Trinity favored to win

By Shamseer Jaleel

The Trinity College rugby outfit will be favored to win their second encounter when they face the Katugastota Anthonians in their Dialog Under 19 Inter School Rugby encounter, which will be worked off at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium today. Due to the health precautions in the country, this encounter will not be opened for spectators.

Kick-off is scheduled at 4 p m.

Trinity led by Tehan Karunanayake beat the Thomians in their first outing played for the Canon de Seram Shield. Trinity put up a gallant effort in the later half after a scrappy start by both the teams. They will depend heavily on their senior player Rahul Danaraj, Zayd Faizal, Harsha Samarasinghe and Dulara Alawattegama and Tidas Thanthirige to come out on top. Trinity will rely on their three quarters Harsha Samarasinghe and to hit the gaps.

Meanwhile the Antonians will be once again led by Matheesha Amarasinghe brother of national sevens and CR & FC player Dinuk Amarasinghe. The Antonians, though they went down to Royal by a huge margin, posess a very strong set of forwards who could drive any time away with their mobility and heaviness.  

 Trinity starting line-up

Pabasara Munasinghe, Dulara Alawattegama, Kaveesha Amarasekera, Rahul Danaraj, Umar Ismail, Ruvishan Pananwela, Zayd Faizal, Thidas Thanthirige, Tehan Karunanayake (Capt), Thamuditha Dodanwatte, Uvindu Dasanayake, Tevin Karunanayake, Harsha Samarasinghe, Umer Faiser and Chemod Muthunayake

St Anthony’s starting line-up

U Sachintha, M Umer, A Polwatte, S Athukorale, A Amarasinghe, J Silva, M Zaky, M Amarasinghe (Capt), H Perera, B Nishnath, J Jayasooriya, M Nifras, M Fernando, H Shiwak and T Emmanuel

 Referee: Dilum Dheeshana

Meanwhile, the Big Match cricket encounter between the two schools which was scheduled to commence today was postponed for a future date. The new date will be notified in the near future. This encounter will be played at Asgiriya Stadium.