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Wesley reign supreme
By Pelham Juriansz
It was one way traffic at Havelock Park as a rampant Wesley outfit easily outdid their opponents Carey College to emerge winners by 39 points (2 goals, 5 tries) to 3 (1 penalty) in their inter school 1st XV rugby encounter at Havelock Park yesterday.

It was virtually a no contest as the "double blue" lads ran circles round their "red and blue" opponents. The forwards had a good game and even though there were a few scuffles, the game was played in a friendly spirit. The Wesleyites, however, thanks to coach Nishantha Perera proved to be far superior in their tackling, line-outs and even the scrums.

However, it was Carey who drew first blood in the 10th minute when Mohamed Kamal put over a penalty after an infringement in Wesley territory. Carey led 3 nil. Henry Terrence then led Wesley's counter attack to score a try, which was converted by N.Fareez to give Wesley the lead (7-3).

From then on it was no looking back for Wesley as they went on the rampage, even though they played the game with just three of their regular First XV players. Wesley's Y.Nonis was excellent in the line -outs winning most of the throws with some superb jumping.

Just before the short whistle Wesley scored again through the heavily built Henry Terrence who scored a try once again to go to half time 12-3.

In the 40th minute No:8 Harrison scored under the posts and Wesley skipper R.Omar added the extra points. Wesley led 19-3. Thereafter it was Wesley all the way with first Anura Priyantha who touched down to make it 24-3, and then last year's skipper Kasun de Silva scoring to make it 29-3. Skipper Omar's kick went awry.

Then it was N.Wickramaratne who touched down far right to put Wesley well in the driving seat and almost home and dry. Wesley led 34-3. N.Wickramaratne added the final touches to what was an excellent performance by the lads from Campbell Park to make it a formidable 39-3 victory in their favour.

Referee Orville Fernando handled the game well despite a few skirmishes.

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