{"id":167877,"date":"2018-06-24T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167877"},"modified":"2018-06-24T05:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T09:40:00","slug":"behind-second-half-turnaround-ph-volcanoes-defeat-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/24\/behind-second-half-turnaround-ph-volcanoes-defeat-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind second half turnaround, PH Volcanoes defeat Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103738\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10473437_818640438160777_7095197212385722147_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103738\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10473437_818640438160777_7095197212385722147_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Philippine Volcanoes kept their status in Division 1 of the Asia Rugby Championship after beating UAE, 34-26, in a do-or-die playoff in Ipoh, Malaysia on Saturday. (Photo: Philippine Rugby - Philippine Volcanoes National Team\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10473437_818640438160777_7095197212385722147_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10473437_818640438160777_7095197212385722147_n-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10473437_818640438160777_7095197212385722147_n-768x754.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Volcanoes turned the tides in the second half to gain a head start in their two-game series. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineRugby\/photos\/a.151367738221387.32177.124179747606853\/818640438160777\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineRugby\/photos\/a.151367738221387.32177.124179747606853\/818640438160777\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Philippine Rugby &#8211; Philippine Volcanoes National Team\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Volcanoes drew first blood against Singapore in the Asia Rugby Championship Division 1 series with a 32-24 win at the Southern Plains Rugby Field in Calamba, Laguna on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Volcanoes turned the tides in the second half to gain a head start in their two-game series.<\/p>\n<p>Behind a scoring spree from Jonathan Barber, Singapore quickly opened a 14-5 lead 24 minutes into the match.<\/p>\n<p>But just before halftime, Joe Dawson found an open lane at the right flank following a scrum and went all the way to the end zone for the try. Daniel Matthews scored the ensuing conversion that cut the lead to just two, 14-12, at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The one-possession swing sparked the Volcanoes&#8217; second half show, outscoring the Singaporeans, 20-7, for most of the half with Dawson and Matthews initiating the attack and substitutes Rob Fogerty and Edlen Hernandez sealing the comeback with dagger tries.<\/p>\n<p>Ishraff Marah, meanwhile, drilled a long-range penalty for the final tally.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will face off again on Tuesday at the said venue.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, London-based Penguins Rugby Club proved to be too much for the Volcanoes&#8217; developmental side Residents XV after a 67-10 rout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine Volcanoes drew first blood against Singapore in the Asia Rugby Championship Division 1 series with a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[52183,22627,970],"class_list":["post-167877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asia-rugby-championship-division","tag-philippine-volcanoes","tag-singapore","mauthors-ivan-stewart-saldajeno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}