Wesley in bonus point win to secure Blaze Trophy

Wesley winger, Nithila Rodrigo

• Wesley - 30 points
• Kingswood - 15 points 

By Shamseer Jaleel

Wesley College beat Kingswood College by 30 points (5 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty) to 15 points (2 tries, 1 conversion, 1 penalty) win in their 36th L.E. Blaze Trophy rugby encounter which concluded at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. This was also the last first round game in the Dialog Schools Under-19 Rugby League.

At the short breather winners led 17/3.

Wesley scored their tries through Abdullah Sideek (3), Thalha Anas and Sanruk Gamage. Kaiser Lye converted one of the tries and put over a penalty. Meanwhile for Kingswood their tries were scored by D.C. Bandara and Ishan Inoon. Skipper, Imanka Ishara converted one of the tries and put over a penalty for the Randles Hill lads.

Referee Raveen Alexander

The L.E. Blaze trophy was donated by Kingswood Old Boys’ Association former President, former NOC President and Asian Olympic Committee former Chairman, late Roy de Silva. The Trophy is named after Lewis Edmund Blaze, who was the founder of Kingswood College in 1891. The L.E. Blaze Trophy was first introduced to the Kingswood vs Wesley encounter in 1986.

Two teams from each group moved forward for Super 4 encounters which will be worked off commencing from 2nd week of August. Defending champions, Isipathana, Royal, St. Anthony’s and St. Peter’s will battle it out for the League this year.