Trinity vs Royal battle pick of schools rugby this weekend

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Trinity College and Royal College meet at Trinity College Rugby Stadium in Pallekele today. Both teams are boasting flawless 4/0 records plus both remained unbeaten till to date.

The home side will lean on powerful three quarter execution and the vocal support of passionate students, but Royal’s fluid and powerful forwards staunch defensive structure promise to make it a genuine test.

This showdown doubles as a dress rehearsal for the Bradby Shield first leg, also at Pallekelle on 23 August, offering both coaches a valuable gauge of strengths and areas for refinement.

Trinity looks a yard faster in their speed and experience in the three quarter line while Royal hold a slight edge in forwards play. All in all it will turn out to be a fantastic battle in front of a packed house.

On the same day In Colombo, S. Thomas’ College and Isipathana College undefeated in their own right clash for the inaugural Rizvi Suhayb Trophy at Mount Lavinia.

Rizvi led the outstanding Thomian outfit which had players such as Jaliya Jayasuriya, Ranjith Seneviratne, Yohan Dias, Suresh Tissarachchi, Prasad Wimalasekera, Umanga Abeysekera, D.I. de Silva, Dilshard Anzary, Savantha de Saram, Jeevantha Jayathilake, H.C. Perera, Marque Rathnayake, Chirantha de Zoysa, R.S. de Silva, Niroshan Ratnaweera, Jonathan Martenstyne Charya de Saram, Sajith Gunaratne, S. Niranjan, Rizwi Suhayb (Captain) Neville de Alwis (Warden) Narein Perera, Reza Marjan, Sanjeewa Saranapala, Surenn de Chickera with Quintin Israel as the Coach. (SJ)

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