mad redo1 was never a rugby player, perhaps due to his slight frame (it is true) when he was in school and college, and also the lack of speed over the distance required. But then again he also did not have the temperamental to cope with a rugby match.
But the most important reason of all perhaps he always give preference to football than any other sports, and that included rugby. However he always enjoy watching rugby than the almost similar but totally boring American Football or in his books, American Handball.
Thus it was a pleasure for him to watch two highly competitive rugby matches during the weekends courtesy of his SKPCT buddy, Zulkarnain Nawawi.
It was the semi-final weekends in the Terengganu Rugby Association 2011 League for the two divisions under their wings. The Division One semi-finals saw UiTM Vultures meeting UMT Stingrays on Friday while Sultan Sulaiman Old Boys (SSOB) Cobras and Kuala Terengganu Rugby Club (KTRC) lock horns the next day.
The Division Two last four qualifiers were Lembah Bidong Old Boys (LBOB) who took Terengganu Advanced Technical Institute (TATI) on Friday. The semi-final line-ups were completed by Ranaco Rugby Club and Dato' Razali Ismail Teaching College.
It is good to see the rugby culture are still alive and kicking but admittedly getting the competition going on annual basis is a credit to the association itself. Of course with a better financial backing the league could be bigger thus creating a larger pool of players to choose from to represent Terengganu.
Back to the semi-finals. On Friday mad redo1's alma mater team, The Vultures emerged victorious against The Stingrays with a score of 28-12 to qualify for the Division One final while LBOB marched to the Second Division final after trouncing TATI 27-8.
Then on Saturday a mouth-watering match up between the Cobras and KTRC promised an exciting affair and with a long history between the two sides there was an extra 'heat' added to the match as well.
But mad redo1's mate, Zulkarnain was an old hand in handling these kind of matches and his firm yet flexible way of dealing with hot moments during the match ensured it never get out of hand.
With the Cobras leading 14-12 towards the end of the match, KTRC players surprisingly opted to go for a drive to score a try when a penalty was awarded within range of the Cobras' goal. If they had opted to kick the penalty and successfully scored it would have given them a 15-14 victory. In the end it was a drive to nowhere and the Cobras secured their place in the final.
Prior to the match Ranaco mauled Dato' Razali Ismail Teaching College 47-0 in the second Division Two semi-final.
It was a weekend of scrums, rucks, line-outs and a few other terms and mad redo1 thoroughly enjoyed his time watching the matches.
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