Zesta powers Trinity College Rugby team

Trinity College, Kandy, one of the first schools in Sri Lanka to play rugby, is sponsored by 'Zesta', a product of Watawala Marketing Limited. The sponsorship runs for the second consecutive year as Trinity commenced this season with firm resolve to win the schools’ rugby league as well as to defend the esteemed Bradby Shield. [...]

Sri Lanka Insurance to sponsor Carlton Sevens

Sri Lanka Insurance has stepped forward to sponsor the “Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament 2012” which will feature the cream of the country’s rugby crop along with international stars, and will be conducted later this month. The Carlton Sevens will bring together youth from all corners of the country under 10 teams representing 10 provinces [...]

Trinity – Peter’s in blockbuster clash

Three inter-school Division One rugby tournament matches will be played in the hill capital today with two teams looking for their first win of the season while, in a strange contrast, the other two will be making a determined effort to end the unbeaten record of the other. At the Trinity College Rugby Stadium at [...]

DSS hold Anthonians to 10 all draw

D. S. Senanayake held to a 10 all draw against St. Anthony's Katugasthota, in a Singer League rugby match played on Friday. The group 'A' match of the division I tournament played at CR & FC grounds, Colombo. DSS led at the half time with 5-0 and both teams scored two tries each. Gopinath Dushyanth [...]

Future Minds Beach Rugby Feasta on Sunday

Future Minds Beach Rugby Feasta will be held at Mount Lavinia Surf Club beach on 13th May 2012. This is organized by Future Minds Secretariat & Nalanda College Junior Old Boys' Association. Sixteen teams from leading schools in Colombo, Kandy & Kurunegala will participate in the fieata. There will be an exhibition netball match at [...]

Zahira thrash Panadura Royals

Zahira College beat Panadura Royal College by 42-0 in a Singer League rugby match played on Friday. The group 'C' match of the division I tournament played at Air Force grounds, Ratmalana. Winners led 10-0 at the half time, where Maradana lads scored a goal and seven tries. M. Anaz(3), M. Rizaker(2), Ishan Noor (1), [...]

Nalanda record first win

Nalanda, after undergoing two heavy defeats, at last saw the winning post when they overcame St Sylvester’s, who recorded their third successive defeat, by 24 points to 19 in another match of the same tournament played at the same venue prior to the Wesley and Mahanama game. Nalanda took a an early 12-7 lead at [...]

Wesley in easy 45-7 win over Mahanama

Wesley coasted to their third successive win of the Singer Under 20 Division 1B rugby tournament with an easy 45-7 victory over Mahanama played at the Air Force ground in Ratmalana yesterday. Wesley led 17-0 at the breather and accumulated their full time tally through five goals and two tries to a goal by Mahanama. [...]

Peterites take early lead

St. Peters took the lead with 5.50 points per game by the end of the second week of Singer League 2012, inter School rugby season. Petes beat Kingswood College, Kandy by 69-05 before chasing down the arch rivals, St. Josephs and win 36-24 in their second game. royal College, Colombo, too has 11 points in [...]

St. Thomas’ Matale trounce St. Anne’s

St. Thomas’ College, Matale trounced St. Anne’s College Kurunegala by 24 points (3 goals, 1 penalty) to 05 (1 try) in their schools division one segment ‘C’ under 20 rugby tournament match played at the Trinity Stadium, Pallekele yesterday. At half time St. Thomas’ College led 15-05. The losers St. Anne’s College opened scoring early [...]

Trinity beat Thomians by 50-21

Trinity Lions launched a superb attack in the second half to beat S. Thomas by 50-21 and kept R. S. De Saram trophy in their possession for yet another year. The match was played at Trinity Rugby grounds, Pallekale. Thomians led by 21-19 at the half time but the late assault by Trinitians paid them [...]

Joes miss a golden opportunity as St. Peters win by 36-24

St. Peters registered an easy 36-24 win over their traditional rivals St. Joseph’s at Bambalapitiya on Friday, May 4 to retain Rev. Fr. Basil Weeratunga memorial shield. Winners scored 36 points through 4 goals, a try and a penalty while Josephians scoring through a goal, try and a penalty. It was a tense match as [...]

100 plus rugby matches in two months

May and June becomes un extraordinary busy months for school rugby players and referees as 105 matches of the Singer League 2012 will be played during the 60 days. This figure does not include most of the traditional fixtures between the schools. Schools rugby fixtures during May & June   Date Team 01 Vs Team [...]

Trinity favoured to retain De Saram Shield

The strong Trinity College should call the shots when they take on S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia in their traditional clash for the Canon R.S. De Saram Shield rugby match to be played at the Trinity College Rugby Stadium at Pallekele today (Friday) at 4.30 pm. Hemaka Amarasuriya of Singer Sri Lanka will be the [...]

Lumbini overcome Carey 17-05

Lumbini MV overcame Carey by 17 points to 05 in their Singer Division B inter-school rugby encounter played at the Air Force grounds in Ratmalana yesterday. Lumbini MV led 5-0 at the breather while accumulating their points through a goal and two tries to the solitary penalty by Carey. Scrum half Ashan Prarthana scored two [...]

Traditional rivals St. Peter’s and St. Joseph’s clash today

The postponed Division 1A Singer under 20 inter-schools rugby encounter between traditional rivals St. Peter’s and St. Joseph’s will be kicked off today at Bambalapitiya at 4.30 p.m. The match which was scheduled to be played on April 20 was called off due to heavy rain forcing the match commissioner to call off the match. [...]

Pannipitiya Dharmapala (Div I C)

They are in their eighth year in schools rugby arena but Dharmapala College Pannipitiya is surely making headway in the competition. Dharmapala was for a long period slotted in the development segment of schools rugby and made their debut in the Division III tournament. Their progress under the guidance of veteran coach Kamal Jayawardene has [...]

CWW Kannangara (Div I B)

CWW Kannangara Maha Vidyalaya, Borella is a team that has earned their due respect in the schools rugby arena. They have been branded as giant killers of school rugby in the lower groups. The rugby history of CWW Kannangara runs back to just a decade, but the progress they have attained is overwhelming. They began [...]

Ananda outclass Dharmapala 56-0

Ananda outclassed Dharmapala Pannipitiya by 56 points to nil in their Singer Under 20 Division 1C rugby encounter played at the Air Force grounds in Ratmalana yesterday. Ananda having led 36-0 at lemons made up their points through three goals and seven tries. Today Carey will confront Lumbini MV in a Division 1B encounter of [...]

Science College scrapes through against DSS

Science College Mt Lavinia scraped through to a close three-point win over new entrants D.S. Senanayake College (DSS) which they won 8-5 in a second round match of the Division 1A Singer Under 20 inter-schools rugby encounter played at Diyagama Stadium in Homagama yesterday. The match which was scheduled to be played last week was [...]
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