Sunday, March 2, 2008

Tri-Universities Championships Report


After 6 weeks of tournament, the Tri-Universities Rugby Championships 2008 have come to an end. The tournament finished with SMU and NUS sharing the top spot, only to be differentiated by point difference. With slightly superior point difference of 10 points (SMU +30, NUS +20), the tournament champions was awarded to SMU.


Top Try Scorer

3 tries

Shafiq Zulazmi (NUS)

Jonathan Chen (NUS)

Daniel Marc Chow (SMU)


2 tries

Kenny Chan (NUS)

Sherman Yeo (SMU)


1 try

Josiah Goh (SMU)

Kevin Ang (NTU)

Ash (NTU)

Daniel Huang (NTU)

Vicknesh Sellathurai (SMU)

Giresh (NTU)

Amos Siow (SMU)


Top Point Scorer

28 points

Amos Siow (SMU)


15 points

Daniel Marc Chow (SMU)

Shafiq Zulazmi (NUS)

Jonathan Chen (NUS)


12 points

Valmiki C Nair (NUS)


10 points

Kenny Chan (NUS)

Sherman Yeo (SMU)


7 points

Josiah Goh (SMU)


5 points

Daniel Huang (NTU)

Vicknesh Sellathurai (SMU)

Giresh (NTU)

Ash (NTU)

Kevin Ang (NTU)


2 points

Daniel Thiam (NTU)

Jelvin Soh (NTU)


Top Try Scorer of the Tournament:
Shafiq Zulazmi (NUS), Jonathan Chen (NUS) & Daniel Marc Chow (SMU)

All 3 players put up a great performance throughout the tournament and were a huge driving force for the respective teams. The trio were tied for the award with 3 tries each.

Top Points Scorer of the Tournament:
Amos Siow (SMU)
Contributed a try and took most of the kicks for his team, chalking up 28 points for SMU this tournament.




Player of the Tournament:
Daniel Thiam (NTU)
One of the most experienced and capped player of the tournament. Although his side ended the tournament winless, his contribution to the team in both attack and defense was remarkable.

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