Schools Rugby League to kick off on 14 June

By Shamseer Jaleel

Isipathana College will defend their League title when they lock horns Kingswood College at the Bogambara Stadium on 18 June. But the kick-off of the tournament will be on 14 June when Antonians host Joes at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy.

There will be 14 teams in Segment A while 12 teams each in Segment B and C respectively.

Soon after the completion of round 1 the top 2 teams in each segment will play across the other group to determine the winner and the promotions and demotions will take place afterwards.

Division 1-Segment A

• Group 1: Isipathana, St. Joseph’s, Wesley, S’Thomas, St. Anthony’s, Kingswood, D.S. Senanayake
• Group 2: Royal, Trinity, Vidyartha, Science, Dharmaraja, St. Peter’s, Zahira

Division 1 - Segment B

• Group 1: Thurstan, Maliyadeva, Lumbini, St. Aloysius, Ananda, Piliyandala Central
• Group 2: Kandy Sumangala, Prince of Wales, Mahanama, St. Benedicts, St. Sylvester’s, Carey

Division 1 - Segment C

• Group 1: St. John’s, Kandy Rahula, C.W.W. Kanangara, Moratuwa Vidyalaya, Dharmapala, Lalith Athulathmudali
• Group 2: Nalanda, Devapathiraja, Panadura Sumangala, Sri Piyarathna, Richmond, Bandaranayake Central

SEGMENT A-WEEK 1

14 June

• St Anthony’s vs St. Joseph’s - Bogambara Stadium

16 June

• Vidyartha vs Science - Bogambara Stadium

17 June 

• S’Thomas vs Wesley - Mount Lavinia
• St. Peter’s vs Royal - Bambalapitiya
• Dharmaraja vs Trinity - Bogambara Stadium

18 June

• Kingswood vs Isipathana - Bogambara Stadium