Peterites clinch Rugby Sevens title
Chris Dhambarage
St. Peter’s College kicked off the 2011 inter school rugby season in
a spectacular manner as they clinched the Cup Championship at the under
19 seven a side tournament worked off at the Royal College Sports
Complex in Reid Avenue yesterday.
The Peterites completed the tournament with a fantastic record and
added the finishing touches by defeating Kingswood College Kandy by 24
points to 15 points in the final encounter.
St. Peter’s College dominated the final and ran down four superb
tries while converting two of them against their opponent’s three
unconverted tries.
Skipper Bhanuka Nanayakkara, Sandun Herath, Rasitha Krishan and Dulaj
Perera scored a try each for the winners while the latter was successful
with two conversions.
In the semifinal St. Peter’s College trounced Wesley College by 31
points 5 points in a completely one sided game while Kingswood College
had the better of their home town rivals Trinity College by 14 points to
5 points in the other semifinal.
St. Peter’s College of course had a tough quarterfinal hurdle where
they edged out Isipatana College by 12 points to 5 points in an exciting
fixture.
In contrast Wesley beat Mahanama 31 nil, Kingswood beat Prince of
Wales 26 nil and Trinity College beat Dharmaraja College 7 nil.
Meanwhile S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia clinched the Plate
Championship with a convincing 26 nil victory over Lumbini MV in the
final encounter. In the semifinals the Thomians defeated St. Sylvester’s
College Kandy 22-12 and Lumbini MV beat Vidyartha College Kandy 24-12.
In the Plate quarterfinals S. Thomas’ beat Ananda 26-7, St.
Sylvester’s beat Royal 24-0, Lumbini MV beat St. Aloysius 33-0 and
Vidyartha had the better of Thurstan 21-7. |