Source:www.guardian.co.tt
Fatima are the “Kings” of the Digicel Schools Rugby League. The Mucurapo Boys were crowned champions in both the Under-17 and Under-14 Divisions, whipping Tranquillity 20-10 and Belmont 13-10 respectively in the finals last Saturday on its grounds in Mucurapo. In the Under-14 Division final, Fatima was quickly into stride and some good ball movement saw Kevin Jardine kick a drop goal for the first score, giving his team a 3-0 lead.
Belmont player Shaquille Dyte intercepted the Fatima attack ball and ran the length of the field to give Belmont the lead of 5-3. The tables seemed to turn as Belmont became the aggressors as Fatima held on for the half-time whistle. On the resumption, the Belmont players started where they left off, applying pressure to Fatima which again resulted in a try scored by Shaquille Dyte, widening Belmont’s lead to 10-3.
This seemed to spur Fatima on and as time wore down the homesters pressed hard for that equalising try which came as Kevin Jardin scored. The try was converted by captain Kareem James. With minutes to go, both teams pushed for the winner and it came off the boot of Kevin Jardine, his second drop goal of the game just clearing the uprights and putting Fatima ahead. Against Tranquillity in the higher division, Fatima went out with revenge on their minds and scored the first points of the match off the boot of Adam Camacho with a drop goal.
Fatima scored again with a brilliant piece of skill by William Edghill stepping through two Tranquillity players and showing his speed to score directly under the posts, as Christian Chin coveted the try, giving Fatima a lead of 10-0. Tranquillity picked up the tempo and showed why they were unbeaten during the season to score through Argus Des Vignes as the first half came to an end.
Early in the second half Tranquility broke the defence on the wing with Marlon Browne showing his speed to score under the uprights. With the game tied, Tranquillity seemed to have the edge with their pace, as Fatima had to put in a lot of cover defensive tackles to keep the score level. Then with time running out, Ross Navarro stepped up to intercept the ball to take Fatima into the lead and Adam Camacho duly converted the resulting try. As Tranquillity tried for an equaliser, they gave away a penalty which Christian Chin dispatched to push the score and seal the win for Fatima.