Together with Safuwan Baharudin, Hariss Harun kept Terengganu dangerman Francis Doe Forkey silent and frustrated for 78 minutes. All it took was one lapse for the hard work to be undone.
THE 12th man turned up in droves on Tuesday for the match that marked Singapore's return to the Malaysian Super League, but sadly, the LionsXII skippers didn't.
V Sundramoorthy, the newly-appointed coach of the LionsXII, is focused first and foremost on his team's defence ahead of the M-League campaign next year.
HARISS Harun's absence from the Singapore line-up in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Iraq has reignited the question of whether local sportsmen should be given time off from National Service.