Wesley fight back to beat Antonians
Thushan Jayasuriya
A superb second half rally by Wesley College Colombo helped them to
score a superb 32 points(three goals, one try and two penalties) to 17
(two goals and a penalty) win over St. Anthony's College Kandy in their
Schools under 20 segment one match played at Longden Place on Friday
after trailing by 10 - 17 at the breather.
The lads from Kandy, who came into the match as underdogs came up
with a fine display in the first half which rattled the Wesleyites.But
the lads from Campbell Park, got their act together in the second half
to add 22 points. Skipper Rahul de Silva and Winger Sajith Ariyawansa
played a major role in Wesley's success. Ariyawansa scored two splendid
tries while Skipper Rahul de Silva scored two tries and fired across two
penalties in addition to three conversions which gave him a personal
tally of 22 points which contributed hugely to Wesley's victory.
The Wesleyites remained unbeaten having scored a sensational 23 - 22
win over defending champions Isipathana seven days earlier and should be
a force to be reckoned with this season.
Royal fail to impress
Royal College Colombo scored an unimpressive 13 points (two tries,
one penalty) to 7 ( one goal) win over Kingswood College in their Singer
league under 20 segment one match played at Royal Sports Complex on
Saturday after leading 8 - 7 at the breather.
The lads from Reid Avenue once again failed to live up to
expectations despite winning an abundance of "good ball" in the set
scrums through the slick hooking of Jabbar and excellent jumping in the
line outs by Yasuon Weerasooriya. But the Royal threes failed to
penetrate the Kingswood defence spilling passes at crucial moments or
being tackled in posession by their opponents.
The Royalists also lacked fitness as they do not have a proper
fitness trainer and lost the services of Centre Asman Khan and Winger
Udesh Ranaweera through injury. They also missed the services of Vice
Captain Shuayb Muthaliph due to injury and winger Nimshan Jayawardena
who received a red card in the match against Science.
Winger Udesh Irandha and Number Eight Pasindu Perera scored a try
each for Royal with Skipper Rimzi Jamaldeen putting over a 30 metre
penalty just before the breather.
Prop Forward Priyankara scored the solitary try for the losers with
Fly Half N.Perera adding the extra points.
Trinity in hard fought win
Trinity College Kandy staved off a fierce challenge from Science
College Mount Lavinia to emerge victorious by 18 points ( one goal, one
try, two penalties) to 11 (one try, two penalties) in their singer
schools under 20 segment one match played at Mount Lavinia on Saturday
after leading 8 - 0 at lemons.
Giant Killers Science College paid the penalty of trying to run the
ball even in their own "25" as they came up with a solid defence by the
Trinitians. Trinity went ahead through a penalty from a difficult angle
by Fly Half Tharinda Ratwatte and increased their lead through an
unconverted try by Winger Rukshan Sasmin to lead 8 - 0.
After resumption, the Trinity lions went ahead further through a fine
try by Centre Lochana Girihagama with Tharinda Ratwatte adding the extra
points to make it 15 - 0. Science fought back and reduced the deficit
through a penalty by Chathura Gomes. But the lads from Kandy went ahead
further when Tharinda Ratwatte fired across a 45 metre penalty for
Trinity to lead 18 - 3. The lads from Mount Lavinia staged a superb
fight back in the last 10 minutes. First Chathura Gomes put over a 30
metre penalty and then flanker Lasindu fell over for an unconverted try
to make it 18 - 11, but Trinity's defence held on to give them a hard
fought 18 - 11 win.
Peterites in resounding win
St.Peter's College Bambalapitiya staged a superb fightback to beat
traditional rivals St.Joseph's College Colombo by 43 points ( five goals
, one try, one penalty) to 15 (three tries) to retain the Fr.Basil
Wiratunga Shield at Longden Place on Saturday.
The Josephians came up with a gallant display in the first half to
take a 15 - 12 lead through tries by Stefan Gregory, Skipper Jason
Melder and Dulip Fernando to which the Peterites replied with tries by
Centre Dilanka Perera and Kevin Dickson with Jerome Canute making one
conversion and putting over penalty.
The Peterites dominated play completely in the second half scoring
four tries through Anuradha Herath, Shenal Aponso, Senera Premawardena
and Skipper Shan Weerakkody with Jerome Canute who was in fine kicking
form converting all four tries and firing across a penalty. |