18 October 2010The Singapore Inter University Games (SUNIG) 2010 for women’s rugby saw the four universities slug it out at the NUS on Saturday 2 October 2010.
NTU fresh from their Bowl Runner Up placing at Jonah Jones 7s 2010 the weekend before kicked off proceedings against SMU and they emerged with a comfortable 24 -7 win over the latter.
The second pool game was to be a hotly contested between SIM and NUS who had met each other in the finals of three previous varsity tournaments. SIM had the mental edge having won two of their previous 7s encounters but were caught out in their first game losing to NUS 17 – 5.
SIM were to be challenged again in their second game by NTU who fought bravely but SIM managed to come out with a 20-12 win. In the next match, NUS had to come from behind against SMU as a lapse in concentration near the try line resulted in the first points on the board from SMU. NUS recovered to bring the final score to 21-5.
The last two games in the pool round saw SIM beginning to show some of their true form with a resounding 46-0 victory over SMU. It was a tense encounter between NTU and NUS with one-try each at half time before NUS sealed their top ranking for place in the finals with try before the whistle.
The format of the tournament meant SIM had a second bite a the cherry and the finals was a closely fought encounter between the two rivals. With teams tied at the break it was going to be a case of who caved-in first. SIM looked more threatening in the second half and an unfortunate lapse in defence cost NUS the title but it was a finals not devoid of grit and guts.
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