2011 All Island Sevens

St. Peters College won the 2011 All island sevens tournament beating Kingswood College today in the final. S. Thomas’ College won the plate segment while Royal Panadura walked away with the bowl.
Cup finals – Peters win 6th consecutive trophy, remains ‘UNBEATEN’ (24-15)
St. Peters College the defending sevens champions came out with another superlative performance to beat a tough Kingswood side in the cup finals. St. Peters who won the Carlton schools sevens tournament back in 2009 never looked back since then, winning the western province and all island sevens tournaments, the interschool 2010 league and knock out tournaments and now the 2011 all-island sevens tournament.
Danushka Ranjan, Skipper Banuka Nanayakkara, Rizi Meedin, Dulaj Perera and winger Sandun Herath were the stand out performers for the Petes. St. Peters after an unbeaten season last year proved to be the team to beat from the outset. Kingswood College who had a good run up to the finals beating Trinity in the semi finals did not have the fire power to stop the marauding Petes from scoring. Lavanga and Oshan Perera were brilliant in attack but lacked support from the rest of the players.
Plate final – Thomian three-quarters pilot win (26-00)
The Thomian Three-quarters played their part in bringing them the Plate, in the interschool all island rugby tournament. Shevan Kapuwatte, Hashaka Senanayake, Danoj de Silva, and skipper Randika Pieris took the game the Lumbini players and walked away with a comfortable win against Lumbini. The Thomians having a disappointing run in the initial stages of the tournament rallied their troops to finish on top of the plate category.
Bowl Final – Royal Panadura take away the bronze (19-00)
Royal Panadura who displayed brilliant rugby from the start of the tournament were the ominous favourites going in to the second day in the bowl category. Their speedy three-quarters were no match to the Nalanda lads as they dished out typical sevens rugby at the Royal sports complex. The only chink in their armory was consistency but it was good enough to take away the bowl for the 2011 season.
Cup quarters review
SPC vs. IC - St. Peters College after dominating proceedings went on to clean sweep their opponants on day two after facing Isipathana College in their quarter finals. It was always expected to be a close tussle and St. Peters held their nerve to come out victors scoring 12 points to seven.
WC vs. Mahanama – Wesley who had an average start to the lsland tournament gave in a hearty performance to come out victorious by 31 points to nil. Mahanama did not have the right combination going in to the match and was knocked out during the early hours of the tournament.
KCK vs. POW – The Kingswood team completely dominated proceedings against the minnows from Moratuwa, pilling up 26-0 at the end of full time.
TCK vs. DC – Trintiy who have been tagged as one of the favourites this season had a tough time against the Rajans winning by just 7-0.

Plate quarter finals
Vidyartha 21 vs. Thurstan 07
Lumbini 33 vs. St. Aloysius 00
St. Sylvesters 24 vs. Royal 00
S. Thomas’ 26 vs. Ananda 07

Cup semi finals
St. Peters 31 vs. Wesley 05
Kingswood 14 vs. Trinity 05

Plate semi finals
Lumbini 24 vs. Vidyartha 12
S. Thomas’ 22 vs. St. Sylvesters 12

Trinity, Peters, Isipathana and Kingswood dictate terms on day one (All Island 7's)

March 5th, 2011

The all-island rugby football sevens tournament which is organized by the Sri Lanka schools rugby football association got underway today with Trinity, Peters, Isipathana and Kingswood taking major honors at the end of day one.

Trinity College and St. Peters in particular had some big performances against some of the mediocre teams with both teams accumulating 84 points in two matches played during the group stages. Kingswood on the other hand recorded the highest score for the day when they beat Zahira College 52 points to nil. Isipathana College who were probably the best sevens team in display, showcased their usual brilliance beating Lalith Athulathmudali and Vidyartha by 40 and 38 respectively while also maintaining a clean sheet in defense.

Prince of Wales College was the brave minnows as they stood tall ending up at the cup quarters beating the likes of Maliyadeva and Royal College Colombo which fielded a junior team. Dharmaraja the dark horse in the cup segment used their heavy players to good effect beating S.Thomas’ College Mt, and D.S Senanayake in the first round.

Day two will start with a cracker match with St. Peters College taking on Isipathana College in the first cup quarters at 8.20 am.

Results

TEAM
POINTS
TEAM
POINTS

St. Peters
43
Nalanda
-

Isipathana
40
Lalith Athulathmudali
-

St. Anthony’s
-
St.Aloysius
w/o

Wesley
36
St.Johns
-

Kingswood
24
Zahira
-

Royal
26
Maliyadeva
-

S.Thomas’
15
D.S Senanayake
10

Trinity
43
Royal College Panadura
-




Thurstan
17
Nalanda
05

Vudyartha
12
Lalith Athulathmudali
07

Mahanama
43
St.Aloysius
-

Lumbini
36
St.Johns
-

Zahira
15
St.Sylvesters
24

POW
22
Maliyadeva
05

Dharmaraja
17
D.S Senanayake
-

Ananda
19
Royal College Panadura
12




St. Peters
40
Thurstan
-

Isipathana
38
Vudyartha
-

St.Anthonys
-
Mahanama
w/o

Wesley
07
Lumbini
-

Kingswood
52
Zahira
-

Royal
05
POW
10

S.Thomas’
-
Dharmaraja
29

Trinity
40
Ananda
00



Day two schedule

CUP QUARTERS

• St. Peters vs. Isipathana
• Mahanama vs. Wesley
• Kingswood vs. Prince of Wales
• Dharmaraja vs. Trinity

PLATE QUARTERS

• Thurstan vs. Vidyartha
• St. Aloysius vs. Lumbini
• St. Sylvesters vs. Royal
• S.Thomas’ vs. Ananda

BOWL QUARTERS

• Nalanda vs. Lalith Athulathmudali
• St. Johns (Walk over)
• Zahira vs. Mahanama
• D.S Senanayake vs. Royal Panadura


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