Just came back from a rugby match today...so tired but just felt the need to write something...
For the first time in my life I went to watch a rugby match...with a group of my classmates...It was the Final of the National 'A' Division Rugby Championships..SAJC vs. RJC(Raffles Junior College, the top JC in S'pore)...btw SAJC progressed into the finals after beating defending champions and rivals ACJC (Anglo-Chinese JC).
Today's match was held at Home Team Academy..which was near Choa Chu Kang and very far from the college (I didnt realise it until the journey back home..) We were early and we watched the second half of another final.."The Plate Final" (i think is something like a lower class competition..)..This was a very important match for it was he first time we entered the finals in 17 years...The principal was there, so were the student councillors..
The match began..we began well..scoring a 3-point penalty some how..(I don't really know the rules). Then RJC began to come to life..they score a 'try' (which is worth 5 points) but failed to "convert". Half time score, SAJC 3-5 RJC.
At the beginning of the second half we played quite badly..and RJC scored another try, but failed to convert again. 3-10. We are trailing..and our cheers were dying and the morale of the crowd was low. But the team suddenly came alive in the last 10 minutes..."forcing" a try and subsequently converted (worth two points)..10-10..the crowd came alive as well..cheering harder thean the first half..and we scored another try in the last minute!! 15-10...and i think they converted..but somehow it wasnt counted...and the teachers present were urging us to run down to the field and they themselves were doing that..(imagine that)...The crowd simply went nuts!! And you can guess...the aftermath of the win...celebrations, of course...i think everybody went home in a 'high' mood...and there is a possibility that we will be given a special holiday too!! How about that!