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co-curricular activities | sports
Rugby
The SJI First XV It was rather unfortunate that both the ‘ B ’ and ‘ C ’ Division teams did not feature in the Cup Championships in 2012 . We had two fairly strong sides , but the roll of the dice was not in our favour and losing out in crucial matches by one or two points only was gut wrenching . Nonetheless , the boys ploughed on to claim the Plate Championships in both divisions .
The Season Statistics 2011 / 2012 Tournaments Grant Thornton Saint ’ s 7 ’ s U14 Grant Thornton Saint ’ s 7 ’ s U16 SRU National 7 ’ s U17 SRU National 7 ’ s U14 Police Cup U17 Goh Keng Swee Shield U14 Singapore Schools U13
Achievement Cup Champions Plate Champions Plate Champions Plate Champions Plate Champions Plate Champions 4th
On the brighter side of things , the national selectors recognized the talents of our players and a total of 12 Josephians were selected to don National colours in regional test matches . This is the highest number to date .
Tana Umaga SJI Rugby attended a coaching clinic organized by the Singapore Cricket Club on 1 November 2012 . This was conducted by the legendary former New Zealand ‘ All Blacks ’ skipper Tana Umaga who has the reputation of being one of the fiercest and scariest players that one could play against and yet is extremely friendly and polite off the pitch .
Tour and Friendly matches |
Technical College Melacca |
Catholic Junior College |
Tenku Jafar college , Negri Sembilan |
St . Andrew ’ s School |
Sekolah Menagah Sians Johor |
ACS ( I ) |
St John ’ s Institution KL |
St Andrew ’ s Junior College |
Victoria School KL |
6 Diving in for his first ever rugby try , Brandon Ng ( 108 ) 7 Grant Thorton Saints 7 ’ s Champions 2011 8 Jayshan Athwal ( 212 ) takes a shot at goal 9 Jeremy Oen ( 212 ) blazing a trail on the wing 10 Sean Shepard ( 104 ) wriggles his way through a gap with Andre Villanueva ( 202 ) in close support 11 Former All Blacks skipper and rugby legend Tama Umaga on the Padang with Scott and Marcus
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‘ C ’ DIVISION ( from left to right ) Row 1 : Elijah Kwek Jielong , Zakir Nasruddin B Zairul A , Christopher Mak Jun-Min , Thio Soon Hean Jerome Anthony , Villanueva Andre , Mr Kannangara Don Marcus , Mr Ivan Jude Joseph Lazar , Ivar Johann Lassesen , Oen Weng Hoong Jeremy , Tan Ee Shuen Scott , Timothy Lim Kiak Hwee , Aui Yong Wei Hao . Row 2 : Khaizuran Khairin B Nur Kamal , Luqmanul Hakim B Abdul Halid , Wee Rui-An Fabien , Tan Hong Jun Douglas , Jayshan Singh , Al-Driss Alferrin Shah B S S , Noorul Ameen Mohamed Nawfal , Riley Shannan Liew Jat Jung , Joel Timothy Soong . Row 3 : Len Hong Jie , Ashwin Pandiyan , Arvin Jeremiah Rao , Ryan Leong Lup Mun , Sean Joseph Shepherd , Yang Jundong Warren , Sin Junwei Daniel , Wilbert Johan , Ken Tan Kai Yao , Umar Bin Sadali , Muhd Ismail Bin Nasser . Row 4 : Haziq Bin Ahmad Zhory , Goh Nigel Mark Jian Huang , Brandon Ng , Wong Kang Li , Chen Wei Rong Ryan , Heng Chun Kye Ryan , Teo Zhi En Timothy , Liong Wei Jie Johnathan , Nathan Wong Hung Rui , Png Chen Zhi Neville . Not in picture : Mr Alfred Nathan , Maung Taw Htet Hein , James Francis Shutler , Markus Tan Yi Heng , Yap Guo Dong Nicholas , Chew Jun Yee Jaxsen , Wong Hoi Pong Nicholas , Lim Yang Jun Marc Elliot , Chang Wee Siang Wilson , Frankel Lin Ming Wei .
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