Thursday, 9 April 2009
Daily News.
The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) took a unanimous decision to cancel the forthcoming Under-20 Inter-School League Tournament due to lack of cohesion between teams due to contest the tournament.
The SLSRFA which had a crucial meeting on April 7 (Tuesday) decided to allow all Division I Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ teams to contest the upcoming season on a friendly basis.
"We decided to allow all school teams to compete friendly games, after we failed to arrive at a final decision on the placing of teams for the League," said Secretary of the SLSRFA Kumara Rodrigo.
"After the recent Enjoining Order brought against the SLSRFA by St. Anthony’s, Katugastota, two other Kandy schools Dharmaraja and Vidyartha also requested to be promoted to Division I Group ‘A’.
"However, due to time constraints and the inability to finalize the playing schedule for all these teams, we asked all the teams in the two groups to arrange and play their games on a friendly nature."
Rodrigo, noted that with the scrapping of the 2009 Under-20 League tournament, the new sponsor YFM too had declined to continue as the sponsor but he assured the forthcoming Milo President’s Trophy Knock-out Tournament will be conducted as scheduled in the months of June-July.
"The Milo President’s Trophy sponsored by Nestle Lanka Limited will not be affected in any way due to the shelving of the Under-20 League tourney," he further emphasised.
"The final quarter-final draw will be done by the SLSRF, and we intend to finish the tournament on time."
Kumara Rodrigo also added that from the 2010 inter-school rugby season onwards there will be a clear policy as to whether the majority schools favour an official league or to indulge in friendly matches, and stressed that the SLSRFA will take measures to prevent schools from taking the game’s main ruling body to court for every vexed issue that crops up like the drop of a hat.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Kingswood clinch under 20 Rugby Sevens Title
Kingswood College, Kandy drew first blood in the new inter-school rugby season when they clinched the Cup championship with a close 26 points to 17 victory over their home town rivals Trinity College in the all island under 20 seven a side tournament concluded at the Royal College Sports Complex in Reid Avenue yesterday.
This tournament which was the curtain raiser for the 2009 inter-school rugby season was conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) and sponsored by Y FM.
Kingswood College were trailing 7-12 at half time but came back into the game strongly during the second half and scored two last minute tries to turn the final in their favour. They were facing defeat at one stage with the Trinitians making an excellent start that put them in font after the first ten minutes of the final.
However in a dramatic turn of events Kingswood College bounced back with an improved performance to cross their opponent’s goal line on three occasions with two of those tries coming during the last couple of minutes.
Kingswood College also had the credit of defeating the pre-tournament favourites Isipatana College by 24 points to 10 in a closely contested semifinal encounter.
The winners who led 12-5 at half time collected their points from two goals and two tries against their opponent’s two tries. Defending Champions Isipatana College had earlier showed great promise having defeated the giant killers St. Joseph’s College by 25 points to 14 after leading 15-14 at half time.
They launched their campaign in style with two rousing victories over Siri Piyaratne MV (38 nil) and St. John’s College Nugegoda (49 nil). In contrast Trinity College cruised to a convincing 21 points to 12 points victory over Prince of Wales College in the other semifinal fixture. The winners who led 12 nil at half time collected their points from three superb goals while conceding a goal and a try to their opponents.
The Cambrians made it to the last eight following an easy victory over C. W. W. Kannangara MMV having earlier topped their Group F in which they recorded two morale boosting victories against Science College and Lalith Athulathmudali MV respectively.
C. W. W. Kannangara MMV of course had the credit of creating a major upset where they knocked out the more fancied Thurstan College team by 12 points to 7 in an exciting contest. They followed up this with another good victory over Asoka MV that put them on top of Group E and a place in the Cup championship quarterfinals. The Trinitians had started the tournament in the most spectacular manner where they notched up the highest score of the tournament while outplaying Carey College by 54 points to nil in a preliminary round fixture.
Trinity College followed up this massive score with another smashing 31 points to 7 win over Maliyadeva to head Group G with maximum points. They went on to reach the last eight with a convincing victory over the last year’s runners up Ananda College.
