International School Manila defended their MANSAC Schoolboys Varsity Rugby title with a 50-7 win against their rival, British School Manila. ISM maintained a clean slate throughout the season with 8 wins and no losses. The Varsity final featured a host of players who played in the Junior Volcanoes team in 2013 and this set the platform for an exciting finals match. Well done to both teams for an outstanding season. Congratulations to the ISM Varsity Boys team and coaching staff for a stellar season and good luck in the IASIS schoolboys' competition this February. 

FINAL Varsity Log Points Table

The first Get Into Rugby (GIR) Festival Juniors Tournament sponsored by CBRE for 2014 was held on Jan 25 at the International School Manila.  Spanning five different age groups and traveling from as far as Alabang and Pampanga, twenty-one teams played in the juniors touch variation of Rugby.

The u8 Mavericks and BSM teams had a good run starting the day off with a draw but then BSM edged out two more wins at 3-2 to come out on top.  The u10s had a different outcome as Mavericks and BSM both played well with the addition of CRC to the mix. CRC used their speed and agility to push for the win at the end of the game series.

In the u12 and u14 divisions, the teams are really starting to learn good space and evasion techniques. The Mavericks were able to win the u12 games with 3 straight wins, but struggled in the u14 division where the hard work of the foundation teams like Leighton Tuloy, CRC, and Quest SOS took the spotlight for places 1, 2, and 3 respectively. It was a tough day for the HMR Southridge team as last minute player changes affected team dynamics. 

In the u16 division, Leighton Tuloy again dominated as many of their players are gaining momentum through multiple years of play. G4S Childhope was not far behind which speaks to their raw talent as a relatively new staple to the CBRE Juniors tournament.  HMR Southridge fared better in this division, pulling out a win against Quest SOS to come in third.

The tournament was followed by the finals for MANSAC Schoolboys League where some of the u12, u14, and u16 players joined for contact games. Thank you to ISM, our sponsors and PRFU for a successful tournament. The next GIR Festival Juniors Tournament sponsored by CBRE is scheduled for February 22 at Nomads Sports Club.

The Middle School and Junior Varsity finals were held at the International School of Manila on Saturday, 25th of January. The afternoon started with the newly formed u12s tackle teams from ISM, BSM, EIS and CRC playing two games. These were both extremely close contests with the Combined schools team winning the first game 10 – 5 and then both teams went toe to toe in the second game to end in a 5 – 5 draw.

The Middle school finals saw ISM take on the Mavericks and in a slow start to the first game, both teams ground out a 5 – 5 all draw to set up the final for the second game. The ISM team came out firing in the final game and took the Mavericks by surprise and won the MANSAC Middle School final by 38 – 0.

The first Junior Varsity semi finals was played between ISM Gold and Green. Gold won the tight battle (17 – 15), because of a succesful conversion late in the game. CRC played against BSM in the other JV semi final match. The boys from Clark proved once again that speed and agility are powerful weapons in rugby as they ran out winners by 27 – 0.

This set up the JV Final with ISM Gold going into the game with a size advantage and the CRC team taking the speed advantage. The game hung in the balance and the scores were locked at 5 – 5 all at the halfway mark. Both teams had opportunities in the second half and it was ISM that scored first to take the lead. We saw the usual comeback as CRC threw caution to the wind and ran in a late try to finish regulation time at 10 – 10. The JV final then went to overtime for the golden point and it was the CRC team that swooped on an open kick to win the ball and score first in extra time. Congratulations to CRC for winning the 2014 MANSAC Schoolboys JV finals. 

The MANSAC teams would like to thank ISM for hosting the finals and the PRFU for providing the Match Officials and schedules.

Match results of the MANSAC School boys tournament MS and JV finals last Saturday, January 25, 2014, at International School Manila

Teams:
Varsity: ISM, Combined Schools
JV- ISM Green, ISM Gold, Faith, BSM, CRC, Brent
MS- Mavericks/EIS, ISM
U12- BSM, Combined Schools

FINAL Junior Varsity Log Points

The finals of the MANSAC Schoolboys league Varsity Division will be held today, January 28, at International School Manila.

Match results of the MANSAC School boys tournament last Saturday, January 18, 2014, at International School Manila

Teams:
Varsity- ISM, Faith, BSM, QCPU
JV- ISM Green, ISM Gold, Faith, BSM, CRC, Brent
MS- Mavericks/EIS, ISM
U12- ISM, BSM

Log points tables as of January 20, 2014:

Varsity Log Points

Junior Varsity Log Points

The finals of the MANSAC Schoolboys league will be on Saturday, January 25, at International School Manila.

Match results of the MANSAC School boys tournament last Saturday, January 11, 2014, at International School Manila

Teams:
Varsity- ISM, Faith, BSM
JV- ISM Green, ISM Gold, Faith, BSM, CRC
MS- Mavericks/EIS, ISM

Log points tables as of January 13, 2014:

Varsity Log Points 

Junior Varsity Log Points

Next round of the games will be on Saturday, January 18, at International School Manila.