William Weerasinghe Memorial Trophy Rugby:

Rajans take on defending champs Kingswood at Bogambara

S M Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sport Corr

The high riding Dharmaraja College will lock horns with their traditional rivals Kingswood College in their schools ‘A’ Division rugby tournament match to be played at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy this Friday, April 26 with the kick off scheduled for 4.30 pm.

This match will be also played for William Weerasinghe Memorial Trophy and K Weerasinghe will be the Chief Guest. Also gracing the occasion will be for Mahesh Weerasinghe who play rugby for the Rajans and later excelled in motor racing, driving a Honda V Tec in road races and hill climbs. He also held the post of Honorary Secretary of the Champion Rugby Club, Kandy Sports Club.

This match though down in the fixture was not played last year as the Kingswoodians wound up their rugby earlier than other schools and a tournament clash was not possible as the two schools were grouped in two different segments. Kingswood College in Division One Segment ‘A’ and Dharmaraja College in Segment ‘B’. Thus these two schools are compelled to play each other this season.

The Kingswoodians are the current holders of the William Weerasinghe Memorial Trophy but they will face an uphill task in retaining for another year as the Rajans are unbeaten but the Kingswoodians have lost matches.

But in a traditional match the outcome is difficult to predict as often the underdogs come out on top as witnessed in last week’s Trinity-Thomian match when the ‘Thoras’ upset all predictions to post an exciting win.