Kingswood College also made a clean sweep in Group D and did not concede a try to their opponents where they trounced S. Thomas’ College, Bandarawela by 52 points to nil and Lumbini MV by 40 points to nil before overcoming Dharmaraja College in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile Nalanda College annexed the Plate championship defeating Maliyadeva College Kurunegala by 29 points to 9 in the final and Carey College had the better of St. Aloysius College Galle 19-7 in the Bowl championship final.
This tournament which was the curtain raiser for the 2009 inter-school rugby season was conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) and sponsored by Y FM.
Kingswood College were trailing 7-12 at half time but came back into the game strongly during the second half and scored two last minute tries to turn the final in their favour. They were facing defeat at one stage with the Trinitians making an excellent start that put them in font after the first ten minutes of the final.
However in a dramatic turn of events Kingswood College bounced back with an improved performance to cross their opponent’s goal line on three occasions with two of those tries coming during the last couple of minutes.
Kingswood College also had the credit of defeating the pre-tournament favourites Isipatana College by 24 points to 10 in a closely contested semifinal encounter.
The winners who led 12-5 at half time collected their points from two goals and two tries against their opponent’s two tries. Defending Champions Isipatana College had earlier showed great promise having defeated the giant killers St. Joseph’s College by 25 points to 14 after leading 15-14 at half time.
They launched their campaign in style with two rousing victories over Siri Piyaratne MV (38 nil) and St. John’s College Nugegoda (49 nil). In contrast Trinity College cruised to a convincing 21 points to 12 points victory over Prince of Wales College in the other semifinal fixture. The winners who led 12 nil at half time collected their points from three superb goals while conceding a goal and a try to their opponents.
The Cambrians made it to the last eight following an easy victory over C. W. W. Kannangara MMV having earlier topped their Group F in which they recorded two morale boosting victories against Science College and Lalith Athulathmudali MV respectively.
C. W. W. Kannangara MMV of course had the credit of creating a major upset where they knocked out the more fancied Thurstan College team by 12 points to 7 in an exciting contest. They followed up this with another good victory over Asoka MV that put them on top of Group E and a place in the Cup championship quarterfinals. The Trinitians had started the tournament in the most spectacular manner where they notched up the highest score of the tournament while outplaying Carey College by 54 points to nil in a preliminary round fixture.
Trinity College followed up this massive score with another smashing 31 points to 7 win over Maliyadeva to head Group G with maximum points. They went on to reach the last eight with a convincing victory over the last year’s runners up Ananda College.
Kingswood College also made a clean sweep in Group D and did not concede a try to their opponents where they trounced S. Thomas’ College, Bandarawela by 52 points to nil and Lumbini MV by 40 points to nil before overcoming Dharmaraja College in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile Nalanda College annexed the Plate championship defeating Maliyadeva College Kurunegala by 29 points to 9 in the final and Carey College had the better of St. Aloysius College Galle 19-7 in the Bowl championship final.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Isipathana clinch Western Province RFA Sevens Trophy
Last year's Sevens champions Isipathana opened the season with a scintillating performance to beat the formidable S. Thomas College, Mt Lavinia by 31 points (3 goals, 2 tries) to nil in the final of the Western Province RFA Sevens Tournament which was played at St' Peter's College Grounds on 7th and 8th March.
The Pathana lads played a superb game excelling in all departments who beat all the schools they confronted without conceding any points to the opponents. The Thomians in the final played with some hard tackling with weight and height advantage came to Pathana 25 metres on several occasions, but the Isipathana players were quick enough to defend and tackle them which prevented Thomians going for tries. Before lemons the score was 14 in favour of Pathana and Thomians nil.
After the turn around three more tries were planted by Pathana, who won with a resounding 31 points to nil. The try scorers were: Shanaka, Vishvanath, Dilshan, Ashan Gallage and Devendra, one try each.
During the 'Saucer' Semi finals between Zahira and Lumbini College a brawl took place between the players and the spectators just after Lumbini had won against Zahira, where four of the Lumbini players were injured and taken to hospital for treatment. The officials of the WPRFA declared Lumbini and St. Sebastian's College, Kandana as Joint Champs in 'Saucer'. More than 300 participants from 24 schools took part in this Inter School Rugby Sevens, conducted by the Western Province Rugby Football Association (WPRFA).
