Maliyadeva under 20 Rugby Sevens champs

M. Farook Lantra

Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala clinched the Singer Sevens Trophy by beating the formidable St. Sebastian's College, Kandana in grand style by 20 points (four tries) to nil in the under 20 All Island Inter School Division Two seven a side tournament held at the Public Grounds, Panadura on 25th and 26th October.

The Devans played an excellent run and pass game and scored four tires. The Sebastianites who also lived upto expectation right throughout the tournament did not fare well in the final, since they were guilty of not feeding the ball to the three quarters and instead tried to go on their own.

There by the hard tacklers from Devans prevented Sebastianites going for tries. The try scorers for Devans were Sandun Herath, Hasitha Ratnayaka, Chathuranga Mendis and Damith Hettige who scored one try each.

The Plate Trophy was won by the up and coming Richmond College, Galle who easily beat Hindu College Colombo by 19 points to 7, while the Bowl was won by Sri Sumangala College, Kandy who beat Devapathiraja College, Ratgama Galle by 17 points to 5.

More than 250 participants from 24 schools participated in this All Island grand finale which was sponsored by Singer Sri Lanka Ltd and it was organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby FA. The chief guest was Dr. K.A.D. Punyadasa (President SLSRFA) while the Guest of Honour was K.D.S. Kanishka (Promotions Manager, Singer Sri Lanka Ltd. The final was officiated by Pradeep Indika.