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schools rugby fixtures 2008
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St. Sylvester’s beat Science – 21-20
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “B”
Played: 12th June 2008 at Longdon Place
St. Sylvester’s defeated Science in a nail biting encounter.
St. Sylvester’s led 13-6 at the breather.
St. Sylvester’s: 3 Tries, 2 Penalties
Science: 2 Goals, 2 Penalties
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “B”
Played: 12th June 2008 at Longdon Place
St. Sylvester’s defeated Science in a nail biting encounter.
St. Sylvester’s led 13-6 at the breather.
St. Sylvester’s: 3 Tries, 2 Penalties
Science: 2 Goals, 2 Penalties
St. Joseph’s beat St. Thomas – 19-15
Match: Annual Rugby Encounter (Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield)
Played: 13th June 2008 at Longdon Place
Surprise… Surprise!!! Singer league group “B” leaders St. Joseph’s defeated St. Thomas.
Josephians won the Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield after 8 years. Thomians held the shield since 2000. The last win for Joes was in the year 1999 when the side was led by Lakshitha Gunaratne.
This result might also stun the Peterites where they will play the annual rugby encounter for Rev. Fr. Basil Weeratunga Trophy on 24th June. Last year when Joes met Peterites at St. Peter’s grounds, Peterites crush them with a mammoth 101 - 05 win.
Await more info…
Match: Annual Rugby Encounter (Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield)
Played: 13th June 2008 at Longdon Place
Surprise… Surprise!!! Singer league group “B” leaders St. Joseph’s defeated St. Thomas.
Josephians won the Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield after 8 years. Thomians held the shield since 2000. The last win for Joes was in the year 1999 when the side was led by Lakshitha Gunaratne.
This result might also stun the Peterites where they will play the annual rugby encounter for Rev. Fr. Basil Weeratunga Trophy on 24th June. Last year when Joes met Peterites at St. Peter’s grounds, Peterites crush them with a mammoth 101 - 05 win.
Await more info…
St. Peter’s beat Isipathana – 8-7
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”
Played: 13th June 2008 at Havelock Park
Peterites win in a low scoring game.
With the conclusion of this match St. Peter’s bid goodbye to the 2008 Singer league tournament and they will be waiting to see the results of the rest of the matches in the league to determine the final position or whether they have the chance to clinch the league title for the 3rd consecutive year.
Await more info…
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”
Played: 13th June 2008 at Havelock Park
Peterites win in a low scoring game.
With the conclusion of this match St. Peter’s bid goodbye to the 2008 Singer league tournament and they will be waiting to see the results of the rest of the matches in the league to determine the final position or whether they have the chance to clinch the league title for the 3rd consecutive year.
Await more info…
St. Anthony’s beat Vidyartha – 34-11
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”
Played: 14th June 2008 at Nittawela, Kandy
Anthonians won their first match of the Singer league group “A” this season. Anthonians led 10-8 at half time.
Chanaka Gunaratne (2 Tries), Kelum Manapperuma, Imad Riyal and Dilan Ranawanagedera scored Tries for the Anthonians while C. Thilakaratne scored the solitary Try for Vidyartha which is also the first Try for Vidyartha this season.
St. Anthony’s: 3 Goals, 2 Tries, 1 Penalty
Vidyartha: 1 Try, 2 Penalties
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”
Played: 14th June 2008 at Nittawela, Kandy
Anthonians won their first match of the Singer league group “A” this season. Anthonians led 10-8 at half time.
Chanaka Gunaratne (2 Tries), Kelum Manapperuma, Imad Riyal and Dilan Ranawanagedera scored Tries for the Anthonians while C. Thilakaratne scored the solitary Try for Vidyartha which is also the first Try for Vidyartha this season.
St. Anthony’s: 3 Goals, 2 Tries, 1 Penalty
Vidyartha: 1 Try, 2 Penalties
Kingwood beat Dharmaraja – 26-9
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”, Annual Rugby Encounter
Played: 14th June 2008 at Bogambara, Kandy
Kingwood led 19-3 at lemons.
Gayan Rathnage (2 Tries), Kasun Wijesinghe and Mohamed Astaf scored Tries for Kingswood with Roshan Weeraratne making 3 conversions.
Indika Wickremanayake booted 3 penalties for Rajans.
This was also an annual rugby encounter between the two schools played for the William Weerasinghe trophy.
