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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1979muth" data-source="post: 2215304" data-attributes="member: 103004">Little bit for Isipathana Rugby History (Part One)Incomparable IsipathanaIsipathana College which is only 50 years old has an impressive record of notable achievements in rugby since the game was introduced to the school by Maurice de Abrew, Vice President of Havelocks Sports Club. From 1960 to 1963 Isipathana played friendly games against under-17 teams of all rugby playing schools and during this period there were a host of personalities like Eric de Silva, Michael Loos, Franklin Jacob and Edward Bartholomuez who rallied round to uplift rugger at Isipathana.In 1963/64 former President of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) Y. C. Chang took over coaching Isipathana who played their historic first match against St. Anthony's College Katugastota in Kandy and beat them 8-3 under the captaincy of Brian Ingram. Isipathana's first try was scored by Dayalu Perera.In 1965 Isipathana was affiliated to the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union's schools section and from that day onwards Isipathana has been in the forefront of school rugby in Sri Lanka. In 1965 under the first official captain Ana Saranapala and coach Maurice Silva, Isipathana fared well during the inter school season. In 1967 the Isipathana versus Thurstan match for the Abdul Jabbar Trophy was inaugurated and Isipathana has the distinction of winning the trophy consecutively for 24 years.From 1968 to 1971 Isipathana rugby rose to great heights being unbeaten for four years under the guidance of the All Ceylon hooker Frankie David.In 1976 under the captaincy of Ginigalgodage, Isipathana beat Zahira 116-0, the highest score in an inter school first XV match. In 1977 another milestone was reached by H. K. Sisira who scored 25 tries in a single season which made him the first schoolboy to achieve the feat. In 1979 Isipathana recorded the highest score in school rugby by beating Nalanda College125-0 in an U-17 match.In 1979/80 Isipathana was selected to represent Sri Lanka for the Asian Schools Rugby Football tournament held in Bangkok. Isipathana went as under-dogs for the tournament, but were named as the 'most outstanding' team after a scintillating performance with defending champions Vajiravudh College. </blockquote>

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