Thomians take under 14 rugby title

S Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia clinched the Cup Championship of the Milo Schools All Island Under 14 ten-a-side Rugby Tournament with a smashing 28 points (four goals) to 7 (one goal) win over traditional rivals Royal College, Colombo in the final played at Royal Sports Complex yesterday after leading 14-7 at the breather.

Royal opened scoring through a try by Manjitha de Silva which was converted by skipper Mohamed Sajaad but the Thomians came back storming to cross the Royal goal line twice through V E C Perera and S N Bhavan with Hans Walpola adding the extra points to both tries.

The Thomians dominated the second half to score two more tries through V E C Perera (one) and K C S A Nanayakkara (one) with Hans Walpola converting both tries and the Thomians ran out worthy winners by 28 points to 7.

In the semi-finals S Thomas' beat Isipatana 14-7 while Royal overcame St Peter's by 28 points to 21.

St Joseph's College, Colombo bagged the Plate Championship with a 7 points (one goal) to nil win over Dharmaraja College, Kandy in the final.

In the semi-finals St Joseph's beat Lumbini 28-7 while Dharmaraja overcame Science College 7-nil.

Wesley College, Colombo took the Bowl Championship with a runaway 47 points (six goals, one try) to nil win over Panadura Royal in the final. Wesley crushed St Sylvester's 40-nil in the semi-final while Panadura Royal edged out Lalith Athulathmudali MV by 6-0 in the other semi-final.