Thomians out to maintain their impressive record
CHRIS DHAMBARAGE
S. Thomas� College will be hoping to maintain their impressive record
this season when they confront Trinity College Kandy in their annual
inter school rugby encounter for the Canon R. S. de Saram Shield at
Mount Lavinia today.
The Thomians have already made an impact in the �A� division league
tournament where they had the better of Isipatana College having earlier
gone down fighting against their traditional rivals Royal College in
their opening encounter.
In contrast Trinity College the last year�s league runners up had a
shock start to their campaign while losing to the newcomers St. Joseph�s
College 24-27 at the Pallekelle Stadium.
However they were able to recover from this setback and went on to
beat their home town rivals St. Anthony�s College 49-10 in the next
outing.
This time of course the Trinitians will be playing away from home and
face a daunting task in retaining the Shield having won last year�s
fixture 15-10 following another thrilling match at the Bogambara
Stadium.
Even then S. Thomas� College will take the field while brimming with
confidence and look set to continue with their excellent work this
season.
They showed a lot of character in the previous game where they came
from behind to snatch a memorable victory.
The teams:
Trinity: M. Dushanthan, S. Wijesinghe, Damith Dissanayake,
Gotabhaya Mahesh, Deshan Aluvihare, Mohamed Isham, P. Gunawardena,
Shannon Armstrong, Adeep Hamid and Rean Weerakoon, Viswajith Wijesinghe
(captain), Lasantha Samarasekera, Kenneth Armstrong, Akila Dissanayake,
Kanchana Ramanayake.
S. Thomas�: Amrith Anrado, Anjula de Silva, Roshenka
Kodithuwakku, Janit Jayasuriya, Sandeep Jayawardene, Asela Kohana,
Jeewaka Hewawitharana, Rajindra Gunasekere, Mohamed Rila and Shavin
Kapuwatte (captain), Arjun Manoharan, William Rudra, Anurudhdha Wilwara,
Praveen Perera, Jeromy Fernando.
Royal-Peterite clash
Meanwhile Royal College will be hoping to maintain their unbeaten
record this season when they take on St. Peter�s College in another key
inter school under 20 �A� division league rugby tournament match at
Bambalapitiya today.
Royal have already notched up two good victories over St. Anthony�s
College and S. Thomas� College Mount Lavinia and will be looking to
maintain the same momentum despite performing away from home.
In contrast St. Peter�s College will be coming out after a shock
defeat at the hands of Isipatana College last week and will be
determined to get their act together well in search of a morale boosting
victory.
However last year too St. Peter�s College suffered a demoralizing
12-17 defeat at the Royal College Sports Complex despite going in as the
clear favourites.
St. Peter�s: Johan Anderson, Salinda Mendis, Steve Nelson, Soyuru
Anthony, Chathuranga Cabraal, Asitha Ratnayake, Chamith Madurawala,
Shenal Dias, Rizwan Meedin and Keith Gurusinghe, Dhanushka Ranjan,
Sandun Herath, Dilshan Paul (captain), Lakith Perera, Bhanuka
Nanayakkara, Isuru Alwis, Devinda Fonseka, Kevin Wimaladasa, Srinath
Perera.
Royal: Nikira Senanayake, Ashen Dassanayake, Udara de Silva, Shilanka
Sudaraka, Ranga Perera, Shehan Pathirana, Hamza Hassen, Hasthika
Bandaranaike, Aqeel Sathuk and Naren Dhason (captain), Duminda Attygalle,
Shamil Ahmed, Chamara Dabare, Ranithra Chandraratne, Shabeer Mohamed. |
