Trinity down Thomians to rewrite record books

Trinity College Kandy cruised to their second successive victory this season when they defeated S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia by a huge 75 points to 6 points in their annual inter school under 19 rugby tournament match worked off at Mount Lavinia yesterday.

The Trinitians also went on to regain the Canon R. S. de Saram Shield while recording the biggest victory in the series. Trinity College collected their points from five goals and eight tries while S. Thomas' managed only a penalty and a drop goal. The previous highest score in the series was when Trinity College under centre, Lion Chan Ye Ching routed S. Thomas' College by 70 points to 8 points in 1974 at Kandy. The Thomians were led by Peter Vanniasingkam on that occasion.

Trinity College of course sealed the game even before half time as they built up a commanding 34-6 lead at the half way mark. They cut loose in the second half and added a further 41 points in the second half to complete a rousing victory at the end.

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