Trinity, Royal, St. Peter’s and JOES moves forward to Cup semis

CR and FC Centenary Rugby Sevens

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Daham Randhika of Joes held by Sachindu Wanasekera of Trinity

Zuhaib Nizam of Wesley College is held by a Peterite player

By Shamseer Jaleel

The CR and FC Centenary Rugby Sevens 2023 kicked off yesterday at Longdon Place with the schools Under 20 games worked off on the initial day in front of a packed and appreciative crowd.

Day 1 saw some fantastic sevens rugby displayed by the Schools Under 20 outfits where Royal, St. Peter’s, Trinity and St. Joseph’s all moving forward for the Cup semi-finals on 2 April while D.S., Zahira, Isipathana and Kingswood will play in the Plate semi-finals with Wesley, Piliyandala Central, Vidyartha and S. Thomas will feature in the Bowl segment on the final day.

Day 2 (1 April) games will kick off at 9 a.m. with Kandy SC locking horns with the Army SC in the first Men’s club game. Today both Men’s (Clubs) and Women’s (Clubs) will be worked off with a total number of eight clubs and six Women’s teams featuring today. There will be one team each from Australia and Qatar playing in the Women’s segment.

All semi-finals and final in Cup, Plate and Bowl segments will be worked off on 2 April. All outstation teams and overseas teams are given free accommodation by the organisers of the event CR and FC.

Results

Day 1

Royal beat Wesley 15/0, St. Joseph’s beat Piliyandala Central 31/0, Isipathana beat Zahira 26/15, D.S. beat S. Thomas 31/5, St. Peter’s beat Wesley 24/0, St. Joseph’s beat Trinity 29/17, Isipathana beat Vidyartha 17/14, Kingswood beat S. Thomas 14/7, Royal beat St. Peter’s, 19/12, Trinity beat Piliyandala Central 19/12, Zahira beat Vidyartha 19/14, Kingswood beat D S 26/14

Cup/Plate quarters

Royal beat D S 21/17, St. Joseph’s beat Zahira 14/10, Trinity beat Isipathana 19/7, St. Peter’s beat Kingswood 26/17

2 April

Bowl Semi-finals: Wesley vs Piliyandala Central, Vidyartha vs S. Thomas

Plate Semi-finals: D.S. vs Zahira, Isipathana vs Kingswood

Cup Semi-finals: Royal vs St. Joseph's, Trinity vs St. Peters

Pix by Ruwan Walpola