Dharmaraja in seventh heaven with thrilling win
View(s):Dharmaraja was in the seventh when they recorded their seventh successive win with a thrilling 22 points to 20 win over St.Joseph’s in a eighth round match of Singer Division 1A inter-school tournament at Longden Place yesterday.
With this win the Rajans continued their winning spree and also kept their unbeaten record in tack. They now confront Royal in the last league match which is scheduled to be played next weekend.
Centre Bhuvenaka Udangamuwa was the toast of the Rajans as he was responsible in scoring the three tries to guide his side to victory.
The first session, even though St Joseph’s took a 7-3 lead in the first 20 minutes of play, saw the two teams sharing honours later on with the score ending at 15 each at ‘lemons.’
The Rajans made up their score through two goals a try and a penalty as against to a goal, two tries and a penalty by St Joseph’s which indicated that the game was going to end in a nail biting finish.
On resumption the Josephians took the lead with an unconverted try and it further kept supporters of both the teams, on their toes. However the Rajans who have shown tremendous potential right through the season put up some exciting moves which had their opponents on the defense.
They made some sporadic moves and then was successful, when it mattered most, by going for that crucial try by Thilina Wijesinghe who also made the conversions.
For the Josephians second row Devon Fernando, centre Vimukthi Radella and winger Stephan Gregory scored the tries with Dulith Fernando booting over the conversion and the penalty.
It’s pathetic to see as the abusing of referees continuing .After the match the crowd invaded the field and threatened referee Charith Kodagoda. The officials handling the tournament and also the officials of the respective schools should also be blamed as it’s their duty to see that discipline is maintained even after the match.-MSA
Wesley and Kingswood share the coveted Blaze Trophy
Wesley College fought back to finish their Singer Schools Under-20 Division I ‘A’ rugby match against Kingswood College in a thrilling 8-all draw at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. Thus according to officials Wesley and Kingswood shared the coveted Blaze Trophy after the tie.
Hosts Kingswood took early charge of the game as they posted a try through Tuan Jaleel but conceded a penalty to lead the halftime by 5-3. Wesley skipper Rahul de Silva put over the penalty. After the turnaround Wesley fought back with a try from flanker Sithum Peiris, but repeated the act of their opponents by conceding a penalty to end the game even. Aruna Perera kicked the penalty for Kingswood. The match was refereed by Srinath Silva.
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