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by Chris Dhambarage

Wesley College will make their first appearance in the current inter school rugby season when they take on Carey College in their Milo under 19 fixture at the Sugathadasa Stadium today.

The Wesleyites have rested as many as six of their senior players for this game in an attempt to give the newcomers a good warm up session. In addition they are also very much concerned about their next outing where they will be up against the traditional rivals Kingswood College for the L. E. Blaze trophy to be played in Kandy.

The Wesleyites certainly do have a tough schedule ahead of them with more important games coming up against Isipatana, Royal, S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia, Dharmaraja College Kandy, St. Anthony's and the defending Milo League champions St. Peter's College.

Last year they made a spectacular start to the season while recording stunning victories over the more fancied Trinity College (21-0), Dharmaraja College (33-0) and St. Anthony's College (12-8). They also stretched the strong Isipatana outfit to the maximum before going down fighting 3-6 in a thrilling encounter. They eventually came up to the final of the Milo President's trophy knock out tournament before losing to Royal 6-20.

This year the team is captained by flanker Kasun de Silva and the other senior players are number eight Tyronne Harrison, Sri Lanka youth cap Zakir Badurdeen, second row forward Julian Francisco, wingers Naushiki Fariz, Saleem Buckman and Henry Terrence. Carey College who lost to the reigning Milo 'A' division league champions St. Peter's College 5-29 will be hoping for an improved performance.

The teams:

Wesley: Dhanushka Warnasuriya, Kalid Sarfudeen, Ranga Saifa, Damith Perera, Hossein Tuan, Heshan Dissanayake, Dhanushka Ratnayake, Amila Subasinghe, Rukshan Omar and Omar Sarfudeen, Nuwan Samith, Zakir Badurdeen, Neranjan Wickremaratne, Yomal Amarathunga, Yasas Nonis.

Carey: Tuan Ahmed, Dhanushka Abeywickrema, Rizmy Razeek, Lasantha Suriarachchi, Fayaz Faiz, Shantha Ali, Udaya Suranga, Nuwan Chamara (captain), Imran Lie, Mas Imran, Kamal Pakeer, Mark Rajpal, Renaz Farook, Riaz Noor, Anura Priyantha.

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