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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skywalker" data-source="post: 2207062" data-attributes="member: 38393">Bilal Hassan fit to play in 'Bradby'Sri Lanka Youth player and Royal's number eight Bilal Hassan who missed their key match against St. Peter's due to a groin injury will return to the Royal team in the First Leg of the 64th Bradby Shield match against Trinity College which will be worked off at the Royal College Sports Complex on June 14.Hassan who excelled for the Sri Lanka under 19 team in the Youth Rugby Asiad in Brunei last year has played a vital role for the Reid Avenue team with his fiery loose play and his presence should be a morale-booster for Royal which scored a stunning 17-12 win over defending champions St. Peter's on Saturday. Their three quarters too gave a much better display with the return of regular fly half Naren Dhason after missing the last four matches due to injury.But the biggest worry for Royal in the 'Bradby' will be the lack of a dependable place kicker with centre Duminda Attygalle missing two 'sitters' of penalties and an easy conversion while full back Mushin Faleel too failed miserably with a front of the post penalty.It is surprising that Royal is unable to produce a reliable place kicker despite having the services of Nizam Jamaldeen, one of the best place kickers produced by Sri Lanka as their assistant coach. The Trinitians who are going great guns this season having won five matches out of six will go out favourites to win the Bradby Shield this year.Under the guidance of their dedicated coaches Anil Jayasinghe and Pradeep Basnayake the 'Trinity Lions' have fared well notching up five victories over Isipatana (29-10), Vidyartha (60-0), S. Thomas' (15-10), St. Anthony's (25-24) and Dharmaraja (25-14).They possess a formidable pack spearheaded by No. 8 Ruzni Ramzeen and a superb three quarter line with wingers Visvajit Wijesinghe and Shannon Armstrong likely to pose the biggest threat to Royal with their powerful runs down the flank.</blockquote>

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