Isipatana enter final

Thushan JAYASURIYA

A quality display of rugby by Isipatana College paved them the way to finals when they outsmarted Dharmaraja College, Kandy by 27 points ( one goal and four tries ) to 15 ( a goal, a try and a penalty) in the semi final of the Milo President's Trophy Knock Out Tournament played at Royal College Sports Complex yesterday.

Isipatana Fly Half Hirantha Perera missed a Penalty losing a valuable opportunity of scoring in the 23rd minute.Lock Forward L.L.Fernando scored the first try for Dharmaraja but their Full Back Thilina Wijesinghe failed to add the extra points. And Hirantha missed another two penalties in 35th and 44th minutes respectively .Flanker Kumendra Dharmadasa's solitary try was a consolation for green jersied lads.The scores read five all at lemons.

Isipatana took the lead in the game when S.Suriyaarachchi sliced through a try while Hirantha missed the conversion(Isipatana 10 - 5).Again in the 55th minute Isipatana scored another try through Number Eight Arun Kumar and Perera made the conversion(Isipatana 17 - 05).

Dharmaraja's Full Back Thilina Wijesinghe fired across a penalty making it 8 - 17 for Rajans.In the 66th minute Dharmaraja's skipper and Winger helped to reduce a deficit when Miyuru Hewawasam touched down and Wijesinghe managed the conversion (Dharmaraja 15 - 17).

But the Isipathanians didn't allowed the opponents a go further as their Kumar scored the try in 73rd minute where Ashan de Silva missed the conversion(Isipatana 22 - 15).Short while before the final whistle, Sooriyaarchchi dashed through a try ending the match in favour of Isipatana.