Wesley College did well to down a fighting Vidyartha College outfit by 34 points to 20 in a thoroughly contested group B match in Division 1 segment A of the inter-school league rugby tournament played at the Nittawela Stadium.
The champions collected their points through four tries, four conversions and two consequences while the host team collected their points through two tries, two conversions and two penalties.
The second half was ferociously contested with Vidyartha breathing down the backs of Wesley throughout the second 35 minutes of the game. Abdul Haadhi was effortlessly the most outstanding player in the Wesley side and brought victory to his team.
Though the game was passionately contested and spectators expected clean rugby, Wesley gave away three yellow cards and Vidyartha one; all in the second half. Wesley earned a try in the second half through Sanruk Gamage and a conversion and two penalties through the boot of Haadhi. Vidyartha’s solitary penalty came in the second half through the boot of Rushith Thamodya.
On Saturday, the much observed forward to game in group B of division 1 segment A of the tournament between Royal and St. Peter’s was gained by the latter with a score of 31 points against 22. The lads from Bambalapitiya ran down five tries out of which three were changed. Royal collected their points through three tries, two conversions and one penalty.
The Royalists were totally outplayed in the first half and trailed 24-3 at half time. They made a comeback in the second half and scored some tries, but most prominently restricted the try- hungry Peterites to a single touchdown during an exciting second half. The match was played at Royal Sports Complex.
The Thomians kept their confidences high of finishing on a high this season with a smashing win over Dharmaraja at Havelock Park. The winners recorded 46 points to 12 victories. The Thomians have to play against Isipatana in their remaining group a fixture, postponed for next week.
Isipatana detained on to their unbeaten tag thus far this season with a smashing 38-8 win against St. Anthony’s at the Nittawela Stadium.
In additional match played in the seventh week of rugby, St. Joseph’s ran over struggling Kingswood with a convincing 55-5 win at Havelock Park.
The other sides that recorded wins in the seventh week of rugby are Trinity (beat Science 36-0), Zahira (beat Thurstan 28-13) and D.S Senanayake, who beat Sri Sumanagala by 76 points to 10.
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