The Saint Lucia Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) held their second Tournament of the season post the Covid-19 shutdowns. A tag tournament was hosted by the Rogues Rugby Club, dubbed “The Kings of Tag”. The event took at the La Clery playing field on Sunday 2nd August 2020.
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The one day tournament consisted of eight teams, three teams put forward by Rogues, two male and one female; Rona; Rollers; Reela, Boys Training Centre and Whiptail Warriors.
In the preliminary round: Rogues 1 defeated Reela Rugby 4-3; Whiptail Warriors 4 Rogues 2 (6); Rona 5 versus Rollers (and all female team) 4; Rogues Females had the better of the Boys Training Centre 6-0; Rogues 1 defeated Rona 3-1; Rogues 2 breeze past the Boys Training Centre 7-2; Reela made light work of Rollers beating them 6-3 and Whiptail Warriors pulled one back when they defeated Rogues Females 7-0.
In quarterfinal action: In game 1 between Reela and Whiptail Warriors, the latter won 4-3; Game 2, it was a similar margin of victory (4-3) for Rouges 1 over Rogues Female team.
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For the third pace silverware between the Whiptail Warriors and Rogues 1 was high scoring encounter. The two teams did not waste their scoring opportunities that forced overtime where a tied score of 7-7 was still not broken after a well-played matchup.
The decision for the winner was left to a captains coin toss where Rogues 1 were victorious and were awarded with 3rd place.
In the finals Rogues 2 defeated Rona 10-6 to emerged inaugural “The Kings of Tag” in a high scoring matchup.
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