It was a weekend jam-packed with three days of action, with SA Sevens Academy from South Africa claiming their Albitt Cup, thrashing the Penguins in a thrilling final at Padang.
The SA Sevens Academy raced to put the game to bed with a 36-5 win against the Penguins, who had earlier upset 2014 defending champion Borneo Eagles in the semi-finals. Rosco Speckman was the night’s top try scorer, bringing his total tally to 10 for the tournament, whilst captain Kyle Brown (one try), Justin Geduld (two tries) and IRB World Sevens Player of the Year Cecil Afrika (one try) also scored tries for South Africa. The only try scored for the Penguins was by captain Will Hafu.
Sevens Academy’s captain Kyle Brown (right) gets tackled by a player from the Penguins. Photo: Singapore Cricket Club.
Penguins attempt to force a turnover against a player from Borneo Eagles.
Penguins captain Will Hafu (black, yellow and white) side-stepping a defending player from England Academy (black).
Hot favorite Sevens Academy clinches the Albitt Cup after defeating the Penguins in the finals with a score of 36-5.
Penguins remain gracious in their defeat in the Finals against Sevens Academy.
In other levels, Japan’s Tamariya Rugby Football Club clinched the Jug, defeating Australia’s East Arnhem Rugby with a tight score of 10-5. Australia’s NS Silverbacks from Australia crushed Malaysia’s NS Wanderers, scoring 46-0 to win the Bowl competition. England Academy lost to France Development Team, which walked away with the Shield as they finished with a score of 19-10.
French Development Team poses in good nature after winning the Shield.
Tournament host Societe Generale Singapore Cricket Club knocked the Singapore National Team out from the Plate qualifiers with a score of 19-0 in the quarter-finals and defeated Johor’s Iskander Raiders in the semis, scoring 17-10. The SCC boys, however, lost out to Plate winners Papua New Guinea’s PNG InterOil Turagus.
SCC (yellow and black) fell short of the Plate, losing to PNG (white and black) with a score of 26-5.
Some of these boys we have seen in the tournament will be back very soon for next year’s World Rugby Sevens in Singapore, one of whom is SA Sevens Academy captain Kyle Brown.
