SEA Games W7s 2007
Report prepared by Gene Tong
Head Coach
Sinagpore W7s Team
SEA Games W7’s 2007
Tournament report
Date: Sun 9th Dec to Tue 11th Dec 2007
Venue: Army Camp Stadum (Suranaree, Korat, Thailand)
Format: Round Robin, Playoffs & Finals
Participating Teams:
1. Cambodia
2. Lao
3. Singapore
4. Thailand
Coach: Gene Tong
Asst Coach/Team Manager: Malcolm David Retnam
Pool Game 1 Spore vs Lao
Time: 1420
Score: 36 – 0 (Won)
Time
Tries
Conversions
1st ½
2.00
Eunice
Eunice
3.23
Jeslyn
NA
6.30
Derelyn
NA
2nd ½
2.00
Jeslyn
Eunice
4.30
Derelyn
NA
6.30
Kristy
Eunice
Match Report
We started the game by playing a controlled approach and worked our game plans to shift the ball well from end to end and worked out 3 tries in the 1st half. The second half was pretty much the same with Lao struggling to keep up with our pace, as we slotted in 3 more tries to take the game.
Pool Game 2 Spore vs Thailand
Time: 1540
Score: 12 – 14 (Lost)
Time
Tries
Conversions
2nd ½
1.00
Derelyn
NA
3.30
Jeslyn
Eunice
Match Report
This was our 4th time meeting Thailand this year, and after losing to them in all our past encounters, we had put in the hard yards in training, and our team was looking forward to the encounter.
Thailand slipped in the 1st try in the 2nd min of the 1st half through a missed tackle off a scrum outside our 22m, but stout defending from our side prevented them from gaining any more tries. We had several penalties awarded to us, but we rushed the play and we were down by 0 – 7 at halftime.
We came back with a quick try in the 1st min of the 2nd half, and maintained the pressure to score another try mid way through the 3rd min to lead by 12 – 7. The game opened up and both teams fought to look for breaks in attack. A slipped tackle allowed the Thais to breakthrough and score the winning try which they converted to win the game in the last min of the game.
Considering that we lost all our previous encounters to them by 4 tries to nil this season, our team is looking sharp and we look forward to meeting the Thais in the Final after we clear our final preliminary fixture against Cambodia & the semi final fixture against Lao over the next 2 days.
Pool Game 3 Spore vs Cambodia
Time: 1530
Score: 29 – 0 (won)
Time
Tries
Conversions
1st ½
6.30
Wei Yi
Eunice
2nd ½
2.40
Angela
NA
4.30
Wan
NA
6.45
Has
Wai Mun
Match Report
We fielded some of our 2nd stringers to start this game, and they did well to stick to our patterns of moving the ball wide to score our 1st try under 2mins. Cambodia did well to play a 15’s game against us and kept play confined to driving mauls and rucks. The tight play disrupted our style of wide running play, but we managed a turnover and scored our 2nd try 30sec before the end of the half to lead by 12 – 0.
We brought on our 1st stringers in the second half, and ran in 3 more tries against the Cambodians to wrap up the game by 29 – 0 and seal our semifinal berth against Lao tomorrow.
Semi Final Game 4 Spore vs Lao
Time: 1340
Score: 27 – 0 (Won)
Time
Tries
Conversions
1st ½
1min
Jeslyn
NA
4.30min
Derelyn
NA
2nd ½
3.37min
Angela
NA
5.00min
Wai Mun
Eunice
6.10min
Serena
NA
Match Report
Lao tried to play a tight game from the start, but we turned over the ball & scored the opening try in the 1st min of the game. Our second try cam 3 minutes later, and we ended the half with a 10 – 0 lead.
We played a smarter game in the 2nd half and moved the ball wide to score 3 tries and wrap up the game with a 27 – 0 win.
Cup Finals, Spore vs Thailand
Time: 1620
Score: 5 – 19 (Lost)
Time
Tries
Conversions
1st ½
3min
Thai
5min
Thai
Yes
2nd ½
2min
Thai
Yes
5min
Derelyn
NA
Match Report
We started off the game well to win our own lineout and penetrate into the Thai half of the pitch. But a loose ball allowed them back into the game as we scrambled back to defend. The Thais were awarded a penalty in our 22m which they broke through our defences & scored as we did not move up as a line. The second try of the game went to them from our own scrum. We fumbled and the pressured us into to a knock on, which they took and went on to score.
We trailed by 0 – 12 at half time.
Another handling error in the second half saw them punishing us yet again with their 3rd and final try to lead by
19 – 0. Our team answered back with one try in the 5th min of the 2nd half to bring the scores up to 5 – 19, which was the final result.
