Joes rout Vidyartha 49-18

S. M. Jiffry Abdeen Kandy sports correspondent

St. Joseph’s College, Maradana trounced Vidyartha College, Kandy by 49 points (4 goals, 3 tries, 2 penalties) to 18 (3 tries, 1 penalty) in their schools under 19 division one segment B rugby tournament match played at Nittawela yesterday. At half time the Josephians led 27-5.

The power play exerted by the Josephians was too much for the Kandy school who simply succumbed under pressure.

But there was some unwarranted play in the match as both teams were seen often going for the man. In one such incident Vidyartha’s flanker A. Galahenna was sent on ‘sin bin’ by the referee to cool down the situation.

But immediately after the match a free-for-all was prevented by the presence of a large number of policemen in the grounds.

The bus carrying the Josephian ruggerites was given police protection to prevent further incidents.

Try scorers for St. Joseph’s College were winger Piumal Jayasinghe (two tries), lock forward Malintha Soysa (one try), flanker Suren Fonseka (one try), flanker Isuru Perera (two tries) and full back Mayani Sanjeewa (one try) who also goalled four tries and fired two penalties to bring his tally to 19 points in the match.

For Vidyartha College flanker C. I. Bandara (two tries) and lock L. T. B. Ratnadivakara (one try) scored while stand off K. G. N. Kumara put over the penalty.

Aruna Rankothge refereed.