Favourites dominate Labuan 10s
Published on: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Labuan: Favourite teams lived up to their top billing in the 16th Labuan 10s Rugby Carnival 2016 by sweeping to victories in their respective categories Sunday night.Osca Warriors from Sabah won the men's Cup category after edging Labuan's VRC Flash 10-0 and take home the Member of Parliament Cup and cash prize offered. VRC Storm, another local team won the men's Bowl category after edging Sipitang Hunters 10-0 while another favourite, Brunei Bastidos won the Veteran Cup to take home the Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia Cup after beating KS DBKL 17-7.ADVERTISEMENT SOWRC Angels from Sabah won the Puan Sri Datin Seri Utama Diana Deigo Cup after beating UITM Simba RC 5-0 while Melaka Juniors won the School Cup category and went home with the Labuan Umno Youth Cup after a 10-0 win against Sabah College.Labuan Rugby Association secretary Ahmad Effendy Abd Razak said the increase in the number of team featuring foreign players from Fiji and New Zealand showed the tournament had gained tremendous support.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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He also said that the event was also aimed at exposing the popularity of rugby among government officials and to the people of Labuan in general."We are drawing up promotion strategies and carrying out aggressive campaigns to lure more international players into our tournament next year. With our consistent efforts and continuous support from the government especially the Ministry of Federal Territories, we will see this Labuan 10's Rugby Tournament on par with international acclaimed events like the Singapore 7s and Hongkong 7s," said the carnival director Rashid Adli.