Trinity  wins U-16 ten-a-side Rugby Tournament 

By Shamseer Jaleel

Trinity College edged out D S Senanayake College 5/0 in a hard-fought finalin the All Island Under-16 ten-a-side rugby Tournament at Pallekele yesterday.

At the short breather, there was no scoring by both teams. Later in the second half, Trinity scored through Dimath Ambepitiya with 2 minutes to go in the final whistle where both teams dished out exceptional rugby for the appreciative crowd. Dimath won the Best Player award.

Trinity was led by Udan Wijekoon with Priyantha Gunaratne heading the coaching unit, and also won the Central Province seven-a-side Tournament earlier this year. Trinity scored 142 points in their six games, giving away only two tries in the whole tournament.

Royal settled for the Plate segment when they got the better of St. Peter’s 15/7. Meanwhile, defending champion Isipathana had an unhappy end playing in the Bowl segment but was able to edge out Ananda 10/7 in a close contest. Science did not go empty-handed to Mount Lavinia as they settled for the Shield segment win by 17/0 over Lumbini.

Shield Segment

Quarters: Lumbini beat Panadura Sumangala 5/0, Mahanama beat Sylvester’s 19/0, Science beat St. Aloysius 12/0, Prince of Wales beat Maliyadeva 19/5

Semis: Lumbini beat Mahanama 17/0,  Science beat POW 19/0

Final: Science beat Lumbini 17/0

Bowl Segment

Quarters: Dharmaraja beat Richmond 17/5, Isipathana beat Wesley 12/10, Ananda beat St. Anthony’s 10/7, Kandy Sumangala beat Kingswood 14/12

Semis: Isipathana beat Dharmaraja 24/5, Ananda beat Kandy Sumangala 10/5

Final: Isipathana beat Ananda 10/7

Cup/Plate 

Quarters: Vidyartha beat St. Joseph’s 12/5, D.S. Senanayake beat St. Peter’s 10/5 (extra time), Zahira beat Royal 21/14, Trinity beat S’ Thomas 5/0

Plate Segment

Semis: St. Peter’s beat St. Joseph’s 22/5, Royal beat S’ Thomas 29/0

Final: Royal beat St. Peter’s 15/7

Cup Segment

Semis: D.S. beat Vidyartha 17/14, Trinity beat Zahira 17/5

Final: Trinity beat D.S. 5/0