Isipatana-Joes clash in the curtain-raiser

Singer-SriLankan Rugby Sevens

Kandy sports correspondent

RUGBY: Isipatana Maha Vidyalaya, Colombo will take on St. Joseph’s College, Maradana in the lung opener of the Schools Segment of the Singer-SriLankan Rugby Sevens which is scheduled to commence at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium in Kandy on Friday, September 15 at 11.30 a.m.

The matches which should draw the interest of the spectators are Isipatana vs Wesley which will be played at 2.10 p.m. and the clash between traditional rivals Kingswood and Dharmaraja at 2.30 p.m. St. Syvlester’s College who emerged ‘C’ Division Champions will clash with their home town rivals Vidyartha at 1.30 p.m. St. Syvlester’s won this clash earlier this season after a long lapse and it will be left to be seen whether Vidyartha could avenge this defeat in the sevens game.

The schedule for September 15 (Friday): 11.30 a.m. - Isipatana vs St. Joseph’s, Pool ‘B’; 11.50 a.m. - Kingswood vs Zahira, Pool ‘C’; 12.10 p.m. - St. Peter’s vs Vidyartha, Pool ‘D’, 12.30 p.m. - St. Anthony’s vs Ananda, Pool ‘A’, 12.50 p.m. - Wesley vs St. Joseph’s, Pool ‘B’, 1.10 p.m. - Dharmaraja vs Zahira, Pool ‘C’, 1.30 p.m. - Dharmaraja vs Zahira, Pool ‘C’, 1.50 p.m. - Science College vs Ananda, Pool ‘A’, 2.10 p.m. - Isipatana vs Wesley, Pool ‘B’, 2.30 p.m. - Kingswood vs Dharmaraja, Pool ‘C’, 2.50 p.m. - St. Peter’s vs St. Syvlester’s, Pool ‘D’, 3.10 p.m. - St. Anthony’s vs Science College, 3.30 p.m. - Schools Cup/Plate quarter-finals, 3.50 p.m. - Schools Cup/Plate quarter-finals, 4.10 p.m. - Schools Cup/Plate quarter-finals, 4.30 p.m. - Schools Cup/Plate quarter-finals.

Mahes Weerasinghe, Secretary of Kandy SC said that all matches will be worked off on schedule.