Trinity through courtesy second half rally

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By Shamseer Jaleel

Trinity College produced a fantastic second-half rally to register a commanding 49/15 win over Kandy Sumangala College at the Pallekelle Rugby Stadium yesterday.

The first half belonged to Sumangala though Trinity led. Visitors played some top class rugby in the initial half where the Trinitians were all over. After the turn around Lions played some extra ordinary rugby to register an easy win.

The second half saw Trinity shift into top gear. Their forwards laid a strong foundation, winning the breakdowns and securing quick ball, while the backline showed pace and precision to tear through the Sumangala defense. Trinity’s fitness and game management shone, as they maintained high intensity throughout, leaving the visitors struggling to keep up.

Trinity scored their tries through Shrayan Sathishkumar, Shafraz Usmaan, Minula Yaddheige (2), Ammar Manzil, Manusha Silva, Nisith Kumarasinghe and Ramindu Wanasinghe scored. Two try conversions were taken by Shan Althaf while Sadeesha Weerawansa converted one try. Meanwhile Sumangala tries were scored by S. Samarakoon and Mohamed Ifky. Samarakoon also put over a penalty plus try conversion.

Referee: Tharindu Perera

Trinity won all the junior games (Under-16) by 34/0.

In the second XV encounter they beat Nugawela Central 55/0.

D.S. win Alles Trophy

D.S. Senanayake College edged out St. Anthony’s college by 26 points (4 tries, 3 conversions) to 19 points (3 tries, 2 conversions) at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium last evening. At the short breather D.S. led 12/7. This encounter was played for Alles Trophy.

Referee was Ishanka Abeykoon. (SJ)

Big wins for Zahira, Royal

In another Schools Rugby encounter, Zahira outclassed Dharmaraja by 56/19.

At the short breather Zahira led 15/12. Royal scored a runaway 74/15 win over Thurstan. At the short breather lads from Reid Avenue led 36/7.

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