All Island Inter School Singer Rugby Sevens (Under 20)

Nalanda shock Royal on day one

All Island Inter School Singer Rugby Sevens (Under 20)

By Shamseer Jaleel

Royal College’s kick off for their rugby season 2012 was not so good as they were beaten in their home ground by Nalanda College. Coached by former Sri Lanka sevens specialist and CH & FC and Air Force player, Milinda Jayasinghe, they got the better of Royal in a tense battle to win 19-12. There were no shocks and all the leading schools walked away with wins and advanced to the Cup Quarterfinals which will be worked off today at 9.00 am Cup Quarter finals St Peter’s vs Isipathana Dharmaraja vs Vidyartha Nalanda vs Trinity Science vs Kingswood The following were the results on day 1 St Peter’s beat Ananda 36-0, Isipathana beat St Annes 45-0, Dharmaraja beat St Thomas Matale 57-0, St Joseph’s beat St Johns Nugegoda 22-0, Nalanada beat Royal Colombo 19-12, Science beat Dharmapala 24-0, Kingswood beat Prince of Wales 24-0, Lumbini beat Ananda 26-14, Trinity beat Zahira 26-0, Mahanama beat St Annes 38-0, Maliyadeva beat St Thomas Matale 10-7, Vidyartha beat St John’s 51-0, Nalanda beat St Sylvesters 15-5, Wesley beat Zahira 24-0, St Thomas beat Dharmapala 38-0, Prince of wales beat Thurstan 15-12, St Peter’s beat Lumbini 45-0, Isipathana beat Mahanama 33-0, Dharmaraja beat Maliyadeva 53-0, Vidyartha beat st Joseph’s 50-7, Royal beat St Sylvester’s 31-0, Trinity beat Wesley 19-10, Science beat St Thomas 45-0 Sunday 04th March, 2012 The Sunday Times