Kingswood,St Peter's revive rivalry

KINGSWOOD College, Kandy and St. Peter's College will revive their rivalry when the two teams clash in the prestigious Milo Schools President's Trophy knock-out Rugby Tournament final at the Sugathadasa Stadium today.

The kick off is at 5.00 p.m after the Premier Trophy final between Isipatana College and Science College which will get underway at 3.45 p.m.

The Kingswoodians are of course in line for a double having already clinched the 'A' division league championship with an unbeaten record.

But the Peterites have a score to settle with their opponents after the two teams figured in a seventeen all draw in their league tournament fixture played at the beginning of the season in Bogambara.

Kingswood have certainly struggled throughout this tournament and have failed to display the same class and fluency which they exhibited during the league championship where they won all games by convincing margins.

In the quarter-finals they were stretched to a great extent before overcoming a determined Thurstan outfit and then followed up with a another close 9-6 victory in the semi-finals against their traditional rivals Wesley College.

St. Peter's College too launched their campaign for the President's Trophy with an unimpressive victory against their traditional rivals St. Joseph's College in the quarter-finals but came out with a splendid performance to beat the high riding St. Anthony's team 18-13 in the semi-finals.

The teams:

Kingswood College: Tharaka Gunaratne, Aravinda Udangamuwa, Piyumal Manchanayake, Chandana Premakeerthi, Nuwan Bandara, Dinesh Gamage, Gayan Rathnage, Navin Wijetunga, Heshan Premaratne, Dev Anandh, Adel Hamit, Gayan Weeraratne, Thilina Manoj, Harsha de Silva, Eranda Weerakkody (captain).

St. Peter's: Desmond Wilson, Nirdosh Mudiyanse, Wimantha Karunaratne, Haren Ariyawardena, Damith Perera, Sharoo Fernando, Madusha Randhimal, Sajith Adhikari (captain), Renuka Jayawardena, Mohamed Meedin, Madeesha Silva, Gayan Liyanage, Kyle Bartlett, Dilanka Peiris, Shanaka Gunasekera.