Isipathana College took on Kingswood College in their knock out semi final clash at the Royal College sports complex today with the Greens winning the game contentedly 47 points to nil.
Half time score: 33-00 Isipathana
Full time score: 47-00 Isipathana
The game was going to be a close one from the outset but the
Pathanians had other ideas scoring in the very first minute of the game
through their full back Shanaka Kumara. Kingswood failed to clear their
lines during the first phase of the game and it resulted in Isipathana
skipper charging down fly half Oshan Perera’s kick for Chamara Kumara to score.
Kingswood hardly had possession and when they did they looked out of sorts kicking aimlessly in to the Pathana half. Isipathana prop forward Nipuna Devinda was yellow carded for stamping on a Kingswoodian and was sent off to the cooler for 10 minutes resulting in Isipathana being reduced to 14 players. The speedsters from Havelock’s had many scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise due to crucial handling errors. The Greens skipper then went over for a try after spotting a gap off a scrum where he danced his way over the line beating a few defenders. He had a commendable outing and was well supported by the likes of outside center Ashan Gallage, inside center Shamal Chathuranga, full back Shanaka Kumara and winger Makalanda Prabodha.
Then came the try of the match from the Pathanians right from the restart when first inside Shamal Chathuranga went over for his first. It was a slick move from the Pathana team when their skipper spotted a gap on the blind side and passed to his deputy Sajid Suhaib, who committed the defender and offloaded to Makalanda Prabodha who ran nearly 50 meters before offloading to Shamal Chathuranga to add the finishing touches. Full back Shanaka Kumara failed with the conversion and Isipathana took a commanding 19-00 lead.
Isipathana then decided to use their forwards near the try line and was rewarded when the big framed Nipuna Devinda bulldozed over for his first try after coming back from the sin bin. Kumara with a superb conversion extended the lead to 26-0. Just before the half time whistle the Pathanians managed to score through their open side flanker Umendra Gunadasa while Kumara added the extra points. Half time score 33-00 to Pathana.
The second half saw both teams going at each other but failing to convert it into points. For Kingswood Mohomed Nazri played a good game while the Perera twins, Oshan and Lavanga failed to live up to expectations. Heshan Kalhara playing at number 8 was well marked by the Isipathana third row led by deputy skipper Sajid Suhaib.
Isipathana was on the scoreboard yet again through their compact front rower Prasad Madushanka who went over for a try after a series of pick and goes. With the conversion through Isipathana stood at 40 points to nil.
During the final stages of the game the Kingswoodians began to look frustrated and it was evident when fly half Oshan Perera made a dangerous tackle on replacement 2nd rower Wasula Wimalaweera. Perera was only given a yellow card by referee D. Nimal and was lucky not to get a red. With the clock running out the Pathanians made the finishing touches to the game with a try through their hooker Prasad Madushanka who went over for his second try of the game.
Friday 23th September, 2011 - The Papare
Kingswood hardly had possession and when they did they looked out of sorts kicking aimlessly in to the Pathana half. Isipathana prop forward Nipuna Devinda was yellow carded for stamping on a Kingswoodian and was sent off to the cooler for 10 minutes resulting in Isipathana being reduced to 14 players. The speedsters from Havelock’s had many scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise due to crucial handling errors. The Greens skipper then went over for a try after spotting a gap off a scrum where he danced his way over the line beating a few defenders. He had a commendable outing and was well supported by the likes of outside center Ashan Gallage, inside center Shamal Chathuranga, full back Shanaka Kumara and winger Makalanda Prabodha.
Then came the try of the match from the Pathanians right from the restart when first inside Shamal Chathuranga went over for his first. It was a slick move from the Pathana team when their skipper spotted a gap on the blind side and passed to his deputy Sajid Suhaib, who committed the defender and offloaded to Makalanda Prabodha who ran nearly 50 meters before offloading to Shamal Chathuranga to add the finishing touches. Full back Shanaka Kumara failed with the conversion and Isipathana took a commanding 19-00 lead.
Isipathana then decided to use their forwards near the try line and was rewarded when the big framed Nipuna Devinda bulldozed over for his first try after coming back from the sin bin. Kumara with a superb conversion extended the lead to 26-0. Just before the half time whistle the Pathanians managed to score through their open side flanker Umendra Gunadasa while Kumara added the extra points. Half time score 33-00 to Pathana.
The second half saw both teams going at each other but failing to convert it into points. For Kingswood Mohomed Nazri played a good game while the Perera twins, Oshan and Lavanga failed to live up to expectations. Heshan Kalhara playing at number 8 was well marked by the Isipathana third row led by deputy skipper Sajid Suhaib.
Isipathana was on the scoreboard yet again through their compact front rower Prasad Madushanka who went over for a try after a series of pick and goes. With the conversion through Isipathana stood at 40 points to nil.
During the final stages of the game the Kingswoodians began to look frustrated and it was evident when fly half Oshan Perera made a dangerous tackle on replacement 2nd rower Wasula Wimalaweera. Perera was only given a yellow card by referee D. Nimal and was lucky not to get a red. With the clock running out the Pathanians made the finishing touches to the game with a try through their hooker Prasad Madushanka who went over for his second try of the game.
Friday 23th September, 2011 - The Papare
