Trinity take Under 16 Division one rugby title

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

Trinity College became the schools Under 16 Division one rugby champions by defeating their traditional rivals Royal College by 10 points (two tries) to nil in the cup finals played at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy yesterday.

At half time Trinity led 10-0. Try scorers for Trinity were scrum half Anuka Boyagoda and winger Charitha Nanayakkara who made a 50 metre dash to the try line Dimithri Gunasekera refereed. In the cup semi-finals Royal College beat Mahanama College by two penalty kicks to one after the scores stood blank even after extra time.

In the second semi-final Trinity College beat St. Joseph's College 5-3.

The quarter-final saw Mahanama beat St Peter's by three penalty kicks to nil after the match ended in a scoreless draw.

Royal beat Kingswood by the toss of the coin after even the penalty tie breaker system failed to break the deadlock. St. Joseph's beat Isipathana by three penalty kicks to nil. Trinity beat Prince of Wales by 27 points (one goal, four tries) to nil.

Plate Championship

Defending Cup Champions St. Peter's won the Plate Championship by defeating Isipathana by 10 points (two tries) to nil in the finals. At half time Peterites led 5-0.

Winger Luke Lakshan and Skipper cum Lock Senura Premawardena scored a try each for the Peterites.YMS Ratnayake refereed.

Bowl Championship

St. Thomas, Mount Lavinia won the Bowl Championship by defeating Wesley by 5 points (one try) to nil in the finals. Winger Richard Samuel scored the winning try for the Thomians.

Shield Championship

Lumbini College won the Shield Championship by defeating Ananda College by 5 points (one try) to nil in the finals. Ishan Vinod scored for Lumbini.