Wuxi English Teachers defeat Wuxi Expat Engineers 9-8 in weekend rugby match

Sunday, the Wuxi English Teachers Rugby Team narrowly defeated the Wuxi Expat Engineers Rugby Team 9-8 in a match played before 30 people at the Wuxi Expat Football Grounds.

The English Teachers scored all their points on penalty goals with Dennis Gorman kicking two for six points and Zach Landon getting one for three.

With twenty minutes remaining in the game, the English Teachers had a 9-3 lead.

The Engineers then scored a try to make the score 9-8. The conversion kick hit the goal post, and so the Engineers needed to score again.

With minutes remaining in the game, the Engineers' rally efforts resulted in another kick, this time on a penalty, going under the crossbar by inches.  A foot higher, and the Engineers would have won the match.  It was the defining moment of the match said the Engineer's captain Deloris Morris, who said her side generally had the run of play but no luck in scoring points.

After the final whistle, the Teachers took a shower together to celebrate their victory.

Exiting the shower, the English Teachers captain Duston Short said the victory over the female team was a wonderful development, and he had full confidence that the English Teachers would be give a "game that is good" to the male Engineers Rubgy team whom his side will play next week.