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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lousy f" data-source="post: 2088540" data-attributes="member: 2897">Trinity win saves referee and touch judgesBy M. Shamil AmitThe fourth round of matches in the Singer inter-school rugby tournament was concluded over the weekend. Of the four matches played in the Division 1A category the much looked forward to encounter was between the two unbeaten teams Trinity and S. Thomas’at Pallekelle.The encounter proved to be worthy of a final and in the end leaving aside a draw only one side could win.One other match between St Anthony’s and St Peter’s which was also played in Kandy was an interesting one while the games between Royal and Dharmaraja and Kingswood versus Vidyartha ended in one sided affairs.Trinity who are the leaders after the completion of the first three rounds came into this game as favourites while S. Thomas’ lying second in the points table went into the game with confidence having notched up three successive wins.But had Trinity lost all hell would have broken loose as the game was marred by a blunder for which referee Aruna Jayasekera and his touch judges would have had to answer.Trinity who were trailing 0-10 fought back to plant two tries to make it 10-10 but one of the conversions was disallowed by the referee.The match was shown live on TV and the slow motion visuals showed the ball clearly sailing over the bar between the two posts. Even the two commentators confirmed it was goaled but Jayasekera who was in the best position to judge the kick disallowed it.What were the two touch judges doing at that moment. Jayasekera and the two touch judges can consider themselves lucky that the Trinitians scored a try at the last minute of the game to win.With inter-school rugby having had many conflicts during the past year or two we hope such incidents don’t repeat as it may end in unwarranted events leading to violence as was witness in Kandy last year after the Trinity-Kingswood game.Back to the game the Trinitians were given a shock by the unpredictable Thomians who took a 7-0 lead and held on till lemons.They increased the lead through a penalty and seemed to have the game under control.The two teams at one stage of the match were reduced to 14 players but the Trinitians succeeded in reducing the deficit with a try and followed it up wit another to make it 10-10.Then came that vital and crucial try in the dying stages of the game for Trinity which upheld their unbeaten tag and the Thomians losing their unbeaten record. So it seems Trinity is the team for the others to beat and it’s left to be seen whether they will be able to maintain their unbeaten record with four matches left to be played.St Peter’s vs St Anthony’sSt Peter’s though coming back with a win against Kingswood after their defeat to S. Thomas’ has not performed to their full potential. This was evident in the game against St Anthony’s in Kandy. Of course the 13-3 victory is their second straight win but as defending champions they are capable of doing better. The Antonians on the other hand after three successive defeats was not going to be a threat. Though going down for the fourth time they can be satisfied that they held the Petes to a low score.With the schools rugby having reached the halfway stage the Petes will have to tighten their belts and take things seriously as they have two more tough games in hand to face against Trinity and Isipathana.Royal vs DharmarajahThis game was expected to be a close and interesting tussle due to the fact that the Rajans after their performance against S. Thomas’ were aiming to record their first success.But it was not to be as the match turned out to be a one sided affair. The Royalists were too good for the Rajans who despite having a better built side was not effective enough to deny a 39-22 win for Royal.Kingswood vsVidyarthaThe outcome of this match was known before the game got underway. But was not sure was the winning margin. A half century was expected but Kingswood went a little further notching up 67 points.St Joseph’s vsPrince of WalesThe Josephians are having a whale of a time this season as last weekend saw them crush Prince of Wales 37-11. Though they were trailing 10-11 at the breather they settled down and came back to completely outclass their opponents with the minimum of fuss to record their fourth win.Wesley vs AnandaThis match turned out to be an interesting one as the Anandians started off in style planting two tries with just ten minutes into the first half. They even went on to take the lead during the change over. But the Wesleyites too came back with a vengeance to turn tables and come out victorious 25-17 for their third win.Mahanama vs ScienceMahanama are also going great guns this season and look a side to be reckoned with. They made mince meat of Science College whom they thrashed 41-12. The Science side had to watch helplessly with Mahanama going on a scoring spree and in the process notching up their third win.</blockquote>

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