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Nomads bag fist victory in South East Asia tournament

Nomads bag fist victory in South East Asia tournament

Game: Nomads v Jakarta Komodos @ Nomads, Saturday 4^th Feb 2012

In the first ever match of the South East Asian Club Championship last Saturday, Manila Nomads required a gargantuan team effort to overcome a well-drilled and tenacious visiting Jakarta Komodos.

This much- anticipated game proved to be a classic encounter, with a home side keen to put last weekend's thumping in the local Tens League behind them and a visiting team determined not to allow depleted travelling numbers to affect their game-plan.

Within the Nomads ranks, the early season opportunity to play 15's was universally welcomed. The vast majority of the club's players have been brought up on this version of the game and with massive competition for first team places this year, it was no surprise that throughout the entire squad, there was a real buzz and their enthusiasm was plain to see.

The Komodos had only travelled with seventeen players and the empty seats on the bench were taken up by some members of the Manila Hapons. In charge of the game was Harry Wang, newly appointed member of the Asian Referees Panel; as the game progressed, it became clear that he was an official of a standard the visitors were not used to.

The opening 15 minutes both teams set out their stalls and there was no doubt even at this early stage in proceedings that this was not going to be a runaway victory for either side. On 14 minutes a well worked back-line move saw local hero Danny Williams put over by a perfectly timed pass from Philippine international Sevens player and captain Jon Morales. Williams, who had played 90 minutes of football in the National Premiership only two hours before kick-off, calmly slotted the conversion for a 7-0 lead. Unfortunately a freak accident as the last pass was completed, forced Morales from the field having sustained a broken and dislocated finger.

Whether it was their captain's departure, a lapse in the Nomad's concentration, or the steely determination of the visitors to get straight back into the game, the crowd did not have to wait long for the next score.  Nomads failed to field the restart and then worse still, failed to clear their lines, instead choosing to throw out a speculative pass on their own 5 metre line. The result was a try to the Komodos, courtesy of the scavenging Martijn Decker.

A William's penalty midway through the half put Nomads 10-5 up, but it was the Komodos, despite being forced to live off scraps of possession, who led at the half-time whistle. A loose pass in midfield was well anticipated by the visiting captain Gareth Rae, who sprinted over from some 35 metres out and then bagged the extras for a narrow 12-10 lead.

Nomad's forwards, many of whom were at their peak not last decade, or even  the previous one, but in the eighties, were magnificent all day. The early season fitness work is clearly paying dividends and they dominated proceedings in the loose and in the tight. This is not to say that in any way the Komodos were rolling over, far from it, and as the second half progressed, their refusal to lie down, brought respect and admiration from the local spectators.

A Komodo's penalty only minutes into the second period, widened the gap to five points, before Nomad's pocket dynamo Eric Savina, on his fortieth birthday, (and still by some distance only the third oldest starting forward) proved what an asset he is to the home team's ranks, crossing the line to level the scores. Savina, as oft times before seemed to defy the laws of physics throughout the game, managing to consistently get the upper hand of far bigger opponents. If his personal effort and determination could be bottled the club could make a fortune.

Fifteen a piece, with thirty minutes to play. This was exactly what the organisers of this five team regional tournament had hoped for and it was to take another eighteen minutes before Nomads could finally edge ahead and then round of the victory with a flourish. The visitors sustained several game-ending injuries, but still they soldiered on, with the replacements stepping up to the task valiantly.

Two Williams's penalties took his personal tally for the day to eighteen and then hard running, hard tackling full-back Sam Fogg, yet again stuck two fingers up to those who think he's just a pretty boy, by capping a solid performance with a try two minutes from the death.

The final outcome was a 28-15 win for Nomads, but there is no doubt that home advantage, certainly in terms of availability of players, will play a large part in determining results. Any team who can pick up points on the road will make a huge step towards being the first to be crowned club champions of South East Asia.

For Nomads this was a most satisfying win and one of the biggest bonuses for coach Phil Gittus , was that he was able to utilise his entire bench, with no real disruption to the pattern of play. In Barberis and Kesterton they have two safe pairs of hands in the line-out, the scrum is solid and throughout the forwards there is an ever-growing confidence, which will compliment their natural abrasiveness. Out wide Williams is a class act and it will not be too long before their youthful three-quarters really click and the team add a more expansive dimension to their game-plan.

Phil Gittus

Globe - PRFU 7s League 2011

The GLOBE - PRFU 7s League will kick-off on Saturday, July 30 at Rizal Stadium. Schedule will be sent next week.

