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The Singapore Rugby Union also aimed to increase the interest of Rugby by collaborating with international universities for exchange programmes in 2002. The improvement of Rugby clinics also organized a free touch and contact Rugby programme in 2006, hence resulting in an increase of another 100 participating schools.
For the stellar performance in 1978, the Singapore National Olympic Council awarded national sports accolades to Singapore rugby. The Singapore all-nationals team won the 1978 Team of the Year award, the Coach of the Year went to rugby coach, Natahar Bava and Sportsman of the Year went to the pack leader, Song Koon Poh.
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Due to Singapore's tropical climate, the stadium's roof is designed to reflect sunlight in order to insulate its interior, while natural airflow is used to cool spectator areas with less energy usage than a venue of comparable size. [11] The stadium has configurations for football, rugby, athletics, and cricket. [11]
The Singapore Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Singapore. It was founded in 1948. It was founded in 1948. The current president is Sunny Seah , a civil servant who played rugby at St Andrews School, Anglo Chinese Junior College and the Guards formation.
The Asia Pacific Dragons successfully defended the cup against English club Saracens in 2012. Initially, the APDs played 15-a-side rugby, then expanded to play rugby sevens and rugby tens . The team won the Hong Kong Football Club Tens in 2012 and the Singapore Cricket Club Sevens in 2013, and competed at the World Club 10s in Singapore in 2014.
The Singapore Cricket Club is said to have been one of the first rugby clubs in Singapore when employees from the British East India Company brought the game to Singapore. For many years in the 1800s and early 1900s the Singapore team that played against other Malayan states was made up of expatriates who were working in Singapore and army ...
The event is one of the premier international club tournaments in Asia, involving teams from around the world. The trophy for the tournament, the Ablitt Cup, [1] is named after Mr Bernard E Ablitt who was Convenor of the SCC Rugby Section from 1931-2 and President of the club from 1938-9. The silver Ablitt Cup was donated by Mrs Katherine ...