British School Manila Wins MANSAC Middle School Rugby Finals

1/26/2015

The British School Manila Middle School boys team won the MANSAC MS finals last Saturday, January 24, at BSM field, BGC, Taguig City. BSM had to overcome a tough International School Manila MS squad to finally win the coveted title. In the first match of the two-game finals, the BSM and ISM boys had to settle for a 19-all draw after 20 minutes of Rugby. The second match proved crucial and just as exciting as the winner will be crowned the champions. BSM showed speed with two breakaway tries out wide. ISM tried to make a comeback with a try late in the second half but time was not enough. Final score was 10 - 7 for BSM.

Hats off to both teams for an exciting and hard-fought finals series. Some of these boys will represent the country as u14 Junior Volcanoes in Kuala Lumpur on March 7 to 8, 2015. Congratulations and good luck to all the selected boys!

Get Into Rugby Festival/CBRE Juniors Tournament for the Month of January

The first Get Into Rugby Festival/CBRE Juniors Tournament for 2015 was held last Saturday, January 24, at British School Manila field in BGC, Taguig City. Sixteen juniors touch and tackle teams under the PRFU Usbong Rugby program came to the venue to compete for the top spot.

Four teams competed in the u12 touch division. Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS), the newest addition to the PRFU Usbong Rugby program, showed that they are a team to watch out for by winning two of their four games. Mavericks tied with MGIS on top with the same number of wins and draw. Quest SOS Children's Village - Alabang and host school BSM finished the tournament with a win each.

Mavericks topped the u14 touch division with a win and a draw while Clark Jets from Pampanga came in second with a draw and a loss. It was Mavericks team who also topped the u16 touch division with two wins and a draw. SOS and Clark Jets came in at second and third, respectively.

In the u16 tackle games, it was the Mavericks team again who ranked first with a win and a draw for a total of 4 points. Clark Jets came in at second with a win for 3 points. Quest SOS Children's Village - Alabang came in at third with a point from a draw. It was a win each each for the u12 Mavericks and Barbarians team.

Good job to all the teams who competed in this month's games. See you all next month!