St. Peter’s emerge champions in a thriller
St. Peter’s emerged Under-16 Milo All-Island Schools 12-a-side rugby champions when they defeated Royal 12-0 in a thrilling final played at the Bogambara Stadium. The closely contested game saw the Peterite juniors doing the only scoring of the match in the first session of play. Earlier in the semi-finals St. Peter’s overcame Trinity while Royal got the better of Science. In the Plate championship final saw Kingswood defeating traditional rivals Wesley to clinch the title while St. Joseph’s beat DSS to win the Bowl title and in the Shield segment the battle between traditional rivals Ananda and Nalanda ended in an easy win for Ananda. The Under-16 Milo All-Island 12 a Side rugby tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association and sponsored by Nestle Lanka Ltd saw the participation of 31 teams. - MSA
Results:
Quarter-final:
Shield – Thurstan beat Maliyadeva 12/0. Ananda beat Royal Panadura 30/0; St. Sylvester’s beat Lalith Athulathmudali MV 26/0; Nalanda beat Mahanama Colombo 17/5.
Bowl – CWW Kannanagara MMV beat Vidyartha 14/0; DSS beat Piliyandala MMV 22/0; Dharmaraja beat St. Benedict’s 10/7; St Joseph’s beat Zahira 10/0.
Cup – St. Peter’s beat St. Anthony’s 29/0; Trinity beat Kingswood 21/18; Royal beat Wesley 20/5; Science beat Isipathana 24/0.
Semi-finals:
Shield – Ananda beat Thurstan 25/0; Nalanda beat Sylvester’s 17/7.
Bowl – DSS beat CWW Kannanagara MMV 10/5; St. Joseph’s beat Dharmaraja 24/12.
Plate – Kingswood beat St. Anthony’s 24/7; Wesley beat Isipathana 17/0.
Cup – St. Peter’s beat Trinity 17/0; Royal beat Science 17/0.
Finals:
Shield – Ananda beat Nalanda 20/0.
Bowl – St. Joseph’s beat DSS 19/5.
Plate – Kingswood beat Wesley 14/12.
Cup – St. Peter’s beat Royal 12/0.
St Peter’s captain receiving the trophy from chief guest Bandula Egodage, Vice President Corporate Affairs Nestle Lanka Ltd.