The 2010 Singer inter school Under 20 division one league rugby tournament will kick off on April 24 with ten teams vying for top honours. The tournament will conclude on June 19 with a total of 45 matches to be worked off across several venues in Colombo and Kandy.
The defending champions Royal College captained by centre Duminda Attygalle will launch their campaign for the title with a home match against Prince of Wales College Moratuwa at the Royal College Sports Complex in Reid Avenue.
However the key match for the first week will be the clash between two former league champions Isipatana College and St. Peter’s College which will be worked off at Havelock Park.
The Peterites of course have already made their presence felt in the current season having clinched the Western Province and the All Island Seven-a-Side tournaments respectively. In contrast Isipatana skipped the All Island tournament with the intention of preparing for the more important league tournament.
Isipatana have been training for the new season since October last year and very recently they had a highly successful training session up in Diyatalawa under the guidance of coach Shamly Navaz.
Isipatana will be captained by speedy centre three quarter Ashan Gallage and the side is further boosted with the inclusion of 13 top coloursmen. The other senior players in the lineup are vice captain and number eight Tharindu Siriwardena, flankers Deshanth Subashana, Sajid Suhayb, second row forward Muksheed Kuthdoose, prop forward Dhanushka Suriyarachchi, scrum half Mohamed Rizwan, fly half Prasad Devinda, centre Mohamed Ali, wingers Yuresh Fonseka, Prashan Attanayake and full back Malik Jamath.
St. Peter’s College who defeated Trinity College in the final to win the sevens title will be led by dynamic fly half Keith Gurusinghe and will have the services of several other coloursmen including number eight Shenal Dias, prop forward Steve Nelson, scrum half Rizwan Meedin, centres Bhanuka Nanayakkara, Dhanushka Ranjan and fly half Anish Fernando.
Meanwhile one of the important matches in the schools rugby calendar the clash between arch rivals Isipatana College and Trinity College Kandy will be worked off on June 5 at the CR and FC grounds in Longden Place.
Before that Isipatana College will lock horns with Royal College for the Major Milroy Fernando memorial trophy in their annual inter school rugby encounter which is scheduled for May 29 at Longden Place.
The defending champions Royal College will have two tough games during the latter stages of the tournament where they will take on the traditional rivals Trinity College Kandy in the first leg of the Bradby Shield on June 12 on their home grounds followed by another important game against S. Thomas’ College on June 19 at Mount Lavinia.
St. Peter’s College will have another tough game in their second outing for the season where they will be up against Trinity College Kandy on May 30 at the Pallekelle Stadium.
In addition the Royal - St. Peter’s clash which is also a much looked after contest in the schools rugby calendar is scheduled for May 22 at the Royal Sports Complex.
The schedule
April 24: Royal v Prince of Wales at Royal Sports Complex, S. Thomas’ v Wesley at Mount Lavinia, Kingswood v St. Anthony’s at Bogambara, Trinity v Dharmaraja at Pallekelle, Isipatana v St. Peter’s at Havelock Park
April 29: Wesley v Royal at Longden Place
April 30: Prince of Wales v Dharmaraja at Royal Sports Complex, S. Thomas’ v St. Anthony’s at Mount Lavinia, Trinity v St. Peter’s at Pallekelle, Isipatana v Kingswood at Havelock Park
May 7: Wesley v St. Anthony’s at Royal Sports Complex, Kingswood v Trinity at Bogambara
May 8: S. Thomas’ v Isipatana at Mount Lavinia, Royal v Dharmaraja at Royal Sports Complex
May 9: Prince of Wales v St. Peter’s at Royal Sports Complex
May 12: Isipatana v Wesley at Longden Place
May 15: Royal v St. Anthony’s at Royal Sports Complex, S. Thomas’ v Trinity at Mount Lavinia
May 16: Prince of Wales v Kingswood Royal Sports Complex
May 21: Wesley v Trinity at Royal Sports Complex
May 22: Royal v St. Peter’s at Royal Sports Complex, Isipatana v St. Anthony’s at Havelock Park, Dharmaraja v Kingswood at Bogambara
May 23: Prince of Wales v S. Thomas’ at Royal Sports Complex
May 29: Isipatana v Royal at Longden Place, St. Peter’s v Kingswood at Bambalapitiya, St. Anthony’s v Trinity at Nittawela, Dharmaraja v S. Thomas’ at Bogambara, Wesley v Prince of Wales at Royal Sports Complex
June 4: St. Anthony’s v Prince of Wales at Nittawela, Dharmaraja v Wesley at Bogambara
June 5: Kingswood v Royal at Bogambara, Isipatana v Trinity at Longden Place, S. Thomas’ v St. Peter’s at Mount Lavinia
June 12: Royal v Trinity at Royal Sports Complex, S. Thomas’ v Kingswood at Mount Lavinia, Isipatana v Prince of Wales at Havelock Park, St. Peter’s v Wesley at Bambalapitiya, St. Anthony’s v Dharmaraja at Nittwela
June 18: Dharmaraja v Isipatana at Bogambara
June 19: St. Anthony’s v St. Peter’s at Nittawela, Kingswood v Wesley at Bogambara, Trinity v Prince of Wales at Pallekelle, S. Thomas’ v Royal at Royal Complex.
DailyNews - April 16th 2010
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