23 March 2010by Wang Shao Ing
SIM took the Republic Polytechnic Invitational 7s 2010 title last weekend at the RP Astro Turf.
Whilst the past three tournaments have seen SIM and NUS wrestle for the top placing and notwithstanding the absence of several key players from the two teams, the day's proceedings suggest NTU and SMU are to be genuine contenders in the coming season.
NUS 1 and NTU started their pool with a draw throwing Group A wide open. SMU started cold against NUS 1 who took the game 15 -5 but SMU quickly found their feet and put in 3 tries to 1 against NTU in the first half. NTU however showed true grit to respond with 2 more tries after half time to bring the game to a draw and place themselves in contention for the cup. In Group B, the vastly experienced SIM had no problems topping their pool by beating NUS2 and RP by 30 -0 and 37 - 0 respectively.
NUS put out their best display of the day in their 27-0 win against RP in the first cup semifinals and NTU fought valiantly but were unable to overcome SIM in the other semifinals bowing out 20-5.
SMU walked away as Bowl winners over a relatively new NUS 2 and NTU were put to the grind but emerged victorious in their 15-10 win over RP in the Plate finals.
In the Cup finals, NUS conceded a single try to SIM in the first half but were unable to contain the SIM counter attack in broken play in the second half and had to settle for cup runners up in the 20-5 cup final
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