Even though we may have lost the game, the team did well to close the gap down to 2 tries. Over the last 3 encounters with Thailand, they had consistently beaten us by 4 tries to nil.
Scores & Standings for SEA Games W7’s 2007
Games | Teams & Scores | Remarks | |
G1 | Thailand 52 | Cambodia 0 | W Thailand |
G2 | Singapore 36 | Lao 0 | W Singapore |
G3 | Lao 30 | Cambodia 0 | W Lao |
G4 | Thailand 14 | Singapore 12 | W Thailand |
G5 | Singapore 29 | Cambodia 0 | W Singapore |
G6 | Thailand 52 | Lao 0 | W Thailand |
Playoffs | |||
G7 1st vs 4th SF 1 | Singapore 27 | Lao 0 | W Singapore |
G8 2nd vs 3rd SF 2 | Thailand 43 | Cambodia 0 | W Thailand |
Finals | |||
G9 3rd & 4th | Lao 15 | Cambodia 0 | W Lao |
G10 Finals | Singapore 5 | Thailand 19 | W Thailand |
2007 SEA Games Women’s Rugby 7’s Rankings
1st Thailand
2nd Singapore
3rd Lao
4th Cambodia
HK 7s 2007
Report prepared by Gene Tong
30th Mar 2007
Cable & Wireless Hong Kong Women’s 7’s 2007
W7’s HK Women’s 7’s Match Report
Game 1
Spore vs China (1030hrs)
Lost 0-32
1st Half 0-12, 2nd half 0-20. Full Time 0-32
The game started out with a kick to touch by China, and we lost the ball in the lineout which resulted in China scoring in the 1st minute of the game.
The restart was the same, but we won our lineout only to be forced out by China. From that lineout, our defence pattern paid off well to pressure them into their half which resulted in a turnover for us, where we started to attack for 4 minutes in consecutive phases. The second try from China came from a miscommunication in defence in open play, ending the 1st half with China leading by 12 – 0.
We kicked off in the second half and managed to recover the ball, only to lose it by bad handling which resulted in China scoring within 30secs. Their 2nd try came of open play in the 2nd minute of the game. The 3rd try was from a turnover lineout, which the opposition ran wide and our winger did not tackle. The final try came from a ruck turnover in the 5th minute.
By then, we were 32 points down when we had a break in the last minute, but cutting back inside allowed China to hold us up and end the game.
Time | Tries |
1st Half 1.00min | China 1 |
1st Half 7.28min | China 2 |
2nd Half 30sec | China 3 |
2nd Half 2.00min | China 4 |
2nd Half 3.28 | China 5 |
2nd Half 5.20min | China 6 |
Game 2
Spore vs Japan (1440hrs)
Won 12 - 7
1st Half 12-0, 2nd half 0-7. Full Time 12 - 7
This was an evenly contested game, with our slightly more experienced players have the edge over Japan. We scored 2 tries in the 1st half off open play (Kristy The).
In the second half, we had a 60m break, only to knock on the all on the tryline (Ball transfer). From the ensuing scrum, lack of focus in defence allowed Japan to run 90m to score under our post to bring the scores up to 12 – 7 with slightly less then 2min to go. Fortunately, we held on and managed to win the game.
Time | Tries |
1st Half 3.38min | Spore 1 |
1st Half 7.37min | Spore 2 |
2nd Half 3.20min | Japan 1 |
Game 3
Spore vs NZ (Plate /Cup Playoff, 1540hrs))
Lost 51 - 0
1st Half 0 – 15, 2nd half 0-36, Full Time 0-51
We were totally outclassed in this game, but we did make some tackles and ran 3 phases of play against NZ.
Time | Tries |
1st Half | NZ 3 |
2nd Half | NZ 6 |
Game 4 (Day 2)
Spore vs Canada (1030hrs)
Lost 47-0
Time | Tries |
1st half | 4 |
2nd Half | 5 |
Game 5 (Day )
Spore vs Thailand (1130hrs)
Lost 0 - 24
Time | Tries |
1st Half | 3 Thai |
2nd Half | 1 Thai |
Tour Summary
Day 1 – Games & Scores
Spore vs China Lost 32 – 0 (Rd 1)
Spore vs Japan Won 12 – 7 (Rd 1) – Qualified as 2nd in group of 3)
Spore vs New Zealand Lost 51 – 0 (Plate/Cup playoffs)
Day 2 – Games & Scores
Spore vs Canada Lost 47 – 0 (Bowl/Shield playoffs)
Spore vs Thailand Lost 24 -0 (Shield Final)
Day 1
We did not do well in our opening games against China, but we managed to step up on our second game against Japan. Going into the playoffs against New Zealand taught our team many things in terms of what we should do on the field as NZ just tore us apart in every phase by dominating all contact situations and having excellent handling skills & superior speed.
