SAJC
IS POLICE CUP CHAMPION 2006
In
a hard fought match, SAJC comes from behind to beat Raffles
JC 15-10.
Straits Times May 18,
2006
Saints
go marching in, after 17 years
ST ANDREW'S Junior College won their first rugby title in 17
years, defeating Raffles Junior College 15-10 in the Schools
National A Division final yesterday. With the score tied 10-10,
Saints' Alex Tan scored the winning try. Seconds later, the
referee blew the final whistle, prompting over 1,000 Saints
supporters to race onto the field at the Home Team Academy.
Saints' Malcolm Oh converted a penalty to open the scoring.
RJC raced to 10-3 (tries by John Wisnioski and Ong Zhehan) with
only six minutes to play. But Saints levelled through a try
by captain Khairul Hilmi and a conversion by Malcolm.
Said Alex: 'I'm on Cloud Nine. I thought we were going to lose
but we never gave up, even till the last minute.'
Khairul added: 'RJC were the tournament favourites and ACJC
were the defending champions. We kept going against them and
beat them both.'
It was disappointment for RJC, who were cheered on by Tan Jun
Ren, a member of their winning team in 2004.
He was partially paralysed during a friendly in January and
was attending a match for the first time since his accident.
RJC's vice-captain Muhammad Ilman said: 'SAJC were the better
side in the last 10 minutes.
'It'll probably take a day or two for this loss to sink in,
but we'll be fine.'
LIN XINYI
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