Antonians confront Isipathana

S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN Kandy Sports correspondent

St. Anthony's College, Kandy with two successive wins in the last two games will go with confidence when they take on Isipathana College in the final game of the Schools League Under 20 'A' Division Rugby Tournament match to be played at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium in Kandy this Saturday with the kick off at 4.30 p.m.

This match was earlier scheduled to be played on May 29 and was postponed.

The Antonians are no doubt brimming with confidence especially after their last week's win over St. Peter's College at Bambalapitiya. A win for the Antonians should push them to the sixth position in par with Dharmaraja College which help them to remain in the 'A' Division for another year, if there is any relegation system for next year.

The Antonians started off badly losing five matches in a row and at one stage they looked the 'whip boys' but during the last two weeks, fortunes changed for them when they secured their first win over Mahanama College and followed with a stunning win St. Peter's College to win the 'Rectors Trophy' in its inaugural year.

At one stage eyebrows were raised when the Antonians changed their coach and the physical trainer mid way during the season but this due made the team click.

Coming back into the team to coach the ruggerites was Priyantha Gunaratne which the school called 'The strategist' and physical training was taken over by young national weight lifter 22 year old Ransilu Jayatillake.