Day 2
Against Canada, we had a speedy backline to start the game, but we did not tackle, and it cost us several tries, the Canadians played an extremely physical game, and we lost our vice captain due to a fractured wrist from a late tackle. Against Thailand, we went with a bigger backline and that allowed Thailand to outrun us as we were again not tackling.
Overall games played:
Played 5
Won 1
Lost 4
Ranking: 8th out of 12 teams
1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. USA
4. China
5. Canada
6. Kazakhstan
7. Thailand
8. Singapore
9. Arabian Gulf
10. Hong Kong
11. Japan
12. Paupa New Guinea
W7s Perth Tour
Report prepared by Gene Tong
Head Coach W7’s
27 Nov 2007
W7’s Perth Tour Report
Singapore vs Perth Select
Date: Sat 24th Nov 2007 (Tour from 24/11/07 – 27/11/07)
Time: 1300hrs – 1530hrs
Venue: Cottesloe RFC (Harvey Field)
Weather: Sunny, 25 degrees
Ground: Firm Ground
Format: Spore vs Perth Select 6 X 7 aside games with Rolling Subs
Objectives
Our objectives for this tour were to:
To prepare the SEA Games W7’s team by playing stronger & faster opposition
Build Camaraderie
Team Bonding & Building
Fine tune both Team & Unit skills
List of Players Club
Kristy Teh, Wantoks
Serena Yeoh, Blacks
Leung Wai Mun, Blacks
Aslinda Bte Abdullah, Blacks
Chan Wan Cheng, Blacks
Ang Wei Yi, Blacks
Derelyn Chua, Blacks
Jeslyn Lim, Wantoks
Angela Zheng, SRC
Angel Liu, SRC (Development)
Haseena Allapitchay, Wantoks
Tan Hui Juan, Blacks (Development)
Eunice Tay, Blacks
Wang Shao Ing, Blacks
Match Report
We started out against the bigger & faster Perth side by using teamwork and sharp passes to score twice and establish our lead in the game. We then got complacent and started to go into contact too much which resulted in turnovers against us.
We were strong at the scrums and ball retention at rucks, but the Perth side used inside passes to support runners to break our lines of defence.
Several weaknesses of our game were highlighted as the game wore on. We were weak in terms of the “hit” in the tackles, and also discipline in our defence patterns.
Midway through the game, our team started to get their act together, and looked sharp in both attack & defence. We started to attack with purpose and controlled possession well to score several team tries. Towards the end, fatigue had started to set in, and we allowed Perth back into the game by missing our tackles.
The final score was Singapore 11 tries, Perth 9 tries.
ARFU Cambodia 7s
Report prepared by Gene Tong
Head Coach
Singapore W7’s Team
8 Oct 2007
AFRU W7’s Tournament report
Date: Sat 6th Oct 2007
Time: 0900 - 1800
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Coach: Gene Tong
Asst Coach/Team Manager: Malcolm David Retnam
Pool Game 1 Spore vs Lao
Time: 0920
Score: 48 – 0 (Won)
| Tries | Conversions |
| Jeslyn | Wai Mun |
| Kristy | NA |
| Shao Ing | NA |
| Jeslyn | Wai Mun |
| Serena | Karen |
| Jeslyn | NA |
| Amanda | NA |
| Wan | Agnes |
Pool Game 2 Spore vs Thailand
Time: 1020
Score: 0 – 26 (Lost)
Pool Game 3 Spore vs Cambodia
Time: 1100
Score: 32 – 0 (won)
| Tries | Conversions |
| Wan | |
| Jeslyn | |
| Kristy | Yi Ling |
| Yi Ling | |
| Amanda | |
| Agnes | |
Pool Game 4 Spore vs Cambodia Select
Time: 1220
Score: 38 – 0 (Won)
| Tries | Conversions |
| Amanda | Agnes |
| Adik | Agnes |
| Chew Hong | |
| Jeslyn | |
| Adik | Agnes |
| Jeslyn | Agnes |
Pool Game 5 Spore vs Korea
Time: 1320
Score: 53 – 0 (Won)
| Tries | Conversions |
| Jeslyn | Wai Mun |
| Kristy | NA |
| Adik | Wai Mun |
| Serena | NA |
| Shao Ing | NA |
| Adik | NA |
| Juan | NA |
| Jeslyn | Wai Mun |
| Wai Mun | Wai Mun |
Summary of Pool Games
The team improved with every game, and it was an opportunity to let the rookies have a good run with lots of game time as most of the other teams were not highly skilled.
