Second half rally takes Peterites through
St. Peter’s College put up a good second half rally to beat Vidyartha College by 34 points (6 tries, 2 conversions) to 3 points (1 penalty) win in their Dialog Inter-School Under-19 rugby encounter which was worked off at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday.
At the short breather, the winners led 10-0.
Peterites played well with very good coordination between their scrum half, Ashen Ranasinghe and Thenuka Nanayakkara. In fact Ashen’s decision making to either run by himself or work his three quarter line was spot on. Thenuka Nanayakkara though not up to good form in kick at goal he was omnipresent for the Bambalapitiya lads. They got ample support from their forwards as well.
Meanwhile Vidyartha played well in patches. They showed a good defence in the first half allowing the visitors only to score 2 tries, but they missed out many opportunities for them to make a comeback in to the game. Skipper, Kalugampitiya and Kaluarachchi played well for the Kandy school along with their speedy three quarter line.
Senura Perera drew first blood for the Peterites early in the 2nd minute of the game. Their second try was scored by Ishan Perera. Home team missed a sitter in front of the posts on stroke of half time.
After the turn around Udagedera put over a penalty for Vidyartha but that was it as the Bambalapitiya lads scored tries through Thenuka Nanayakkara (2), Ishan Fernando and Dilshan Madushanka. Thenuka Nanayakkara converted two of them.
Referee Isuru Perera