Isipathana bounced back into contention when they defeated a fancied St. Peter’s College by 22 points (1 goal, 3 tries) to 12 (1 goal and a try) in their inter-school rugger match played at Bambalapitiya yesterday.
The winners led 12-5 at the breather.
The first-half was closely contested with the `Pathana’ back division closely marked by the Peterites.
The Peterites kept the Isipathana three quarter line at bay with some good tackling.
Both teams scored a try each when Isipathana winger Sumedha Srimal touched down off a second phase move and the Peterites scored when they opted to run the ball instead of a penalty and Chatura Cabraal scored an unconverted try.
Minutes before the half time, Isipathana sprang into the lead when their full back Devinda misdirected a penalty kick and a Peterite player knocked on under the post for Saranga Seneviratne to score.
The Peterites came back with some sporadic moves, but it was insufficient to make a big impact. In the eleventh minute of the second half Isipathana extended their lead when scrum half Mohammed Rizwan sneaked through for an unconverted try off a maul.
During the dying stages of the game, Isipathana sealed the match in their favour when full back devinda touched down for an unconverted try.
Referee. D. Nimal.
Sunday Observer May 10th, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Thomians in memorable 28-12 win over Isipatana
A stirring second-half rally which resulted in a whopping unanswered 25 points being scored through a mixture of supreme fitness and sensible rugby enabled S. Thomas’ College to post a memorable 28-12 win over a patchy Isipatana MV XV in their Under-20 `A’ Division Tier `A’ Inter-school League tournament match ended at Havelock Park, last evening.
The winners collected their points through two goals, a try and three penalty goals to which the losers replied with a goal and a try, in a game played at a furious pace from start to finish.
S. Thomas’ smarting from their 33-37 loss to Royal last week, despite another terrific second-half fight-back, ensured there will be no repeat this time around, as they knocked the stuffing out of the Havelock Town lads after the turn around.
Trailing 3-12 at the interval, the lads from Mount Lavinia launched a magnificent counter-attack starting in the 43rd minute through prop R. Kodithuwakku who crashed over from a mid-field break which ensued after a close-range line out in the Isipatana `22’.
With left winger Arjuna Manoharan’s conversion the Thomians narrowed the scores 10-12 before the place kicker fired two 35-metre penalty goals in the 47th and 65th minutes respectively.
With 15 minutes still left for the final whistle of referee Aruna Jayasekera, S. Thomas’ led 16-12 before another two opportunistic tries scored by replacement prop A. M. Andrado and number eight Rajindra Gunasekera in the last 10-minutes of the game sealed a deserved victory for them.
Earlier, though, after a promising start by S. Thomas’ it was Isipatana MV who made an impact to shoot to a 12-3 half-time lead.
The Thomians drew first blood in the 15th minute through a Arjun Manoharan’s penalty goal, but from then onwards the green shirts took over to score two fluently worked off tries.
Crack left-wing Vishwamithra Jayasinghe added the finishing touches to a beautiful move begun by his skipper and inside centre Niroshana Fernando who sent out a cut-out pass before the fleet-footed three-quarter went under the posts in the 20th minute.
With full-back Prasad Devinda’s conversion Isipatana led 7-3. Seven minutes later, number eight Tharindu Siriwardena barged over from a forwards rush to make the score 12-3 as a result of the full-back’s failed conversion.
However, following the turn around S. Thomas’ got their act together and aided by a solid defence and wonderful staying power of their forwards saw them nailing one of their fiercest rivals in the domestic schools rugby arena for the second consecutive year.
For the winners their goal-kicker Arjun Manoharan also stood out with a personal haul of 13 points through three penalty goals and two conversions as they proved their 17-15 win over the same school in 2008 was no flash-in-the-pan.
Sunday Observer May 3rd, 2009
The winners collected their points through two goals, a try and three penalty goals to which the losers replied with a goal and a try, in a game played at a furious pace from start to finish.
S. Thomas’ smarting from their 33-37 loss to Royal last week, despite another terrific second-half fight-back, ensured there will be no repeat this time around, as they knocked the stuffing out of the Havelock Town lads after the turn around.
Trailing 3-12 at the interval, the lads from Mount Lavinia launched a magnificent counter-attack starting in the 43rd minute through prop R. Kodithuwakku who crashed over from a mid-field break which ensued after a close-range line out in the Isipatana `22’.
With left winger Arjuna Manoharan’s conversion the Thomians narrowed the scores 10-12 before the place kicker fired two 35-metre penalty goals in the 47th and 65th minutes respectively.