The tournament organizer was also kind to allow us to rotate our 13th player with each game. (IRB & CFR).
We managed to win 4 out of 5 pool games and qualified for the Cup Finals against Thailand.
Game 6 – Cup Finals Spore vs Thailand
Time: 1630
Score: 0 – 22 (Lost)
Summary of Tournament
This was a good tournament to provide exposure for our younger players and it also proved to be a good platform to benchmark our training programme.
In the last 2 times we met Thailand this year, we were outrun by their speedy wingers and they also went through our defences in the middle of the park. In the Cup Final for this tournament, we had our defenders being able to contact them (but missed tackle), and there were not breaks through our defence in the middle. All their tries were scored out wide, but that gap has closed and were able to get within 3m of them on the run.
We look forward to continuing our training programme and preparing our team in terms of speed and defence systems in preparation for the upcoming S.E.A. games in December.
Format: Round Robin
Teams:
-
Cambodia
-
Lao
-
Singapore
-
Korea
-
Thailand
-
Cambodia Select
Scores & Standings for AFRU W7’s 2007
| Games | Teams | Remarks | |
| G1 | Cambodia 0 | Korea 15 | W Korea |
| G2 | Lao 0 | Singapore 48 | W Singapore |
| G3 | Thailand 50 | Cambodia Select 0 | W Thailand |
| G4 | Cambodia 7 | Lao 7 | Draw |
| G5 | Singapore 0 | Thailand 26 | W Thailand |
| G6 | Cambodia Select 0 | Korea 10 | W Korea |
| G7 | Cambodia 0 | Singapore 32 | W Singapore |
| G8 | Thailand 62 | Korea 0 | W Thailand |
| G9 | Cambodia Select 0 | Lao 15 | W Lao |
| G10 | Cambodia 0 | Thailand 59 | W Thailand |
| G11 | Cambodia Select 0 | Singapore 38 | W Singapore |
| G12 | Lao 10 | Korea 15 | W Korea |
| G13 | Cambodia 17 | Cambodia Select 0 | W Cambodia |
| G14 | Korea 0 | Singapore 53 | W Singapore |
| G15 | Lao 0 | Thailand 48 | W Thailand |
| Bowl Final | Cambodia 25 | Cambodia Select 10 | Bowl Winners Cambodia |
| Plate Final | Korea 10 | Lao 12 | Plate Winners Lao |
| Cup Final | Singapore 0 | Thailand 22 | Cup Winners Thailand |
ARFU 7s 2007
Report prepared by Gene Tong
28th April 2007
Asia Women’s 7’s - Doha
Asia Women’s 7’s 2007
Match Report
Day 1 Thu 26th April
Weather: Sunny
Temperature: 35 degrees (Hot & Dry, 30% humidity)
Ground: Firm
We arrived in Doha on Thursday 26th April at 0900hrs. Training was from 1100 – 1200hrs at the warm up ground next to the stadium.
We had a late lunch at the Hotel and rested till 6pm. Dinner was at 7.30pm and team briefing was at 8.30pm.
Lights out was 1030hrs.
Teams & Fixtures
China had pulled out of the tournament due to unforeseen reasons, and we were down to an eight team 2 group tournament from a 9 team 3 groups tournament. We were playing the round robin format with direct qualification to Shield, Bowl, Plate & Cup Finals (Total 8 Games)
Fri 27th April
Game 1
1300hrs AGRFU vs SPORE
Result Lost 0 – 10
1st half: 0 – 5, 2nd half 0 – 10
We started the game well to pressure AG into mistakes and turned over the ball. But we were not confident of running out wide early, and got held up in contact too much. AG’s 1st try in the 1st half came from a lineout error.
Second half was no different as we controlled possession but one bad pass put us under pressure and AG capitalized on it to score their second try and end the game with a 10 – 0 win against us.
Game 2
1440hrs SPORE vs THAILAND
Result Lost 5 – 22
1st half: 0 – 10, 2nd half 5 - 22
Try Scorer: Kristy Teh
We started out the game well to receive and control the ball moving across the park for over 2 mins with about 5 phases. Thailand capitalized on our bad passing and ran out wide to score against a slow drift defence. Their second try came from out wide again as they used their pace to outrun us.
We started the second half better with Kristy breaking the Thai defence from our 22m and players linking up for several phases to score our only try of the game. Thailand replied with 2 quick tries by running out wide and exploiting our slow drift defence.
