Saturday, January 20, 2007 Sinulog rugby tilt attracts Malaysian team
SIX teams will battle it out for the debut staging of the Rugby Football Club Cebu City-organized Sinulog 10s Rugby Festival today at the Camp Lapu-Lapu Field in Lahug.
The country’s top-ranked teams, including a foreign contender from Malaysia, dispute for the Dragon Cup, the top honors bequeathed to the champion team.
With the homecourt edge, Cebu Dragons Rugby Club will field two teams that will defend its turf as they confront the visiting Alabang Eagles, Nomads, Maritime Academy Warriors and the Malaysian squad—RSC Dalmatians—which came all the way from Selangor.
Top 2 teams
Alabang and Nomads are the country’s top two teams. The two Cebu squads, on the other hand, rank third and fourth respectively, in the national level.
Tru to its title, the 10s tournament adopts a 10-a-side format with 10 playing minutes given for each half. Teams play in a round robin to determine the team that will play in the final round.
Later in the day, regional pride is put at stake the best from Luzon challenge the best from Visayas in the battle for supremacy. (MCB)
