Wesley and Lee safely at the helm

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In the tenth week of the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular Rugby Team of Year 2017 competitions, Wesley College and its very own Avishka Lee are still leading the way.

Lee, the dashing three-quarter player from the Campbell Place School, leads for yet another week with a tally of 2888 after adding 160 votes from last week. He is trailed by Sasindu Rathnaweera of Ananda College, who is way behind by 1905 votes. Sasindu claimed 85 votes last week, which took his tally to 983. Isipathana College skipper Sumudu Rankothge and Royal College skipper Ovin Askey remains at third and fourth respectively. Their additions are not much when compared to others in the top five, but are sufficient enough to safeguard their positions.

However, Aabid Cader of S. Thomas’ College has overtaken the initial leader Yuzraan Lantra of Zahira College to claim the fifth position after adding 127 votes, taking his tally to 300. Lantra is pushed down to sixth.

In the team competition, Lee’s side Wesley continues to lead with 2885 votes while Ananda and Isipathana remains at second and third respectively for yet another week. Royal and S. Thomas’ remain at fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The competitions which enable readers to vote for their preferred school rugby player of the ongoing Singer Schools Division I Rugby League Championship 2017, will run until 30 July.

From 23 April, the Sunday Times, along with Wijeya Newspapers publications – Daily Mirror, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada – will publish coupons for 15 continuous weeks, numbered for each week from 1 to 15 with the deadline set on the Thursdays of each week. Names of players shown in the list are those with 30 and above votes.



Most popular ruggerites:

Avishka Lee (Wesley College) 2888 

Sasindu Rathnaweera (Ananda College) 983 

Sumudu Rankothge (Isipathana College) 588 

Ovin Askey (Royal College) 382 

Aabid Cader (S. Thomas’ College) 300 

Yuzraan Lantra (Zahira College) 195 

Praveen Ranasinghe (St. Aloysius College) 159 

Chamodh Fernando (Isipathana College) 140 

Kasun Amarasinghe (Nalanda College) 132 

Shewon Gregory (St. Joseph’s College) 123 

Rishmal Fernando (Royal College) 102 

Dilan Salinda (Veluwana College) 74 

Diyath Fernando (St. Peter’s College) 41 

Janindu Dilshan (Royal College) 33 

Sabith Feroze (Royal College) 30 

Most popular rugby teams:

Wesley College 2885 

Ananda College 1028 

Isipathana College 756 

Royal College 577 

S. Thomas’ College 317 

Zahira College 197 

St. Joseph’s College 138 

Nalanda College 132 

Veluwana College 74 

St. Peter’s College 41 

Trinity College 32 

Kingswood College 18 

Readers’ prizes go to: Amani Junaid (2, Vajira Lane, Colombo 4), Jayani Suranthika (79, Seeduwa North, Seeduwa), Yasindu Dilshan (426/2, Araliyagahawatte, Dorape, Angulugaha, Galle).

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