Kingwood: 3 Goals, 1 Try
Dharmaraja: 3 Penalties
Match: Singer inter-school rugby league – Group “A”, Annual Rugby Encounter
Played: 14th June 2008 at Bogambara, Kandy
Kingwood led 19-3 at lemons.
Gayan Rathnage (2 Tries), Kasun Wijesinghe and Mohamed Astaf scored Tries for Kingswood with Roshan Weeraratne making 3 conversions.
Indika Wickremanayake booted 3 penalties for Rajans.
This was also an annual rugby encounter between the two schools played for the William Weerasinghe trophy.
Kingwood: 3 Goals, 1 Try
Dharmaraja: 3 Penalties
Thomian rugby coach Ronny resigns
By Shamseer Jaleel
Ronny Ibrahim the former Kingswood College player and the present head coach of the Thomian rugby outfit gave his resignation from the post of head coach with effect from yesterday.
The reason for his resignation is not yet clear.
But according to reliable source too many hands are involved with the senior team. Despite of all these the Thomians have done really well this season.
The outfit led by National Youth player Rohitha Rajapaksa and Ronny's guiding they have beaten St. Peter's 22-19, Isipathana 17-15, Vidyartha 64-0, Rajans 22-20.
They were only beaten by Trinity (0-15) and Kingswood (7-29). After all the issues Thomians went down to a 'B' division Josephian outfit. Though a few leading "A" division clubs who were interested in Ronny, he has not decided on his future if to continue in coaching rugby or not.
By Shamseer Jaleel
Ronny Ibrahim the former Kingswood College player and the present head coach of the Thomian rugby outfit gave his resignation from the post of head coach with effect from yesterday.
The reason for his resignation is not yet clear.
But according to reliable source too many hands are involved with the senior team. Despite of all these the Thomians have done really well this season.
The outfit led by National Youth player Rohitha Rajapaksa and Ronny's guiding they have beaten St. Peter's 22-19, Isipathana 17-15, Vidyartha 64-0, Rajans 22-20.
They were only beaten by Trinity (0-15) and Kingswood (7-29). After all the issues Thomians went down to a 'B' division Josephian outfit. Though a few leading "A" division clubs who were interested in Ronny, he has not decided on his future if to continue in coaching rugby or not.
Trinity and Kingswood left to battle for the league title
By M. Shamil Amit
The Singer inter-schools rugby league tournament is at its tail end with only one match left to be played for seven teams in this top division. St Peter’s is the only team in this group that has completed their assignments and they ended the tournament in the way they started with a narrow win over Isipathana.
Though they have won six of the eight matches they have played they are out of contention and will not be in a position to retain the league title for another year. Trinity who have been the leaders since the inception of the tournament have maintained their form and the loss to St Peter’s have not affected their progress.
The Lions after their win against traditional rivals Royal over the weekend have put themselves in a strong position to lift the Singer league title. But to achieve this they will have to defeat their home town rivals Kingswood in the final encounter scheduled to be played during the weekend.
It’s a must win situation for both the teams as they are the only two teams left to fight out the battle to become the league champions. If Trinity wins the league title it will be a great achievement as they came into the top division only in 2007 and in that year they ended in the seventh slot.
On the other hand the Kingswoodians have lifted the coveted league title on several occasions and the last two being in the years 2004 and 2005 before St Peter’s took it in 2006 and retained it in 2007. If Trinity or Kingswood wins the game either of the two will be the ultimate champions.
The completion of the eighth week of matches and the final outcome of the Trinity and Royal encounter saw St Peter’s being denied of being in the fray, but even that it would have been a long process. If St Peter’s were to be contention Royal should have defeated Trinity and Kingswood should go down to Trinity.
But the easy win achieved by the Lions over Royal saw the battle being left for only two teams for the coveted title. The weekends match also saw Trinity clear the first hurdle of the two way battle of the Bradby Shield and now they have a healthy 12 points lead before going into the second leg in another two weeks time.
In the other matches during the weekend Kingswood outclassed Dharmarajah 26-9 to record their sixth win while St Anthony’s at last saw the winning post after six matches when they defeated Vidyartha 34-11.
