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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skywalker" data-source="post: 2202572" data-attributes="member: 38393">Trinity, St. Joseph’s maintain top slots  By M. Shamil AmitThe completion of the seventh week of matches in the Singer inter-schools rugby league tournament saw long time leaders Trinity and St. Joseph’s maintain the lead for the seventh week in the Division 1A and 1B categories. It also saw a change take place in the minor placing with Kingswood going up to the second slot replacing St. Peter’s.The completion of the matches during the weekend also saw Royal stun the defending champions St. Peter’s in a close encounter while in another cliff hanger Kingswood overcame Isipathana. In the process the Peterites crashed to their second defeat and Isipathana their third.With two more weeks for the completion of the league encounters now the battle has turned into a two sided affair between Trinity and Kingswood. But even then it could end in an interesting finish as the two Kandy sides have two more games to end their league games. Trinity have two tough games remaining to be played first will be with traditional rivals Royal and then against hometown rivals Kingswood while Kingswoods next game will be against Dharmarajah.Meanwhile in the Division 1B category St Joseph’s are way ahead from the rest having secured seven wins from seven and their final game will be against Mahanama which they will no doubt go flat out to maintain a hundred percent record. Nevertheless the final two weeks of the competition is going to be crucial for the top two teams in the Division 1A category.Royal vs St Peter’sThis was one of the best ever results from all the matches that have been played so far. Royal coming in as underdogs stunned the favourites and defending champs St Peter’s to chalk up a close 17-12 victory.Royal succeeded in keeping the fancied Petes at bay after maintaining a slender 10-5 lead at lemons. Having stunned the Petes with a try in the eighth minute they continued to keep them under pressure and to increase their lead with another try 12 minutes later.The Peterites were nowhere near their true form and hats off to the Royalists for having put up a top display. By the time the Petes came into the reckoning it was too late as time was running against them. The loss also has almost put the Petes out of contention for the league title.Anyway the Royalists have sent a warning to their arch rivals Trinity what’s in store for them and they could pull out another surprise this weekend.Trinity vs DharmarajahThis game as expected saw the Trinitians gaining a 25-14 victory against the lowly placed Dharmarajah who crashed to their fifth defeat of the season. But the ugly incident that took place after the match marred the otherwise troubled free tournament that had been maintained by all the schools.Who ever is responsible should understand that it’s the game that is the ultimate loser. The losing side should also accept defeat as embracing victory. Matches are played not to end up in Police stations or courts and also to tarnish the image of the school concerned. This being the first such incident reported this season hopefully all interested in this sport will also be expecting to be the last.Isipathana vs KingswoodThe Isipathanians had to blame themselves for having lost this game in a close finish. Though the final score read 6-3 the game was theirs for the asking. It’s just that they threw away and offered the game to their opponents. The match having ended in penalties they failed to make use of the penalties that were offered and opted for the touch and go system which ultimately saw Kinsgwood prevailing.S. Thomas’ vs VidyarthaIt was the massacre of the innocents as the Thomians ran riot to demolish Vidyartha 64-0 thus sliding to their sixth successive defeat.St Joseph’s vs LumbiniSt Joseph’s in securing their seventh successive win had the honour of recording the highest score of the season with an 82-0 win over the hapless Lumbini side. So their last game against Mahanama is going to be a decisive one for the Joes and a win would see them end the season with a clean record.Mahanama vs WesleyThis game was crucial for both the teams as one of them would join leaders St Joseph’s for promotion to the top division next season. In the end Mahanama came out successfully with a 14-5 win.</blockquote>

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