The chief guest was N. J. Mudannayake, a great rugby official was the chief guest.
Results: Cup - Isipathana beat St. Thomas College 31 points to nil, PLATE - Ananda College beat Wesley College 19 points to 5. Bowl - St' Joseph's College beat Mahanama College 24 points to 10. Shield - Prince of Wales beat C. W. W. Kannangara MV 17 points to 5. Saucer - Joint Champs with Lumbini College and St' Sebastian's.
Daily News - Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Western Province 7's Results
VS St.Johns Won 36/0
VS DS Won 48/0
VS Royal Won 36/0
VS Science in the quatrs Won 38/0
VS Ananda Won 40/0
Finals..
beat St Thomas 31/0..
VS DS Won 48/0
VS Royal Won 36/0
VS Science in the quatrs Won 38/0
VS Ananda Won 40/0
Finals..
beat St Thomas 31/0..
Friday, September 26, 2008
The first time two schoolboys from the same school will be representing the Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Sevens Rugby team has a good chance of entering the semi-finals of the Asian qualifier of the World Cup Rugby Sevens in Hong Kong on October 4 and 5, 2008 if they beat both India and host nation Hong Kong in their pool 'C' matches.
The Sri Lankan Sevens team led by Pradeep Liyanage will confront India in their first match and then take on Hong Kong on the first day and if they win both games they are likely to take on the mighty Koreans who are likely to head Group 'B' by overcoming Chinese Taipei and Singapore.
With seasoned campaigner Dilanka Wijesekera passing a fitness test the Sri Lankans will field an experienced side with players of the calibre of skipper Liyanage, Saliya Kumara, Ashen Karthelis, Mohamed Sheriff, Amjad Buksh, Wijesekera and Wasim Thajudeen likely to give of their best.
The Sri Lankans fared well on the first day of the Singer-Sri Lankan Sevens in Kandy by winning all their group matches but were knocked out in the semi-finals by the Koreans. The squad includes only six players who took part in the Hong Kong Sevens in March - Skipper Pradeep Liyanage, Saliya Kumara, Amjad Buksh, Ashan de Costa, Ashen Karthelis and Wasim Thajudeen.
The Sri Lanka squad includes two schoolboys - Isipatanians Sajith Saranga and Dinusha Chathuranga - the first time two schoolboys from the same school will be representing the Sri Lanka Sevens team. Earlier three other schoolboys from Isipatana represented the Sri Lanka Sevens squad - Hisham Abdeen (1980 Hong Kong Sevens), Champika Nishantha (1992 Hong Kong Sevens) and Ashan de Costa (2006 Asian Games in Doha).
The Sri Lnaka Sevens squad:
Pradeep Liyanage (Captain, Kandy SC), Saliya Kumara (Kandy SC), Amjad Buksh, Ashan de Costa, Lasintha de Costa, Ashen Karthelis, Mohamed Sheriff (all from CR and FC), Dilanka Wijesekera (CH and FC), Chula Susantha (Police), Wasim Thajudeen (Havelocks), Dinusha Chathuranga and Sajith Saranga (both from Isipatana).
Stand-byes: Sharo Fernando (Havelocks), Poornaka Delpechitra (St. Peter's).
The Sri Lankan Sevens team led by Pradeep Liyanage will confront India in their first match and then take on Hong Kong on the first day and if they win both games they are likely to take on the mighty Koreans who are likely to head Group 'B' by overcoming Chinese Taipei and Singapore.
With seasoned campaigner Dilanka Wijesekera passing a fitness test the Sri Lankans will field an experienced side with players of the calibre of skipper Liyanage, Saliya Kumara, Ashen Karthelis, Mohamed Sheriff, Amjad Buksh, Wijesekera and Wasim Thajudeen likely to give of their best.
The Sri Lankans fared well on the first day of the Singer-Sri Lankan Sevens in Kandy by winning all their group matches but were knocked out in the semi-finals by the Koreans. The squad includes only six players who took part in the Hong Kong Sevens in March - Skipper Pradeep Liyanage, Saliya Kumara, Amjad Buksh, Ashan de Costa, Ashen Karthelis and Wasim Thajudeen.
