Trinity grounded

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Trinity grounded

By Rangi Akbar

Tussel for the ball between two opposing players in the Trinity Vs S.Thomas’ match at Mt.Lavinia.
Pic by Sanka Vidanagama

Yes, the Thomian grit did prevail at Mt. Lavania yesterday. The Thomians took back the custody of the coveted Canon R.S. de Saram Shield by beating Trinity by 26 points (3 goals and a try) to 17 points (a goal and a try) in a ding-dong battle.

At half time the winners led at 12 points to 7.
It was fast and furious rugby from the first whistle with the Thomians calling the tune. The Thomians fury paid off only in the third minute of the game when prop forward S. David broke the Trinity defence and scored off an unconverted pushover try.The Thomian good work paid off once again in the 29th minute when their left winger Arjun Manoharan proved his talent by outrunning his defence to score. He obliged himself by adding the extra points too to go 12 up.

Not to be outdone Trinity centre Kenon Armstrong proved what he was made of when he side stepped his way through to post a try under the posts to reduce the lead to 7-12 by lemons. In tit-for-tat to Manoharan it was Armstrong who converted the try for Trinity.

Trinity spurred by their last minute try in the first half scored once again, this time through winger Akila Dissanayake in the 6th minute. They once again broke the Thomian defence in the 11th minute through centre L.U.P. Samerasekera, to take the lead, but both those tries went unconverted. Trinity led at 17-12.
Then the Thomian machine began to work again. This time went over through No 8 Rajindra Gunasekera while Manoharan added the extra points. S. Thomas’ wrested the initiative at 19-17.

In the 25th minute STC scored once again through second row forward Janik Jayasuriya to which Manoharan added two extra points and the Thomian score read a healthy 26 points to the 17 scored by Trinity.

There after in spite of immense pressure built by the lads from Kandy, the Thomian grit prevailed to hold on with that same score line.

Referee: Dilroy Fernando

Other matches at a glance:
Royal 30 St. Peter’s 10
Isipatana 38 Mahanama 19
Kingswood 55 Dharmaraja 3
Army 34 Havelocks 0

Under u17 game ended in a 5 all draw.

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