 

Teams must nominate for the league this Friday 22 July. There will be 2 divisions:

Division 1 which will include current PRFU clubs and teams

Division 2 which will include new PRFU teams and Filipino clubs.

 

For future reference, the following are the dates other GLOBE - PRFU 7s Rounds will be played at the Rizal Stadium:

August 13, September 17, September 24 and October 1

 

The final round will be played at Nomad Sports Club.

 

PRFU 15s series about to commence

The ZEPHYR COMMUNICATIONS PRFU 15s LEAGUE will kick off starting this May 14. This League will be run on the following dates/venues:
 
Rd 1. Sat May 14th (Nomads Sports Club)
 
Rd 2. Sat June 11th (Nomads Sports Club)
 
Rd 3. Sat June 18th (Nomads Sports Club)
 
Rd 4. Sat June 25th (Nomads Sports Club)
 
Finals Sat July 9th (Nomads Sports Club)
 
At each Round there will be a "Man of the Match" Awarded after each game and this will be sponsored by HARDY'S WINES.
 
This year each of the new PRFU SILVER SPONSORS will take over the naming rights of each of the League's and it was deceided that ZEPHYR COMMUNICTIONS will be the naming sponsor for the PRFU 15s League 2011. The PRFU would like to take this opportunity to thank ZEPHYR COMMUNICATIONS for taking up a silver sponsorship with the PRFU and we look forward to hosting a competitive and enjoyable 15s league in 2011.

 

Good wins early in 2011

Well done to Nomads and Carabaos teams for first up wins in the PRFU 10s last Saturday at Nomads.

Great club debuts to Damien, Saki, Nick T and Clutch.

 

Jon 'Madman' Morales had a cracking first game as Captain, including being denied an outstanding solo try when held up over the line, and overall the squad depth looked good. All bodes well for a strong 2011 for Nomads and the build up to the Manila 10s on March 19 & 20

 

PRFU report here below

 

PRFU 10s LEAGUE KICKS OFF FOR 2011

The first games of Rugby Union have been played for 2011 and it was the oldest club in the Philippines, Nomads Rugby Club that began in style with two comfortable wins over their cross town rivals the Alabang Eagles. This year the PRFU 10s league started in late January to allow all club teams at least two months to fully prepare for the Manila 10s which will be held at Nomads on March 19/20^th.

The season opened with the Nomads slowly taking the pitch after the Alabang Ibons had undertaken a 20 minute warm up, this may have done more good than harm and it was the Carabaos that started more aggressively to take a halftime lead of 14 – 5. Carabaos Captain Sean Georget led by example and scored the opening try for his team and then out of the blue, Steve "Scotty" Mitchell managed throw away the years and at 55 scored a double when he threw a dummy to know one and everyone fell for it, including the referee and then stormed like a raging bull from the back of an attacking lineout to force a dropped ball behind and the Ibons tryline and dive on the loose ball to score his second try in the season's opening game. Steve has obviously laid early claims to Nomads players of the year by scoring a double at 55 years of age in the first game of season. On the back of" Steve the Scotsmans" attacking raids the Carabaos ran out easy winners by 45 – 5.

The second game of the day saw a rejuvenated Manila Hapons show up to Nomads with more than the usual 10 players and the new players also proved that they can play quality rugby by defeating the Philippine Development Team by 29 – 19. The Hapons have obviously spent the off season recruiting new Japanese players to their team and up to 18 players were ready to play in the first game of the season, this bodes well for the Hapons and they definitely looked like they mean business in 2011, with all their new recruits having an impact on the game. The Development team were depleted with a majority of the National Development team playing  for the Eagles in the last game of the round. Take nothing away from a new Hapons team; they will be a new force to reckon with in 2011.

The last game of the round had the Alabang Eagles v Nomads in a replay of last year's A division final. National Team Players David Carman and John Morales went head to head and led their teams into the first game of the season, unfortunately for both players they would have to leave the field during the game with David sidelined in the first half after scoring the Eagles solo try and John coming of the field late in the Second half after having a try disallowed. Overall it was a dominant display by the Nomads with Sam Fogg scoring a hat trick of tries to lead the Nomads to a convincing 45 to 22 win. The Nomads forwards outplayed the Eagles and once again penalties would be the Eagles downfall with two of Nomads first half tries coming on the back of high tackle penalties.

PRFU 10s League table after RD 1:

Nomads 3 pts (45 F 22 A)

Eagles 1 pt (22 F 45 A)

Hapons 3 pts (29 F 19 A)

Dev Team 1pt (19 F 29 A)

Carabaos 3pts (45 F 5 A)

Ibons 1pt (5F 45A)