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Isipatana-Trinity final should be a thriller

The confrontation between Isipatana College, Colombo and Trinity College, Kandy in the Milo President’s Trophy final at the Royal Sports Complex at 4.30 pm today should turn out to be a thriller.

With both teams boasting of powerful packs and speedy sets of three quarters a terrific tussle for supremacy can be expected. Isipatana is enjoying a wonderful season having emerged runners-up in the Singer ‘A’ Division League losing just one match (10-11) to eventual champions Royal. The Trinitians came up with some superb performances in the latter part of the league tournament to finish in third position despite losing three matches.

Isipatana entered the final with a runaway 47-0 win over Kingswood in the semi-finals while the Trinitians stormed into the final with smashing wins over Dharmaraja (54-17) and St. Peter’s (32-14) in the quarter and semi-final respectively.

Trinity skipper Murad Ramzeen has led the side admirably and has been a source of inspiration to his teammates with his fiery loose play and has been ably supported by Ravi Bandara, Randika Alwis, Savinda Unamboowe, Uchitha Weerakoon, Sachintaka Perera and the omnipresent No 8 Sean Foster but today they will be confronted by equally good forwards in Saajid Suhayb, Kumindra Dharmadasa, Ganidu Weerasinghe, Arun Kumar, Nipuna Devendra and the indefatigable hooker Prasad Madusanka.

In Sanjaya Somasiri and Rehan Weerakoon the Trinitians have a superb halves combination with Rehan Weerakoon’s daring breaks having the opponents defence in disarray. In Dilshan Kalaniyangoda and Kanil Seneviratne the Trinitians have two hard running centres who are capable of tearing apart the Isipatana defence. The biggest threat to the Isipatanians could be posed by that powerful runner on the wing in Mohamed Seshan while full back Dinuk Nayakaratne has the knack of joining the line to form the overlap.

Isipatana’s ‘threes’ too have played a key role in their success this season. The halves combination of Kavindu de Costa and skipper Prasad Devinda have hit it off smoothly. Devinda has the ability to pick the tiniest of gaps while his long kicks to touch have given them territorial advantage. Centres Ashan Gallage and Sharmal Chathuranga have time and again pierced the opponents defence with their deceptive runs while Mekalanka Pramoda is likely to test the Trinity defence to the hilt with his daring runs on the wing in addition to attacking full back Shanaka Kumara.

Isipatana will strive to break the 10 year hoodoo having last won the President’s Trophy in 2001 under Ranga Perera while Trinity will aim to lay their hands on the trophy for the first time since the inception of the tourney in 1995.

Isipatana - Udaya Kumara, Prasad Madusanka, Thusitha Mithraratne, Arun Kumar, Ganidu Weerasinghe, Kumendra Dharmadasa, Saajid Suhayb, Wasala Wimalaweera, Kavindu de Costa and Prasad Devinda (Captain), Shenal Dias, Ashan Gallage, Sharmal Chathuranga, Mekalanka Pramoda, Shanaka Kumara.

Trinity - Murad Ramzeen (Captain) Ravi Bandara , Inzamam Mubarak, Sachinthake Perera, Randika Alwis, Uchintha Weerakoon, Savinda Unamboowe, Sean Foster, Sanjaya Somasiri and Rehan Weerakoon, Mohamed Seshan, Dilshan Kelaniyangoda, Kenil Seneviratne, Thisila Karunatilleke, Dinuck Nayakaratne.

Referee: Irshad Cader

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