Wesley rout fancied Kingswood 26-15

Thushan Jayasuriya

Wesley College, Colombo created a major upset when they beat Kingswood College by 26 points ( three goals, one try ) to 15 (a goal, a try and a penalty) points in the curtain raiser of the Milo President's Trophy Knockout Rugby Tournament 2012 played at Royal College Sports Complex yesterday.

Kingswoodians opened their account with a 25 metre penalty by winger A.R.Wijesinghe In the 35th minute, Wesley College came back fighting with a solitary try by Lock Forward Gavin Siegertz , where Rahul de Silva missed the conversion.

Prop forward N.D.Perera scored the second try for Kingswood College in the 41st minute, while it was successfully converted by Wijesinghe making it 10 – 5 at half time infavour of Kingswood.

In the second half, the Wesleyites reduced the deficit when Gavin Siegertz dashed through another try (10 all).

The Kingswoodians lose the rare chance of regaining the lead as they missed a 35 metre penalty. Udara Gayan scored another try for Wesley and Gavin scored his third try making it 20 – 10 for Wesley, while Rahul de Silva added the finishing touches for all the tries scored in the second half (Wesley led 26 – 10)

Shortwhile, before the final whistle, Kingswood's flanker K.Chathuranga sliced through a try to lift their scores to 15 points although K.N.Perera missed the conversion. But it wasn't enough to avert the pressure from the rivals as they made the target difficult for Kandy lads with their strong defence and aggressive attack. Dimithri Gunasekara referred the match.

Today, St.Anthony's College, Katugastota will take on Dharmaraja College, Kandy at 4.15pm at Royal College Sports Complex, Colombo 7.