Shortly after the restart, a high tackle from a Gibraltar player led to a penalty which the Malaysians took quickly. A fast, through-the-hands move from their backs left their winger with acres of space to nip down the wing to score under the posts.
A slip as their kicker took the drop-goal conversion meant the scores were tied at
5 all at half time.
The game remained a draw throughout
the second half with neither team able to break the stalemate. The half-time lightning storm which delayed the start of the second half had brought in some rain which led to a close-knit contest between both sets of forwards. Eventually, some attacking defensive pressure from
Gibraltar caused confusion as Malaysia were trying to clear their lines, finally fumbling the ball over their own dead ball line.
The subsequent 5-metre scrum was shunted forward by the Gibraltar pack allowing Captain and number 8,
Chris Lyons, to pick up and force his way over the line to score. The final whistle blew as the conversion sailed wide of
the posts.
Final Score:
Malaysia Select 5-10 Gibraltar Development/Veterans.
A huge thank you to
Andy Blackburn for all his Game Day Reports and keeping us up to
date from Asia via FB.
Photographs by kind permission of Tigers Sports
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