Harvard in record bashing of Police

Legitimate title contenders Harvard ran riot on Police, to write a record setting 163-0 victory in both team’s second match of the T&T Rugby Football Union (T&TRFU) Toyota Championship Division, on Saturday. The match was played in the winners’ familiar territory at the Police Academy Ground, St James, while reigning league champions Caribs, in contrast, recorded the narrowest of victories over Rainbow Sports and Culture Club, 28-27, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, to remain joint leaders.

Stag Trinidad Northern, meanwhile, rebounded from its opening week loss to Caribs, by dropping Royalians 15-8. The Harvard victory was the highlight of the weekend, as it broke the league’s record for a highest ever margin of victory, with 10 different players getting their names on the try-scorer sheet, albeit against a disorganized Police team which began with a man-short. Hinckson, a fullback, was absolutely clinical in his attempts to convert. He added 38 points to the scoresheet with his 19 successful conversions.

The win put national coach Larry Mendez-lead Harvard, on a perfect 10 points from two matches, with four points being awarded for each win and one bonus point in each match for scoring four or more tries. Caribs, however, did the same with a maximum 10 points from two matches, but trails Harvard significantly on goal-difference, albeit with only two matches gone. Samuel Roberts, scored one try for Caribs, with Andre Cabrera and Jason Clark scoring two each, all of which came in the first half. It was a second half penalty from Ronald Silverthorne, while ultimately gave Caribs the win. In the other match, Northern got its first win of the season over Royalians, with tries from Ryan Fredericks, Nyuen Franco and Jerome Poon Tip. Mark Roberts scored Royalians’ only try. National player Kelson Figaro also scored a penalty for Royalians.

T P W D L F A Bonus Pts

Harvard 2 2 0 0 199 12 2 10

Caribs 2 2 0 0 55 29 2 10

Royalians 2 1 0 1 52 27 1 5

Northern 2 1 0 1 27 35 0 4

Rainbow 2 0 0 2 29 64 1 1

Police 2 0 0 2 207 12 0