Powered by two tries from Sanjula Roshan, Science College Mt. Lavinia beat Trinity College by 17-5 in the final of the Cup segment to win the Schools Under-18 Division I Rugby Sevens Championship at the Royal College Sports Complex on Sunday (14).
Science scored from three tries and a conversion while leading the halftime by 12-0.
Trinity scored from a solitary unconverted try.
For the winners Sanjula Roshan scored the first followed by one from Ashan Madumadhawa to take a 12-0 lead.
Roshan scored his second try after the change of ends.
For Trinity Warren Weerakoon scored the solitary try in the second half.
In the semi-finals, Science beat Wesley by a staggering margin of 41-0 while Trinity outplayed hometown rivals Kingswood by 24-0.
Isipathana College beat Royal College 12-7 to win the Plate championship as Dharmaraja College Kandy went on to win the Bowl title after beating C.W.W. Kannangara MV by 24-0.
Zahira College Colombo won the Shield championship after beating Maliyadeva College Kurunegala by 28-14.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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