With 15 minutes still left for the final whistle of referee Aruna Jayasekera, S. Thomas’ led 16-12 before another two opportunistic tries scored by replacement prop A. M. Andrado and number eight Rajindra Gunasekera in the last 10-minutes of the game sealed a deserved victory for them.
Earlier, though, after a promising start by S. Thomas’ it was Isipatana MV who made an impact to shoot to a 12-3 half-time lead.
The Thomians drew first blood in the 15th minute through a Arjun Manoharan’s penalty goal, but from then onwards the green shirts took over to score two fluently worked off tries.
Crack left-wing Vishwamithra Jayasinghe added the finishing touches to a beautiful move begun by his skipper and inside centre Niroshana Fernando who sent out a cut-out pass before the fleet-footed three-quarter went under the posts in the 20th minute.
With full-back Prasad Devinda’s conversion Isipatana led 7-3. Seven minutes later, number eight Tharindu Siriwardena barged over from a forwards rush to make the score 12-3 as a result of the full-back’s failed conversion.
However, following the turn around S. Thomas’ got their act together and aided by a solid defence and wonderful staying power of their forwards saw them nailing one of their fiercest rivals in the domestic schools rugby arena for the second consecutive year.
For the winners their goal-kicker Arjun Manoharan also stood out with a personal haul of 13 points through three penalty goals and two conversions as they proved their 17-15 win over the same school in 2008 was no flash-in-the-pan.
Sunday Observer May 3rd, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Isipathana VS St Thomas's Match Result
Isipathana lost to St Thomas's 28/12. Isipathana was leading at halftime 12/3.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Isipatana-Thomian game the pick
The clash between the formidable Isipatana College and S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia on May 2 (Saturday) at Havelock Park is the pick of the matches scheduled for this week in the Schools Under 20 Division One Segment ‘A’ Rugby Tournament.
Last year the Thomians edged out Isipatana by 17-15 at Mount Lavinia and another thrilling match is on the cards on Saturday. On the same day (May 2) defending champions Kingswood College will play host to Mahanama at Bogambara while the Trinitians will confront St. Joseph’s College at Pallekelle.
The Royalists who scored a thrilling 37-33 win over S. Thomas will be the guests of St. Anthony’s at Nittawala. Dharmaraja too will take on St. Peter’s in Kandy either on May 2 or 3.
Ten schools will be playing in the Under 20 Division One and each school will have to play nine matches. Both segment ‘A’ and ‘B’ tournaments will have to be concluded in the first week of July.
Altogether 295 matches will be played in the tournament.
Those decisions were taken at a meeting between Director of Sports of the Education Ministry L.K. Jayaweera, Acting CEO of the SLRFU and Co-ordinator of the tournament Lasitha Gunaratne and representatives of the participating schools at the Education Ministry at Isurupaya.
Daily News- 29 April 2009
Last year the Thomians edged out Isipatana by 17-15 at Mount Lavinia and another thrilling match is on the cards on Saturday. On the same day (May 2) defending champions Kingswood College will play host to Mahanama at Bogambara while the Trinitians will confront St. Joseph’s College at Pallekelle.
The Royalists who scored a thrilling 37-33 win over S. Thomas will be the guests of St. Anthony’s at Nittawala. Dharmaraja too will take on St. Peter’s in Kandy either on May 2 or 3.
Ten schools will be playing in the Under 20 Division One and each school will have to play nine matches. Both segment ‘A’ and ‘B’ tournaments will have to be concluded in the first week of July.
Altogether 295 matches will be played in the tournament.
Those decisions were taken at a meeting between Director of Sports of the Education Ministry L.K. Jayaweera, Acting CEO of the SLRFU and Co-ordinator of the tournament Lasitha Gunaratne and representatives of the participating schools at the Education Ministry at Isurupaya.
Daily News- 29 April 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Schools rugby kicks off on April 24
The eagerly awaited schools rugby season kicks off on April 24 (Friday) with two key matches the confrontation between traditional rivals Royal and S. Thomas’ at Mount Lavinia and the clash between the strong Isipatanians and Peterites at Bambalapitiya.
Despite the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association deciding to scrap the schools ‘A’ Division League Rugby Tournament these two matches will evoke tremendous interest among rugby fans.
S. Thomas College under the leadership of centre Shavin Kapuwatte will also have the services of prop forward Janik Jayasuriya, flankers Rajinda Gunasekera, Jeewaka Hewavitharana and Asela Kohona and should give the strong Royalists a close run with the advantage of playing on their home ground.
The Thomians have been training hard under the watchful eyes of their coach Jeevan Gunatilleke assisted by former Sri Lanka skipper Viraj Prasantha and will go all out to regain the Michael Guneratne Trophy which they last won in 2005 under the leadership of Namal Rajapaksa.
