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| 2008 Bondi Rugby Tens Tournament Report
The 2008 Bondi Tens hosted another tremendous two days of high quality social rugby played on 8th/9th February. Weather forecasts were grim, but Day 1 was played in splendid sunshine and although the promised rain came in Day 2 it was not sufficient to dampen competitors’ enthusiasm, and the skies cleared in time for thrilling finals. Click here to see photos: We again had 24 teams competing in the main competition and, in addition, we had an over-35’s game between invitational Fire Brigade and Breakers Old Boys sides, won by BOBS. On Day 1, six pools of 4 teams played round- robin. Pool 1 was won by the British Lions, making their first appearance, who beat the Wanderers from Singapore, Bali Legends and Landmark. The Wanderers were on tour (of Kings Cross) and were a great hit-thanks for coming and see you next year. Pool 2 was won by the eventual winners London BaBas, who gave an indication of things to come by running up big scores against ANZACS, Mosman and Fire Brigade. By the time we got to tournament day there wasn’t much London about the BaBas, but a lot of Eastern Suburbs. Pool 3, not surprisingly, was won by Misfits, bridesmaids in the 2006 and 2007 Cup Finals. Misfits beat newcomers Kings OB’s and NSW Country by good margins but were held to the difference of a conversion by Toucans. Gents Barbarians, Tournament winners in 2006 and 2007, won Pool 4 with wins over Navy, Cannonballers and BOBS. This pool saw a tight game between Navy old and new, in which Cannonballers prevailed 12-7. In Pool 5, Tattersalls looked impressive in beating UTBNB (Cowra), Sydney Schooners and Silver Bullets who, as a founding team, are yet to win a game in four tournaments. Kokoda Brothers were undefeated in Pool 6, beating Cranbrook OB’s, Team Ramrod from Quirindi (who got the votes for the best strip) and Colleagues. So, going into Day 2 we had the six undefeated pool winners going forward to the Cup knockout, joined by UTBNB and Mosman on rankings.
The Cup knockout saw the only Golden Point match when Tattersalls dismissed British Lions with a try after full time. Others to depart early were UTBNB (Cowra), Mosman and Kokoda Brothers. The experts had correctly picked the four semi- finalists after Day 1, and then Gents Barbarians beat Tatts 12-0 while Misfits couldn’t match London BaBas, going down 22-5. The finals had been moved to the dry Ground 2, the sun had come out and a very successful Tournament finished with a fast, hard, evenly- contested game with the London (East) BaBas winning the 2008 Bondi Tens Cup 7-0 to deprive Gents of their hat-trick of wins.
Previously, in the Plate, Cannonballers, Cranbrook OB’s, Landmark (a Gold sponsor) and Navy had early showers. NSW Country went on to beat Toucans 19-5 while Colleagues brought an end to the Bali Legends run with 28-0 win. In the Plate Final, Colleagues could not match the pace of their brothers in NSW Country, going down 31-5. The Bowl knockout on Day 2 saw early departures of Silver Bullets, Fire Brigade, Wanderers and BOBS. In the Bowl semi- finals, ANZACS beat Team Ramrod 12-5 and Kings OB’s got the better of Sydney Schooners 17-0. Kings OB’s, who secured a late place in the tournament when Bathurst & Orange pulled out, emerged Bowl Winners, beating ANZACS 17-0. Thanks to all our sponsors, referees, medical team, Colleague volunteers, Woollahra Council and neighbours for contributing to a great couple of days. Click for Day 2 Knockout Results
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