Knights win battle against army men
Jason Thomas
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Monday, April 14, 2008
THE Knights Rugby Union Football Club recorded their second win of the Brunei Rugby Football Union National Inter-club Rugby Tournament yesterday notching up a 7-3 result against the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (ABDB) at the Royal Brunei Land Forces camp in Berakas.
Playing in their debut season, yesterday's win for this year's champions at the Under-16 and Under-18 levels came on the back of an impressive 35-0 victory against the Royal Brunei Police Force in their first senior match in the tournament two weeks ago.
The Knights were on the attack from the starting whistle yesterday, forcing ABDB to play inside their own try-line for the first few minutes.
Scoring a try just before half-time, the Knights would go on to convert it and set the scores at 7-0 heading into the locker room.
But if the first half belonged to the Knights, then the second half was definitely the army men's game.
Coming back strongly in the second half by making multiple dangerous runs and working effectively to break their opponents' defensive line, ABDB's ferocious tackles prevented the Knights from creating as many scoring opportunities as in the first half.
However, they failed to score a try and had to settle for a penalty kick for their only points after a Knights player was judged to have committed a high tackle.
ABDB had two especially good chances to score in the second half, but the first saw the ball frustratingly turned over inside the try-line and the second lacked the final pass to reach the player in space.
"Overall it was a tight match, but I feel we made too many mistakes such as dropped balls and missed tackles," said the Knights coach Ben Bourne.
The Knights next game is against the Bandar Blacks on Sunday while ABDB face off against defending champions Belait Pythons on Saturday.
The Brunei Times
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