Temasek Polytechnic finished Group A runners-up to United World College and met Saint Andrews Junior College in the semi-finals. Both teams were playing without their National players who were preparing for the Hong Kong match later in the evening. Temasek kept the SAJC team at bay with a tight defense. Saint Andrews however got their try with 10 seconds to go and booked their place in the final with a 5-0 victory, much to the heartache of the Temasek players and supporters.
The Final was now between UWC and SAJC, a repeat of last year’s final which United World College won comfortably. This year however, Saint Andrews weren’t going to give United World College an easy run to the Cup.
The game kicked off with United World College using their bigger backs to their full advantage, getting over the gain line time and time again. Only well-timed tackles from the Saints kept their hopes of avenging last year‘s defeat alive. The teams were evenly matched throughout. St Andrew’s had the best chance of the game when they were awarded a penalty outside the United World College 22m. Instead of kicking for the three points like most teams would with time ticking down, Saint Andrews opted to run but it came to nothing and the game finished 0-0 at full time.
The match thus went into sudden death. St Andrew’s once again stood their ground against the bigger UWC boys and looked threatening whenever they had the ball. The game turned on its head when the Saints lost their own ball at the breakdown giving UWC a chance to counter attack. Well executed draw-and-passes by the UWC backs gifted them an easy run to the try line. The scorer made no mistake as he placed the ball over the try line for United World College to retain their M1 Under-20 title with a 5-0 win.
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m1 10s-2nd
lost to united world college in the finals by one try during sudden death.






