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27-28 th Feb - BRC Intenational 10's |
2 February 10
BRC was resperesented at the Victoria Institution 10s on 30/31 Jan by our
Under 15 and Under 17 teams in what was a well organised and very enjoyable
tournament. Thank you to our hosts! In both divisions there were 24 teams split in to 8 pools of 3. The top ranked 16 teams across all pools porgressed to the Cup Last 16 and the lower ranked 8 moved to the Shield Quarter Finals. Our Under 17s suffered a tough 10-12 loss in their first game and then came up against the very strong National Sports School and unfortunately headed to the Shield competition after a 2nd loss. In that they performed well, reaching the final, where they were unfortunately defeated by English College from Johor Baru. For a young team missing some important players this was a good tournament for experience and development. BRC Under 15s were in a pool with the defending Champions Semashur and MRSM Bentong. Two very good performances saw us ranked 2nd overall with 13-0 (including one drop goal!) and 56-0 victories. Our Last 16 opponents - SK Taman Kosas - had lost to the very strong SDAR team and beaten RSC. We stepped up the performance and won 34-0. On to the Cup Quarter Final .... In the Quarter Final we faced host school Victoria Institution (A) who had looked strong on Saturday. The BRC boys raised their game again and played very impressively to come out 29-0 winners earning a Semi Final plase against Semashur who were keen for revenge, but they were given no chance for this as BRC again found a way to improve their performance and dominated in a 12-0 victory over a very good team. Our final opponents Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah had overcome SDAR and SMSS (who had defeated National Sports School) to reach the final and were to prove good opponents - they managed to score the first points against BRC in the competition - But we followed the game plan, stayed focused and committed and won 20-14 - VI 10s UNDER 15 CUP CHAMPIONS! Scorers: Tries Josh (3), Mark (3), Alex J (2), Jon (9), Adiel (5), Kyle, Will (3), Zarol, Akif & Lachlan Drop Goals Mark Conversions Mark (7) & Josh Thank you to all the boys for their efforts over two long days in the Sun. You deserved to be Champions and were great ambassadors for the club on and off the field. It is a testament to you that in the final you were being cheered on by our fierce local rivals but close friends at SMSS and SJI. To the parents, also a big thank you for coming along to support all day both days. We know some of you missed the tennis, but that might not have been such a bad thing given the result.... Next up is the BRC International 10s - Let's hope for a few Cup Champions there too. 21 December 2009 The latest tourists we welcomed to KL came in from Sri Lanka and brought with them an under 15 squad of over 30 players. On Friday 19 December ISKL kindly hosted a round robin event of 10 aside games. BRC with a very young squad came away with 2 wins and 2 draws not conceding a try – A good overall effort though some poor decisions in the final game meant a draw when the coaches felt a win should have been taken Results were: Sri Lanka Blues (represented by Royal College, Colombo 7) 0 v 0 BRC Sri Lanka Greens represented by St Peters College, Colombo 4) 0 v 12 Sri Lanka Reds St josephs College, Colombo 10) ISKL 0 v 5 BRC In the other games ISKL drew with Blues & Reds and beat Greens. Greens beat Reds, Blues beat Reds & Greens beat Blues. On Saturday 20 December BRC & ISKL combined to play the combined Blues & Greens at XV aside.. A hard fought game was witnessed – it started in very testing conditions with an afternoon down pour. A slow start, but KL picked up their game and went to half time 10 v 0 ahead on the back of two unconverted tries.. The second half saw further improvement from the boys and they dominated possession and territory. Further scores via three penalties and a converted try and the game ended with a 26 v 0 victory. Well done to all the boys! It was a pleasure to see the Sri Lankan boys in town and we hope that they’ll come back in future. 7 Decemb7 December 09 Another great BRC tour ended with more silverware finding its way in to the BRC trophy cabinet! Cup Champions at Under 11, Under 14 & Under 18. The Under 18s repeated their win of last year and the Under 11s made it a hat-trick having won at Under 9 and Under 10 the previous two years. Congratulations to all the boys that toured, your efforts and behaviour were excellent and a credit to the club. Thanks to the touring spectators, your support certainly helps the players and is greatly appreciated. Thanks also go to our hosts Centaurs RFC for a well organised tournament Saturday and fun Sunday of rugby with The Cup of Nations! BRC results were as follows: Under 8 Novice Pool v Centaur Cobras 2 – 2 v LFS 0 – 3 v Tanglin Panthers 3 – 3 v Centaur Cougars 3 – 4 Cup Quarter Final V Tanglin Leopards 0 – 3 Under 8 Pool v Centaurs Serpents 0 – 6 v Valley Fort B 4 – 1 v St Andrews Cheetahs 3 – 0 Plate Semi Final v Centaurs Bigfoot 1 – 2 Under 10 Pool v DEA 0 - 5 v TRC Young Guns 0 - 6 v Centaurs Buccaneers 1 -3 Cup Quarter Final v Bangkok Lions 2-3 (after sudden death extra time) Under 11 Pool v Centaurs Hurricanes 1 - 2 v RSC Puppies 3 – 0 v Qifa 4 – 1 Cup Quarter Final v LFS 3 – 0 Cup Semi Final v Valley Fort 3 – 1 Cup Final v Centaurs Hurricanes 3 – 2 (after sudden death extra time) Under 12 Pool v Centaurs Meteors 5 - 2 v St Andrew's Hawks 2 – 0 Walkover v St Joseph's B 8 - 0 Cup Semi Final v Centaurs Comets 0 - 5 Under 14 Pool v Admiralty Secondary School 4-0 v Montfort Secondary School 3-0 v French School Singapore 3-2 v TRC God