Keen tussle expected at Bogambara today

S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN - Kandy Sports Corr.

Trinity College will take on Kingswood College in the oldest schools rugby fixtures in the country in their schools under 19 Division I segment A rugby match to be played at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy today, kick off is at 4.30 p.m.

This is the oldest schools rugby encounter with the first match dating back to 1906 but has been not played regularly for various reasons till it was revived with the centenary year match in 2006 since then it has been played annually and one of the reasons being it forms part of the schools under 19 rugby tournament.

Today's clash is going to be a very close one with the Kingswoodians remaining unbeaten so far having beaten St. Anthony's College 23-10 and Isipathana College 22-15.

Trinity opened their season with a facile 44-5 win over Dharmaraja but went down to St. Peter's 31-10 in their next game.

Trinity led by Damith Dissanayake will go all out to make amends and win this game to stay in contention for the League title this year.

Kingswood led by Rajith Sansoni will strive hard to maintain their unbeaten record by winning this game which will boost up their morale for the tougher games to come.

Trinity (from) Sandakelum Bandara, Damith Dissanayake (Captain), Mohammed Nismy, Gothabaya Mahesh, Sachinthaka Perera, Kanishka Hulangamuwa, Dharshana Suraweera, Shenan Armstrong, Rehan Weerakoon, Nimesh Yatawara, Akila Dissanayake, Kanil Senaviratne, Chathuranga Kelaniyagoda, Akila Dissanayake, Mohammed Sheshan and Kanchana Ramanayake.

Kingswood (from) Chamika Abeygunawardena, K.D. Piyasena, S.K. Silva, B. Wadugodapitiya, P. Jayasinghe, K. Dharmawardena, L. Madusanka, U. Ariyaratne, M. Cabraal, L. Perera, T.G. Jayalath, M. Fazly, Roshan Perera, D.M. Wijesinghe and Rajith Sansoni (Captain).