Sandy Bay / Gai Wu vs. Tigers / SKS

Sandy Bay / Gai Wu faced off against Tigers / SKS for the second league game of the season on a beautiful Sunday evening at Stanley Ho Sports Centre.
Both teams had full sides of 15 players with subsitutes and the game was a fast paced affair from the opening drop kick. Tigers / SKS were clearly a well drilled team and retained a good number of girls from last season for this years squad. Possession from rucks and breakdowns were fairly even for the opening minutes, but slowly Tigers / SKS crept within scoring distance of the Sandy Bay / Gai Wu try line and ultimately opened their account with a well worked try utilizing a series of runners.
Tigers / SKS scored three try's by half time despite some great defense by Sandy Bay / Gai Wu, especially in the backfield. After the half time break, Sandy Bay / Gai Wu came back with guns blazing and pinned Tigers / SKS to their own try line for a good 10 minute period. Unfortunately, they couldn't convert the pressure into points and ultimately Tigers / SKS worked themselves into another scoring position with good combinations and powerful runners.
It was a disappointing night for Sandy Bay / Gai Wu, as Tigers /SKS ran in a final breakaway try before the closing whistle competing a 60-0 win over a exhausted but unbowed Sandy Bay / Gai Wu team.
Jessica Ting was injured in the first few minutes of the match and had two be taken to hospital for stitches to a deep cut on her left eyebrow. CY Tsang suffered her first black eye and cut below her left eye.
Coaches mentions for Emma Leese, Kyra Haskins, Sara MacPherson, Emerson Fox, Ball Chan and Hayley Lai