Petes, Patans out to redeem lost pride

Chris Dhambarage

The reigning 'A' division league champions St. Peter's College will figure in a grudge battle with Isipatana College in their Singer inter school under 20 rugby tournament match at Havelock Park today.

Both teams will be hoping to salvage their pride and to redeem some of their lost prestige following their disappointing performances in the previous outings.

The Peterites suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Royal College last week that virtually shattered their hopes of regaining the title for the second successive year.

Isipatana College too went through a similar experience as they missed a golden opportunity before going down fighting 3-6 against Kingswood College Kandy last week.

This will be another great chance for Isipatana College to bounce back into recognition with an improved performance ahead of the knock out championships. Their performances this season have been pretty ordinary with only three victories to their credit.

Isipatana of course showed signs of challenging some of the other top teams in the league when they notched up three successive victories against Royal College St.

Anthony's College and Dharmaraja College respectively. St. Peter's too will be looking for an improved performance because this will be their final game in the league tournament before confronting their traditional rivals St. Joseph's College in their Battle of the Saints annual encounter.