S. Thomas' College Mt. Lavinia beat Isipathana College by 19-14 to win the Singer Schools Division ‘A’ Rugby Sevens after a long wait of 22 years at the Royal Sports Complex in Colombo on Sunday (31).
S. Thomas’ trailed by 0-7 but staged a gallant comeback by scoring three tries and a conversion.
Isipathana scored from two converted tries which came in each session.
S. Thomas’ beat Kingswood College 21-7 in the semi-final after defeating last year’s champions St. Peter's College by 14-12 in the quarter-finals.
The losing finalist, Isipathana beat Royal College 15-7 in the quarter-finals and overcame St. Joseph's College 22-7 in the semi-final.
Science College won the Plate Championship, beating St. Peter’s by 12-7 while Dharmaraja College thrashed Lalith Athulathmudali MV 52-8 to win the Bowl Championship.
The Singer Schools Under-20 Division ‘A’ Rugby Sevens, organised and conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association, was held on February 30 and 31 at the Royal Sports Complex.
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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