Meanwhile the Division 1B has also turned into a battle between two teams St Joseph’s and Mahanama for the league title in this category. Here again the two teams will fight each other on Friday (June 20). Both the teams are unbeaten with the Josephians recording seven wins out of seven and Mahanama six out of seven with one draw. But the shock of the weekend was the defeat of S. Thomas’ to St Joseph’s. Though this was not a league game this is an annual encounter played for the Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield saw the Josephians turn tables after having given the lead to the Thomians
Nevertheless it has been a competitive season with no quarter asked nor given. All the teams underwent fluctuating fortunes and none of the teams in the top division were able maintain their unbeaten record.
Likewise it was almost incident free games played between the teams except for two incidents outside the field. One was the stoning of the vehicles at Pallekella after the encounter between Trinity and Dharmarajah
The other incident being in the match between Royal and Trinity where some spectators of the former unable to take up defeat by their team began throwing missiles onto the field which saw the being stagnated for nearly ten minutes.
The spectators would do a favour to their teams if they behave in a gentlemanly manner by taking up defeat with their heads high and not try to and tarnish the image of the team and school and the effort put in by the 30 odd players on the field.
By M. Shamil Amit
The Singer inter-schools rugby league tournament is at its tail end with only one match left to be played for seven teams in this top division. St Peter’s is the only team in this group that has completed their assignments and they ended the tournament in the way they started with a narrow win over Isipathana.
Though they have won six of the eight matches they have played they are out of contention and will not be in a position to retain the league title for another year. Trinity who have been the leaders since the inception of the tournament have maintained their form and the loss to St Peter’s have not affected their progress.
The Lions after their win against traditional rivals Royal over the weekend have put themselves in a strong position to lift the Singer league title. But to achieve this they will have to defeat their home town rivals Kingswood in the final encounter scheduled to be played during the weekend.
It’s a must win situation for both the teams as they are the only two teams left to fight out the battle to become the league champions. If Trinity wins the league title it will be a great achievement as they came into the top division only in 2007 and in that year they ended in the seventh slot.
On the other hand the Kingswoodians have lifted the coveted league title on several occasions and the last two being in the years 2004 and 2005 before St Peter’s took it in 2006 and retained it in 2007. If Trinity or Kingswood wins the game either of the two will be the ultimate champions.
The completion of the eighth week of matches and the final outcome of the Trinity and Royal encounter saw St Peter’s being denied of being in the fray, but even that it would have been a long process. If St Peter’s were to be contention Royal should have defeated Trinity and Kingswood should go down to Trinity.
But the easy win achieved by the Lions over Royal saw the battle being left for only two teams for the coveted title. The weekends match also saw Trinity clear the first hurdle of the two way battle of the Bradby Shield and now they have a healthy 12 points lead before going into the second leg in another two weeks time.
In the other matches during the weekend Kingswood outclassed Dharmarajah 26-9 to record their sixth win while St Anthony’s at last saw the winning post after six matches when they defeated Vidyartha 34-11.
Meanwhile the Division 1B has also turned into a battle between two teams St Joseph’s and Mahanama for the league title in this category. Here again the two teams will fight each other on Friday (June 20). Both the teams are unbeaten with the Josephians recording seven wins out of seven and Mahanama six out of seven with one draw. But the shock of the weekend was the defeat of S. Thomas’ to St Joseph’s. Though this was not a league game this is an annual encounter played for the Lady Evelyn Jayatileke Shield saw the Josephians turn tables after having given the lead to the Thomians
Nevertheless it has been a competitive season with no quarter asked nor given. All the teams underwent fluctuating fortunes and none of the teams in the top division were able maintain their unbeaten record.
Likewise it was almost incident free games played between the teams except for two incidents outside the field. One was the stoning of the vehicles at Pallekella after the encounter between Trinity and Dharmarajah
The other incident being in the match between Royal and Trinity where some spectators of the former unable to take up defeat by their team began throwing missiles onto the field which saw the being stagnated for nearly ten minutes.
The spectators would do a favour to their teams if they behave in a gentlemanly manner by taking up defeat with their heads high and not try to and tarnish the image of the team and school and the effort put in by the 30 odd players on the field.
why this one ignored St. joseph I think they did awasome job agains St.thomas. if we are doing fair poll system we have to respect everyschool so please add all the rugby schools to this who are going to play in 2008 season. BTW i am not a josephian but still we have to respect. I think EK people agree with me on this. 
ya bro i' agree. since kingswood is our brother scl we hope dey clinch d title. coz those guys don't boast abt der team unlike trinityrash87 said:I hope that Kingswood clinch the title since it will be betwenn them & Trinity
I really don't wanna see Trinity been crowned as the champions!!!