Game 3
1640hrs SPORE vs UZBEKISTAN
Result Won 19 – 10
1st half: 14 - 5, 2nd half 19 – 10
Try Scorers:
Dawn Lim
Kristy Teh
Jeslyn Lim
Conversions:
Eunice Tay (2)
Uzebekistan scored the opening try from a pick and go in our 22m. From then on, our team started control the ball well and our Winger Dawn picked up a bouncing pass to slice through the defence to score our opening try under the posts. Eunice converted the try to give us a 7 – 5 lead. From open play, Kristy ran wide to score our second try which was also converted to take the lead to 14 – 5 at half time.
The 2nd half saw us opening the game with another try from Jeslyn in open play. Uzbekistan came back with a try because we committed too many players at the breakdown to end the game.
Game 4
1840hrs SPORE vs KAZAKHSTAN
Result Lost 0 – 34
1st half: 0 – 17, 2nd half 0 – 34
We were up against the 3 time defending Champions Kazakhstan, and they we switched on for this game. What ever we lacked of physically & technically against Kazakhstan, our team played their hearts out to prevent them from scoring more tries.
We kept the scores down to 3 tries per half and even managed to control several phases against one of the best teams in the tournament. The gals did their moves and even achieved line breaks against the far superior opposition.
Summary of Day 1
Our team was caught napping in the 1st 2 games, and we paid dearly for it by losing. We managed to wake up in the 3rd and 4th o play much better rugby and show a glimmer of hope that we still were in the run for top 4 positions.
Rankings at the end of day 1:
Kazakhstan
Japan
Thailand
Arabian Gulf
Hong Kong
Singapore
Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
We take on Sri Lanka, Japan & Hong Kong in day 2, afterwhich we will be ranked from 1st to 8th and play in the respective Shield, Bowl, Plate & Cup Finals.
Sat 28th April
Game 5
1400hrs SPORE vs SRI LANKA
Result Won 14 – 12
1st half: 7-0, 2nd half 14-12
Try Scorer:
Aslinda
Jeslyn
Coversions:
Eunice Tay (2/2)
We started out well, to score early in the game through a decoy move on general play and held on till half time. Sri lanka came back in the second half with an early try. But we replied with Jeslyn running right through in open play. The Lankans came back with one more unconverted try to end the game 14 – 12 in our favor.
Game 6
1520hrs SPORE vs JAPAN
Result Lost 49 – 0
1st half: 0 - 21, 2nd half 0 - 49
We started out well to contain Japan for 2mins. From then, the found our weaknesses and ran right through our defences. We fielded several reserves after we were 4 tries down to get maximum exposure, thus the additional tries in the second half.
Game 7
1640hrs HONG KONG vs SPORE
Result Won 17 - 12
1st half: 7 - 0, 2nd half 17 - 12
Try Scorer:
Aslinda (Open Play)
Kristy (Penalty move)
Eunice (Blindside break)
Conversions:
Eunice (1/3)
The team really wanted this game, and we opened the scores with an early try in the 1st half from Adik in open play which was converted by Eunice and we held on to a 7-0 lead till half time. After the break, Kristy scored off a penalty move on the side. HK came back to score 2 tries by running on our blind side and doing pick & go. From a scrum, Eunice ran the blind for 60m to score the final try of the game.
Game 8
1825hrs Bowl Final - HONG KONG vs SPORE
Result Lost 0 - 5
1st half: 0 - 0, 2nd half 0 - 5
Coming from the last game vs HK, we were confident but not complacent. The team played a superb game for 20mins in the finals. The referee made several calls which resulted in 20 odd penalties against us. HK scored in the 8th min of the second half, and the referee stopped that game with 10 sec’s left to go.
Overall Tour Summary
Played 8 games
Won 3
Lost 5
Rankings for 2007 Asia W7’s
Kazakhstan
Japan
Thailand
Arabian Gulf
Hong Kong
Singapore
Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
We improved our positioning from 2006 where we were ranked 7th. Coming from HK a month ago, all the teams have stepped up tremendously. We need to work on handling, kicking, gym & track sessions if we want to do better at our next international tournament. Training must start 3mths out from the tournament, not 1 month.
Team
- Kristy Teh (Wanderers)
- Jeslyn Lim (Wanderers)
- Dawn Lim (Wanderes)
- Aslinda Abdullah (Blacks)
- Eunice Tay (Blacks)
- Leung Wai Mun (Blacks)
- Ang Weiyi (Blacks)
- Wang Shao Ing (Blacks)
- Tan Hui Juan (Blacks)
- Amanda Teo (Blacks)
- Karen Yeoh (SRC)
- Angelina Liu (SRC)