The Sri Lanka squad includes two schoolboys - Isipatanians Sajith Saranga and Dinusha Chathuranga - the first time two schoolboys from the same school will be representing the Sri Lanka Sevens team. Earlier three other schoolboys from Isipatana represented the Sri Lanka Sevens squad - Hisham Abdeen (1980 Hong Kong Sevens), Champika Nishantha (1992 Hong Kong Sevens) and Ashan de Costa (2006 Asian Games in Doha).
The Sri Lnaka Sevens squad:
Pradeep Liyanage (Captain, Kandy SC), Saliya Kumara (Kandy SC), Amjad Buksh, Ashan de Costa, Lasintha de Costa, Ashen Karthelis, Mohamed Sheriff (all from CR and FC), Dilanka Wijesekera (CH and FC), Chula Susantha (Police), Wasim Thajudeen (Havelocks), Dinusha Chathuranga and Sajith Saranga (both from Isipatana).
Stand-byes: Sharo Fernando (Havelocks), Poornaka Delpechitra (St. Peter's).
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Points awarded to losing Rajans after disciplinary row
by Rukshan Razak
The Disciplinary Committee that was appointed to look into the incident of allegedly allow playing three ineligible players by Isipathana College, against Dharamaraja College in their inter-school rugby match, has decided to award the four winning points to the loosing Rajans. But Isipathana will continue to remain the top division ‘Sunday Island’ learns.It is also reported that the Disciplinary Committee that was appointed to investigate and submit their decision to the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association’s EXCO in respect to the a protest submitted by Dharamaraja, against Isipathana, has decided that Isipathana has acted on the instruction by an Education Director of the Western Province and by doing so they have given opportunity to players who were deemed to be eligible, but as a form of penalty, the committee has decided to withdraw the four points awarded for a win from Isipathana and award the same to the loosing Dharmaraja College team.With this decision three teams, namely St Anthony’s, Dhjarmaraja and Vidyartha, will be relegated to ‘B’ division at end of this season, while Isipathana in spite of the deduction of four points will continue to survive in the top division.
The Disciplinary Committee that was appointed to look into the incident of allegedly allow playing three ineligible players by Isipathana College, against Dharamaraja College in their inter-school rugby match, has decided to award the four winning points to the loosing Rajans. But Isipathana will continue to remain the top division ‘Sunday Island’ learns.It is also reported that the Disciplinary Committee that was appointed to investigate and submit their decision to the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association’s EXCO in respect to the a protest submitted by Dharamaraja, against Isipathana, has decided that Isipathana has acted on the instruction by an Education Director of the Western Province and by doing so they have given opportunity to players who were deemed to be eligible, but as a form of penalty, the committee has decided to withdraw the four points awarded for a win from Isipathana and award the same to the loosing Dharmaraja College team.With this decision three teams, namely St Anthony’s, Dhjarmaraja and Vidyartha, will be relegated to ‘B’ division at end of this season, while Isipathana in spite of the deduction of four points will continue to survive in the top division.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Peterites edge out Isipatana - 8/7
St. Peter's College survived a fierce second half rally from Isipatana College to register a thrilling 8-7 victory in their Singer inter school under 20 Division One Group A league rugby tournament match worked off at Havelock Park yesterday.
The Peterites scored an unconverted try and put over a penalty in the first half to take an 8 nil lead at half time before Isipatana came back strongly to score a goal during the latter stages of the game. The defending champions St. Peter's College thus completed the league tournament on a winning note and this was their sixth victory and had two defeats from their eight outings.
This was the third occasion that Isipatana had come closer of pulling off the game having figured in two similar close encounters against S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia and Kingswood College Kandy respectively.
St. Peter's College took the lead following a superb push over try from their prop forward Lahiru Kumara. Winger Amila Fernando failed with the conversion but later made amends by putting over a crucial penalty shortly before half time.
Isipatana College recovered well and kept their hopes alive to a great extent by scoring a goal in the 16th minute of the second half. Centre Vishwamithra Jayasinghe scored their try while adding the finishing touches to a superb three quarter move.
Skipper Dinusha Chaturanga added the extra points and Isipatana had reduced the margin to a single point at that stage. But St. Peter's College held on determinedly with a solid defence and survived a tense last few moments before registering an exciting victory at the end.
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