondary School

- Greenridge Secondary School
- JunYuan Secondary School

- Montfort Secondary School

- Northbrooks Secondary School

- Peirce Secondary School

- Regent Secondary School
- Tanglin Trust School
- Lycée Français de Singapour
- Singapore American School
- UWCSEA (East and West)
- Marlborough College

 The squad underwent training 3 sessions with the first on 11th April, before the final 26 was drafted out on Thursday 16th April.

s/n	Players Name	School	Position	Age
	Forwards
1	Muhammad Shahir	Evergreen	Hooker	16
2	Syed Ashraf	Peirce	Hooker	16
3	Nur Muhammad Azizi	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
4	Abdul Ammar	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
5	Shaik Nabil Basharahil	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
6	Christian Le Touzo	LFS	Prop / Utility	16
7	Boyaval Augustin	LFS	Lock / Utility	16
8	Muhammad Irsyaduddin	Greenridge	Flanker	16
9	Noerzat B Abdullah Sini	Montfort	Flanker / Utility	16
10	Grant Bourdon	UWC East	Flanker / Utility	16
11	Meehan Matthew Patrick	SAS	Flanker / Utility	16
12	Hugh Goovaerts	UWC East	Backrow	16
13	Alan Castillo	LFS	Backrow	16+
	Backs
14	Eberendhu Igwe, Rong Yao	Marlborough	Halfback	16
15	Bradley Paul	SAS	Halfback	16
16	Muhammad Syafawi	Admiralty	Flyhalf	16
17	Riduan B Sulaiman	Evergreen	Flyhalf / Utility	16
18	Wagener Alexis	LFS	Flyhalf / Utility	16
19	Marcus Ng Weii	Montfort	Center / Utility	16
20	Ryan Haines	TTS	Center / Utility	16
21	Raphael Granier	LFS	Winger	16
22	Lionel Tan Yi Hong	Evergreen	Winger	16
23	Isaac Andrew	Montfort	Back 3	16
24	Letard Martin	LFS	Back 3	16
25	Firman Firdaus	Greenridge	Fullback	16
26	Toby Merritt	TTS	Back 3	15

In a 4 session program, the players benefited most from the exposure with players from different schools, cultural, and playing against a Club side.

During the match against Centaurs Under 16, the Select  team showed great character in defense and taking the opportunities to attack when given, and putting in the first try on the game. But with the Centaurs side constantly putting on pressure to the U16 Select defense, Centaurs managed to put back a try just before the half time. Half time score, NRA U16 Select 10-7 Centaurs U16.

In the second half, our Select  team continued their attacking pressure and managed to increase the lead further putting in one Penalty kick and another two tries to the scoreboard. The Centaurs side managed to put in one more try in the final minutes of the game resulting in a 25-12 scoreline to the NRA U16 Select.

At the end of the match, the management presented SCNRA Tshirt to four players, 2 of the best Forwards and Backs for their individual performance.

We would like to thank Centaurs Rugby Club for helping to make the match possible, and we look forward to a continuous relationship to help Rugby in Singapore grow stronger.

(Left to Right) Muhd Azizi from Damai, Riduan Sulaiman from Evergreen, Hugh Goovaerts from UWC E, Ryan Haines from Tanglin Trust.

Here on the Players from the National School's B Div Cup and Plate will be playing their finals matches in their National Schools competition next week before being drafted for the Singapore Schools U16 Squad. And when come year end we look forward to having both squads back for the final NRA U16 Program in Nov. All the best to all players for the remaining tournament and exams to come.

We will like to take this opportunity to thank all the schools and players that participated in the program and Standard Chartered Bank Singapore for their continuous support to Youth Rugby in Singapore!