A gloomy Saturday afternoon with showers expected in many areas of Singapore.
Our e-rugby correspondents were despatch to cover all 3 Bedok King matches played in Yio Chu Kang Stadium. We finally managed to catch our first kick-off of the season, but this time from the carpark outside the stadium. (Our correspondents were once again late due the heavy rain.)


The first match featuring our own NTU player, Adam "Mat Solo" Chan was a Division 2 fixture clash between Bedok Kings and Northern Knights.With both sides fielding most of their clubs' youth, it was a pretty even competition. Adam was seen trying to dazzled his way through the opposition defence which at some point looked as though he ran up, "handed off" the opponent and then rolled the ball backwards through his legs. Was he confuse or was that his natural instinct?? He was moved back to his original Flyhalf position where he displayed a series AWESOME territorial kicks, trying to lead his team back in contention. The match ended with Knights walking away with a 4-2 tries win over a disppointed Kings team.

The second match of the day saw 3 NTU players getting the nod to start, Arjun "Show It" Pandey, AWESOME Kiat and Undroppable Qing. The Kings were looking to snatch a victory over rivals SCC. With the Kings pinned in their own half for most of the game, there was not much to cover. The only highlights were NTU almost lost AWESOME Kiat after he was give a hospital pass from a fellow fullback which saw him receive 2 flying tackles at the same time. Another highlight was Arjun "Show It" Pandey showed it again! His jumps in the lineouts were unstoppable, winning every single one of them. When interviewed by our correspondents, he replied
"I won 99.9% of our lineouts whenever i jumped"
That left the reporters in puzzlement wondering where did the other 0.1% go...

Lastly the highlight of the day,the Premier League clash between Bedok Kings and SCC. The NTU players involved were Daniel "Potato" Thiam and Superman Li Rencong. Thiam started the match as in-center, but was unable to bang his way through a resilient SCC defence. He was then moved back to Flyhalf position where he displayed a record number of "birdy" (hokkien: niao niao) kicks. Could it be the presence of the NTU selectors that affected his performance? (Yes! They were there too) It was surprisingly effective against the opponent's fullback. Then Potato Thiam once again showed his oscars winning performance by going down in "pain" after a late tackle. Late in the game, Thiam taunted the opposition with a "woooohoooo" after every sidestep he took. The good impression did not last long as he made a pass, sending his blind winger into 3 waiting tacklers.

Superman on the other hand was unable to help his team pass the excellent backline defense. Due to some poor passing in his team, he was unable to 'take flight'.

"It was a good game... thiam should be fortunate that he didnt run straight into me...haha.. well... can't talk for long... gotta go chionging now... " said Li

The overall performance by the NTU boys pleased the NTU selectors and coach. But was it pure coincidence or a hot competition in the making that all 3 matches played started with NTU players as the inside center?

When approached, Coach Tan's only comment was "The positions are still very much open, nothing is confirmed yet, besides, i might make a couple more new signings before the transfer market closes..."

But what's more worrying to the NTU selectors was that former NTU captain, star flyhalf/center, Daniel "Potato" Thiam was caught in what seems to be like a skimpy white dress and flaunting it in front of new signing, Rebel Prop Rong.

e-rugby apologises for being unable to bring you the results and coverage of the other game between SRC and Bucks which our correspondents conveniently forgot that NTU star prop, Storm Normy will be playing in that fixture.

Reporters from Rugby-net were on their way to SPE to cover a NRC Div 2 match featuring past and present NTU players Aminurashid, Emery and Cliff. Despite the heavy downpour, the crowd could be heard cheering and stamping even 2 traffic lights before the stadium. Yes, our reporters were once again late.

Cliff and Aminurashid started the game for SRC against a youthful Blacks Team. Emery was missing from the stadium. According to our roving helicopter, he was spotted at NTU sports camp, swinging water bombs at girls, completely oblivious about the rugby match that he was supposed to be in. Looks like his passion for rugby is indeed waning.

Play was scrappy as both sides struggled to get used to the slippery ball. Aminurashid certainly lived up to his nick as "the guy who runs faster than people can say his name" as he showed AWESOME hands and speed, constantly a thorn in the flesh burning down the wings. His performance was certainly not missed by the NTU selectors who were overheard gushing over his every move. (Yes they were there too)

The half ended in a boring 3-3 draw, with the only other highlight coming from veteran Cliff, who put on a fantastic performance mooning the crowd with many jiggles when his name was chanted. This was in contrast of his match performance where he was spotted motionless in at least 5 instances for up to 3mins each time......NEXT TO THE WINGER.

In the 2nd half, Aminurashid continued his fine form with a good catch under pressure and seems to beat his opposite wingers at will. He even topped all this with an AWESOME display of raw speed by scoring his 2nd SRC try in as many matches at the corner of the try area. By then, the match was swinging towards SRC's favour and veteran Cliff even made a surging forward run towards the line, only for the ball to bounce off his jiggling jugs, much to the relief of the opposition. That was also his last involvement in the match, as he was substituted due to yet another motionless display at the wing.

Cliff was delirious after his first game in many months, with many jibberish attempts at speaking when reporters interviewed him. The only signs of response was when food, tulang, stingray were mentioned. On top of this, Rugby-net is releasing an exclusive conversation with his teammates.

"Are you all free on friday??Organise a barbeque I will surely come back to school...but I need someone to collect my Graduation certificate as school is too inconvenient for me. So how about the Friday BBQ??EYYY Friday leyyy...on boh" - veteran Cliff

The post match press conference saw Rugby-net reporters interviewing Aminurashid about his Man of the Match performance after yet another scintillating display of attacking rugby.

" As I said earlier, its quite a numb feeling as it has been years since I last scored a competitive try. As now I have finally broken the duck and established myself, it is time to make the NTU Number 14 slot my very own." A very confident Aminurashid replied.

This performance certainly sends a clear message out to the rest of the NTU wingers, Prakarsa, Qing, Emery and Zhongming to watch out. The last Rugby-net heard, Qing is already contemplating a move back into the In-centre position to avoid a head-on clash with the hottest rugby prospect in Boon Lay. Elsewhere, Prakarsa is said to be hiding in an unknown cave in Bali with Osama, Zhongming is staking outside Kee's office waiting for a reimbursement of his $200, and Emery still desperately filling up more water bombs to swing.