Report from the Singapore Rugby Union.

It is midway through the NRC season, and a well-deserved break this weekend is welcomed by all. After 4 games each in Pool B for the Division 2 League, Bucks Rugby Club is top of the table with 4 wins. The Singapore Recreation Club is second with only a loss to Bucks in the first game, and the surprise result so far is Blacks narrowly losing to Lion Red is last Friday’s very close game. In Pool A, SCC and Police will play their postponed Rd2 game this Saturday at the old Police Academy along Thomson Road at 5pm, and this game will determine who is top of the table and an easier game in the quarter-finals, as both SCC and Police have secured 3 wins each. Debutants Wolfpakz could not sustain the onslaught from the Police forward pack, and lost the last game to them.

For the Division 2 Quarter-Finals starting next week (see Schedule below), Blacks will meet whoever wins the Police v SCC game, Northern Knights are facing Bucks Rugby, Wolfpakz will pit their speed against the Singapore Recreation Club, and the Lion Red will meet the losing team of the Police v SCC matchup. Bedok Kings and Wanderers, credit to them both for putting up 2 new sides for 2006, will playoff for 9th and 10th placing on Friday 8th September, 7.30pm, at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium.


DIVISION 2 POOL A

RANK	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGST	BONUS	POINTS	TOTAL
1	SG CRICKET CLUB	3	3	0	0	176	15	2	12	14
2	POLICE SA	3	3	0	0	79	22	1	12	13
A3	WOLFPACKZ	4	2	0	2	83	34	3	8	11
A4	NORTHERN KNIGHTS RFC	4	1	0	3	27	107	1	4	5
A5	BEDOK KINGS RFC	4	0	0	4	27	214	0	0	0

DIVISION 2 POOL B

RANK	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGST	BONUS	POINTS	TOTAL
1	BUCKS RUGBY CLUB	4	4	0	0	115	35	1	16	17
2	SG RECREATION CLUB	4	3	0	1	143	47	2	12	14
3	LION RED RFC	4	2	0	2	74	47	2	8	10
4	BLACKS RFC	4	1	0	3	102	54	1	4	5
5	WANDERERS RFC	4	0	0	4	18	279	0	0	0

In Division One, the SCC and SJA match garnered the most number of bonus points available for both teams. With a scoreline of 28 – 27 to the Cricket Club, and with 4 tries each, the Japanese Association has 2 bonus points while SCC got the full points of 5. The Singapore Cricket Club is leading the standings with 22 points, with Bucks not far behind on 21 points, as they have managed to get a bonus point for every game that they have played in. The Japanes Association are in mid-table along with Wanderers while Bedok Kings and the Singapore Recreation Club round up the bottom two.



DIVISION 1

RANK	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGST	BONUS	POINTS	TOTAL
1	SG CRICKET CLUB	5	5	0	0	144	76	2	20	22
2	BUCKS RUGBY CLUB	5	4	0	1	226	49	5	16	21
3	SG JAPANESE ASSOCIATION	5	2	0	3	79	137	2	8	10
4	WANDERERS RFC	5	2	0	3	66	158	1	8	9
5	BEDOK KINGS RFC	5	1	0	4	67	21	2	4	6
6	SG RECREATION CLUB	5	1	0	4	67	119	2	4	6

Bedok Kings and Bucks are still neck-to-neck in the Premiers, with an exciting clash the week after this bye, as Bucks host Bedok Kings at the Turf City grounds when the season resumes on 2nd September. Will it be a repeat of the first game where Bedok Kings came from behind to seal a late 20 – 17 win against the Bucks, or will Bucks re-strategise to avenge that defeat?



PREMIER LEAGUE

RANK	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGST	BONUS	POINTS	TOTAL
1	BEDOK KINGS RFC	4	4	0	0	165	33	2	16	18
2	BUCKS RUGBY CLUB	4	3	0	1	202	44	4	12	16
3	SG CRICKET CLUB	4	2	0	2	115	84	2	8	10
4	WANDERERS RFC	4	1	0	3	61	112	2	4	6
5	SAFSA	4	0	0	4	17	287	0	0	0