NRA U16 Select Program 2015

The players were selected from Teams in the National School’s B Div Bowl and International School. A total of 54 players were shortlisted from 9 secondary schools and 5 international schools to participate in the program.

– Admiralty Secondary School

– Damai Secondary School

– Evergreen Secondary School

– Greenridge Secondary School
– JunYuan Secondary School

– Montfort Secondary School

– Northbrooks Secondary School

– Peirce Secondary School

– Regent Secondary School
– Tanglin Trust School
– Lycée Français de Singapour
– Singapore American School
– UWCSEA (East and West)
– Marlborough College

 The squad underwent training 3 sessions with the first on 11th April, before the final 26 was drafted out on Thursday 16th April.

s/n	Players Name	School	Position	Age
	Forwards
1	Muhammad Shahir	Evergreen	Hooker	16
2	Syed Ashraf	Peirce	Hooker	16
3	Nur Muhammad Azizi	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
4	Abdul Ammar	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
5	Shaik Nabil Basharahil	Damai	Prop / Utility	16
6	Christian Le Touzo	LFS	Prop / Utility	16
7	Boyaval Augustin	LFS	Lock / Utility	16
8	Muhammad Irsyaduddin	Greenridge	Flanker	16
9	Noerzat B Abdullah Sini	Montfort	Flanker / Utility	16
10	Grant Bourdon	UWC East	Flanker / Utility	16
11	Meehan Matthew Patrick	SAS	Flanker / Utility	16
12	Hugh Goovaerts	UWC East	Backrow	16
13	Alan Castillo	LFS	Backrow	16+
	Backs
14	Eberendhu Igwe, Rong Yao	Marlborough	Halfback	16
15	Bradley Paul	SAS	Halfback	16
16	Muhammad Syafawi	Admiralty	Flyhalf	16
17	Riduan B Sulaiman	Evergreen	Flyhalf / Utility	16
18	Wagener Alexis	LFS	Flyhalf / Utility	16
19	Marcus Ng Weii	Montfort	Center / Utility	16
20	Ryan Haines	TTS	Center / Utility	16
21	Raphael Granier	LFS	Winger	16
22	Lionel Tan Yi Hong	Evergreen	Winger	16
23	Isaac Andrew	Montfort	Back 3	16
24	Letard Martin	LFS	Back 3	16
25	Firman Firdaus	Greenridge	Fullback	16
26	Toby Merritt	TTS	Back 3	15

In a 4 session program, the players benefited most from the exposure with players from different schools, cultural, and playing against a Club side.

During the match against Centaurs Under 16, the Select  team showed great character in defense and taking the opportunities to attack when given, and putting in the first try on the game. But with the Centaurs side constantly putting on pressure to the U16 Select defense, Centaurs managed to put back a try just before the half time. Half time score, NRA U16 Select 10-7 Centaurs U16.

In the second half, our Select  team continued their attacking pressure and managed to increase the lead further putting in one Penalty kick and another two tries to the scoreboard. The Centaurs side managed to put in one more try in the final minutes of the game resulting in a 25-12 scoreline to the NRA U16 Select.

At the end of the match, the management presented SCNRA Tshirt to four players, 2 of the best Forwards and Backs for their individual performance.

We would like to thank Centaurs Rugby Club for helping to make the match possible, and we look forward to a continuous relationship to help Rugby in Singapore grow stronger.

Here on the Players from the National School’s B Div Cup and Plate will be playing their finals matches in their National Schools competition next week before being drafted for the Singapore Schools U16 Squad. And when come year end we look forward to having both squads back for the final NRA U16 Program in Nov. All the best to all players for the remaining tournament and exams to come.

We will like to take this opportunity to thank all the schools and players that participated in the program and Standard Chartered Bank Singapore for their continuous support to Youth Rugby in Singapore!