Lee holds on to his lead stubbornly after eight counts
As the two winged competition of Singer-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year and Most Popular Rugby Team of the Year 2017 reaches the eighth week, star player Avishka Lee, the Wesley College three-quarter, continues to lead players’ list with 2559 votes.
Lee added 117 to his existing count as his tally moves further away. Manning the second in line is Sasindu Rathnaweera of Ananda College. Sasindu added a further 122 votes to push further his tally to 660 while Sumudu Rankothge, the Isipathana College three-quarter stands at third with 483 votes. Ovin Askey of Royal College is at fourth while Yuzraan Lantra of Zahira College remains at fifth.
In the team competition Lee’s side, Wesley has 2556 votes while Ananda and Isipathana changed places from last week. Ananda takes over the second position while Isipathana drops a place to third.
The competitions, which enables readers to vote for their most preferred school Rugby player of the ongoing Singer Schools Division I Rugby League Championship 2017, will run until July 30.
From April 23, the Sunday Times, along with Wijeya Newspapers publications — Daily Mirror, Daily Lankadeepa and Ada — will publish coupons for 15 continuous weeks, numbered for each week from 1 to 15 with the deadline set on Thursdays of each week. There is a total of 31 players in the list but the names of those who are with 30 and above votes will be published from this week.
Most Popular Ruggerite
Avishka Lee (Wesley College) 2559
Sasindu Rathnaweera
(Ananda College) 660
Sumudu Rankothge
(Isipathana College) 483
Ovin Askey (Royal College) 333
Yuzraan Lantra (Zahira College) 173
Praveen Ranasinghe
(St. Aloysius College) 139
Rishmal Fernando (Royal College) 89
Chamodh Fernando
(Isipathana College) 86
Shewon Gregory (St. Joseph’s College) 79
Aabid Cader (S. Thomas’ College) 63
Kasun Amarasinghe (Nalanda College) 63
Dilan Salinda (Veluwana College) 50
Diyath Fernando (St. Peter’s College) 41
Janindu Dilshan (Royal College) 33
Sabith Feroze (Royal College) 30
Most Popular Rugby Team
Wesley College 2556
Ananda College 660
Isipathana College 616
Royal College 503
Zahira College 175
St. Joseph’s College 94
S. Thomas’ College 80
Nalanda College 63
St. Peter’s College 41
Trinity College 30
Kingswood College 18
Readers prizes go to: 1. B.K. Goonasekara, 26/1, Station Lane, Nugegoda, 2. Shewon Fernando, 895, Maradana Road, Colombo 10, 3. N. Judith, 192/3, Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo 5.