Fathers 3-0 Cup Semi-Final v Damai Secondary School 2-1 Cup Final V Centaurs RFC 1-0 (after sudden death extra time) Under 18 Pool v Dulwich College Beijing 3 – 0 v Hwa Chong Inst 4 - 0 v Singapore American School 1 - 1 v UWC 2 - 0 Cup Semi Final v Centaurs 1 - 0 Cup Final v Singapore American School 3 - 0 2 December 09 Last weekend saw the departure of Alex Austerberry of Saracens who had been in town helping the coaches to update and improve their coaching and working with players to hone their skills and give them advice. It was a great week with work done by Alex at BRC plus international and local schools in KL and Seremban. Alex really enjoyed the trip and was impressed with what he saw – Keep up the good work everyone! Rugby did not stop there though... Tue 1 Dec saw a combined Bintang Rugby Club & SM Sains Selangor team take on the visiting Dubai Exiles at Under 16 in a full XVs match. The KL side put together on the day took some time to gel and didn’t start the match with the required intensity. That said a fine bit of evasive running saw KL score a try and take the lead. The try was converted but KL did not build on it and after prolonged pressure from Exiles the score was tied up at 7 all just before half time. The half time chat seemed to wake the boys up and a much improved display was made in the second half. The pressure and tackling in defence was much better and attack was more threatening. A second try extended the lead to 12-7 and then following periods of territorial and possession advantage the team made good decisions to take two penalty kicks to close out the game. A good victory 18-7. Well done boys! We hope that our great relationship with SMSS continues and we look forward to more combined matches going forward – And of course to continuing our great rivalry when we play against each other! A big thank you goes to Dubai Exiles for coming to visit us. A great touring team enjoyed a good after match social at Out of Africa. We would welcome them back at any time and will hopefully be able to take up their invite to head to Dubai and play them on their home turf. Wed 2 Dec was another match day against a touring team – This time Raffles Institution of Singapore. Again we combined with SMSS to field a XVs team at Under 15. Again a sleepy start as the boys worked out how to play together – more communication might be an idea!! – But despite that we managed to score two converted tries. Had we been able to have practice sessions together this was the time to dominate and finish the game, but unfortunately it did not work out that way – To many spectators at rucks and mauls plus basic errors saw us going backwards and doing a lot more defending that was necessary - Inevitably Raffles put points on the board with two tries, one of which was converted. Half time didn’t come soon enough with the score a narrow 14-12 lead for KL. Another half time pep talk again saw a different team run out – more aggressive, more clinical, more enthusiastic and the result was three converted tries with no points conceded. Another good win for the combination of SMSS & BRC 35-12. We hope that Raffles will come back as tourists again and will certainly try to arrange a fixture with them in Singapore. A big thanks to Mr. Idris & the SMSS boys for taking time out of their holidays for these games. Next up Singapore! Good luck to all the touring teams - U8N, U8, U10, U11, U12, U14, U16 & U18 - Bring back some more silver ware for the trophy cabinet at Out of Africa! 31 October 09 Another successful day for BRC. Our under 16s won a tough battle with Royal Military College coming away with a 6-0 victory. RMC now top the League Table on points difference from BRC, both teams have played the same number of games and both are yet to play SSAS and SMSS. The league looks like it will be a tight run thing. Next up for BRC is Victoria Institution on Wed 11 Nov. BRC under 11s entered their second touch rugby competition - a Malaysian format played before boys enter high school - They game away undefeated, but unfortuantely not with the Cup as they did at SMSS 10s in July. A first game draw in the pool meant that teh team progressing would be the one with the highest number of tries scored after the second game - Our bosy did great running in 13, but Bukit Batong School managed 14 and progressed to the Cup whilsyt BRC went to the Plate Semi Final. An extra time golden try win saw us in to the final where a more convincing effort gave the boy the Plate trophy and winners medals. Well done to all the boys and many thanks to all the parents for the great ongoing support. Next up 1 Nov and 2 Nov our under 14s take on St. Johns and SMSS in The Crown Relocations League and then head to Seremban for the King Georghe V 10s - Good Luck! 18-10 After the Crown Relocations League ends we will have several visiting teams in KL - Unfortunately they are all coming at the same time and can not change dates! To work around this and so that there is not TOO much rugby for the boys (there are also school fixtures), we will rotate squads and also include local schools in the games. Please let us know which dates you are available for with preferences for the days you'd like to play - Not everyone will play in all games. 27 Nov Friday ISKL tournament - KLASS and GIS have teams entered at U16 / U18 28 Nov Saturday ISKL tournament 29 Nov Sunday Training 30 Nov Monday Raffles Institution v Gombak - Need few BRC players 1994/1995 born 1 Dec Tuesday Dubai Exiles v BRC / SMSS - Need BRC players born 1 Sep 93 and later 2 Dec Wednesday Raffles v BRC / SMSS - Need BRC players born 1994/1995 After the Dubai Exiles game we will host a social at Out of Africa which we hope everyone that plays can join. |