The Royalists led by fly half Naren Dhason will field a team packed with experienced players.
Their formidable pack will comprise Sri Lanka youth players Kalana Amarasinghe and Hasthika Bandaranayake in addition to seasoned campaigners Nikira Senanayake, Udara de Silva, Shamir Fajudeen and Ranga Perera while the back division will have players of the calibre of centres Duminda Attygalle, Shamil Ahamed, Winger Nabeel Faizer, full back Shailendra Chandrasekaran and skipper Naren Dhason.
The Royalists are being coached by Bilal Yusuf and will strive to retain the Guneratne Trophy for the fourth successive year.
Isipatana - St. Peter’s
A star studded Isipatana team led by fly half and Sri Lanka youth player Niroshana Fernando will be the guests of St. Peter’s College at Bambalapitiya. Last year St. Peter’s edged out Isipatana by 8-7 at Havelock Park and another thriller is on the cards this year.
Isipatana will have a formidable pack which includes prop forwards Dinuk Dananjaya, Danusha Suriyarachchi, hooker Thilina Lanka, No. 8 Tharindu Siriwardena, lock Sajid Suhayb, Flanker Deshan Arachchige and Uthpala Seneviratne.
The back division is spearheaded by Sri Lanka youth player and winger Vishwamithra Jayasinghe and also includes centre Ashan Gallage, full back Prasad Devinda besides skipper Fernando.
The lads from Hevalock Town are being coached by former CR skipper Shamly Nawaz assisted by Daham Sampath.
The Peterites who emerged champions in 2006 and 2007 will be led by Sri Lanka youth player and centre Dilshan Paul and will have the services of three other senior players - centre Keith Gurusinghe, full back Dishan Gunaratne and lock Shenal Dias and will have the services of several talented youngsters.
With Sri Lanka under 19 coach Sanath Martis guiding them once again the lads from Bambalapitiya will continue to be a force to be reckoned with this year.
DailyNews -Saturday, 11 April 2009
Despite the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association deciding to scrap the schools ‘A’ Division League Rugby Tournament these two matches will evoke tremendous interest among rugby fans.
S. Thomas College under the leadership of centre Shavin Kapuwatte will also have the services of prop forward Janik Jayasuriya, flankers Rajinda Gunasekera, Jeewaka Hewavitharana and Asela Kohona and should give the strong Royalists a close run with the advantage of playing on their home ground.
The Thomians have been training hard under the watchful eyes of their coach Jeevan Gunatilleke assisted by former Sri Lanka skipper Viraj Prasantha and will go all out to regain the Michael Guneratne Trophy which they last won in 2005 under the leadership of Namal Rajapaksa.
The Royalists led by fly half Naren Dhason will field a team packed with experienced players.
Their formidable pack will comprise Sri Lanka youth players Kalana Amarasinghe and Hasthika Bandaranayake in addition to seasoned campaigners Nikira Senanayake, Udara de Silva, Shamir Fajudeen and Ranga Perera while the back division will have players of the calibre of centres Duminda Attygalle, Shamil Ahamed, Winger Nabeel Faizer, full back Shailendra Chandrasekaran and skipper Naren Dhason.
The Royalists are being coached by Bilal Yusuf and will strive to retain the Guneratne Trophy for the fourth successive year.
Isipatana - St. Peter’s
A star studded Isipatana team led by fly half and Sri Lanka youth player Niroshana Fernando will be the guests of St. Peter’s College at Bambalapitiya. Last year St. Peter’s edged out Isipatana by 8-7 at Havelock Park and another thriller is on the cards this year.
Isipatana will have a formidable pack which includes prop forwards Dinuk Dananjaya, Danusha Suriyarachchi, hooker Thilina Lanka, No. 8 Tharindu Siriwardena, lock Sajid Suhayb, Flanker Deshan Arachchige and Uthpala Seneviratne.
The back division is spearheaded by Sri Lanka youth player and winger Vishwamithra Jayasinghe and also includes centre Ashan Gallage, full back Prasad Devinda besides skipper Fernando.
The lads from Hevalock Town are being coached by former CR skipper Shamly Nawaz assisted by Daham Sampath.
The Peterites who emerged champions in 2006 and 2007 will be led by Sri Lanka youth player and centre Dilshan Paul and will have the services of three other senior players - centre Keith Gurusinghe, full back Dishan Gunaratne and lock Shenal Dias and will have the services of several talented youngsters.
With Sri Lanka under 19 coach Sanath Martis guiding them once again the lads from Bambalapitiya will continue to be a force to be reckoned with this year.
DailyNews -Saturday, 11 April 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Inter-schools rugby tournament cancelled
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.
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.
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