After a terribly long period of rugby drought, the Rugbynet reporters are finally back in action!
In less than 24 hours time, a group of boys from the far west of Singapore will once again put on the BLACK jersey for the first time this year and play their first ever 15-a-side match together at St Andrew's Junior College at 1730hrs (GMT +0800 ).

The match will see our boys pit their skills against a youthful SAJC side which just recently won the 'A' Division. Although it is predicted by local bookmakers that it will be a tough match for the boys in black, NTU is looking rather comfortable and going into this match brimming with confidence.

Our Rugbynet reporters were present to cover NTU's public training session this afternoon. In the light drizzle coupled with a few lightning flashes, about 30 players were present along with both coaches.
Forwards displayed solid, explosive hits, doing rucks, muals, lineouts and scrums while the backs impressed the crowd with precise execution of every move from the play book. The NTU selectors who were present also agreed that the Team is looking very good at this moment.

An additional highlight to the match will be the unveiling of all the new signings made over the summer after completing the trials back in September last year. Gaybriel loi, "Catwalker" Tze,"Eyes Shut" Kim Hock, "Lao Ying", "Fake Ang moh" Walker are some of the starlets who will be given a chance to display their talents tomorrow.

Furthermore, this fixture will be a trip down memory lane for some of the boys who were previously from the opposition's team before they made the switch to the west side. The oldest amongst them, Daniel 'Potato' Thiam commented,

" I wanna hear the crowd chanting my name again"

Together with him was "Salsa King" Kevin Ang who unfortunately will not be playing in tomorrow's fixture as he was unable to pass to late fitness test for his pulled hamstring (the other hamstring).

Coach Tan was hesitant to provide his own predictions for tomorrow's outcome during the short press conference.

Coach Tan: "I saw them train during the week, i think we have a good chance of beating them."

Rugbynet Reporter: "You mean you went and watch them train? Isn't that unethical?"

(Rebel Rong in background: What they talking about? I am the Ethics!)

Coach Tan: "No lah, i was just driving down the road and i managed to watch them practice their lineouts, scrums, team runs and fitness drills."

Rugbynet Reporter: "........driving around the field?"


Thats all for our match preview! Stay tuned for live coverage of the friendly match between NTU vs SAJC at SA village 12 Jan 07 at 1730hrs (GMT +0800).