Wesley and Lee safely at the helm

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In the tenth week of the Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular Rugby Team of Year 2017 competitions, Wesley College and its very own Avishka Lee are still leading the way.

Lee, the dashing three-quarter player from the Campbell Place School, leads for yet another week with a tally of 2888 after adding 160 votes from last week. He is trailed by Sasindu Rathnaweera of Ananda College, who is way behind by 1905 votes. Sasindu claimed 85 votes last week, which took his tally to 983. Isipathana College skipper Sumudu Rankothge and Royal College skipper Ovin Askey remains at third and fourth respectively. Their additions are not much when compared to others in the top five, but are sufficient enough to safeguard their positions.

However, Aabid Cader of S. Thomas’ College has overtaken the initial leader Yuzraan Lantra of Zahira College to claim the fifth position after adding 127 votes, taking his tally to 300. Lantra is pushed down to sixth.

In the team competition, Lee’s side Wesley continues to lead with 2885 votes while Ananda and Isipathana remains at second and third respectively for yet another week. Royal and S. Thomas’ remain at fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The competitions which enable readers to vote for their preferred school rugby player of the ongoing Singer Schools Division I Rugby League Championship 2017, will run until 30 July.

From 23 April, the Sunday Times, along with Wijeya Newspapers publications – Daily Mirror, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada – will publish coupons for 15 continuous weeks, numbered for each week from 1 to 15 with the deadline set on the Thursdays of each week. Names of players shown in the list are those with 30 and above votes.

Most popular ruggerites:

Avishka Lee (Wesley College) 2888

Sasindu Rathnaweera (Ananda College) 983

Sumudu Rankothge (Isipathana College) 588

Ovin Askey (Royal College) 382

Aabid Cader (S. Thomas’ College) 300

Yuzraan Lantra (Zahira College) 195

Praveen Ranasinghe (St. Aloysius College) 159

Chamodh Fernando (Isipathana College) 140

Kasun Amarasinghe (Nalanda College) 132

Shewon Gregory (St. Joseph’s College) 123

Rishmal Fernando (Royal College) 102

Dilan Salinda (Veluwana College) 74

Diyath Fernando (St. Peter’s College) 41

Janindu Dilshan (Royal College) 33

Sabith Feroze (Royal College) 30

Most popular rugby teams:

Wesley College 2885

Ananda College 1028

Isipathana College 756

Royal College 577

S. Thomas’ College 317

Zahira College 197

St. Joseph’s College 138

Nalanda College 132

Veluwana College 74

St. Peter’s College 41

Trinity College 32

Kingswood College 18

Readers’ prizes go to: Amani Junaid (2, Vajira Lane, Colombo 4), Jayani Suranthika (79, Seeduwa North, Seeduwa), Yasindu Dilshan (426/2, Araliyagahawatte, Dorape, Angulugaha, Galle).