Under 18 School Rugby Sevens 2018 Trinity to defend title

By Shamseer Jaleel

Trinity College will defend their Under 18 All Island Schools’ Rugby Championship to be worked off at the Royal Sports Complex on 28 and 29 July, with 28 participating teams to be divided into 8 groups.

Selectors will be keenly watching this event, as this will be used as the yard stick for the Asia Rugby Sevens Under 18 selections, to take place in November this year. The hosting country is yet to be decided by Asia Rugby.

Group A    Trinity, Kingswood, Lalith Athulathmudali

Group B     Royal, Maliyadeva, Richmond, Moratuwa Vidyalaya

Group C    Zahira, Vidyartha, Nalanda, Sumangala Kandy

Group D    Wesley, Prince of Wales, Mahanama

Group E     St Peter’s, D S, Sylvester’s, St Thomas Matale

Group F    Isipathana, Lumbini, C W W Kannangara, Eheliyagoda MV

Group G    St Anthony’s, Ananda, Aloysius, Royal Panadura

Group H    St Joseph’s, Science, Piliyandala Central

Under 16 event in Kandy

The All Island Under 16 Sevens rugby tournament will take place on 4 and 5 August in Kandy. Venues are likely to be Pallekele and Nittawela. Trinity will be once again defending their title, which they won against Kingswood last year.