The most exciting time of a rugby player’s career is the Schools’ Rugby League. The tournament was inaugurated in the year 1973. Isipathana College leads the winners tally with 18 title wins followed by Royal College with 11 wins. S. Thomas, St. Peter’s and Trinity have all won the title 4 times each.
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| Year | School | Captain |
| 1973 | Royal | Michael Muller |
| 1974 | Trinity | C.Y. Chang |
| 1975 | Trinity | Rohan Soujah |
| 1976 | Royal | Manik Weerakumar |
| 1977 | Trinity | Ravi Balasuriya |
| 1978 | Royal | Rohantha Peiris |
| 1979 | Royal | Ravindranath (Raba) |
| 1980 | Isipathana | A.S.B. Bowela |
| 1981 | Royal | Sujeewa Cooray |
| 1982 | Isipathana | Dilroy Fernando |
| 1983 | Isipathana | Rodger Rodrigo |
| 1984 | Isipathana | Shabeen Siddique |
| 1985 | Isipathana | Chandana Deepthi |
| 1986 | Isipathana | Selvin Sallay |
| 1987 | Trinity | Tyrrell Rajapakshe |
| 1988 | Royal | Lasitha Gunarathne |
| 1989 | S.Thomas | Rizyi Suhaib |
| 1990 | S.Thomas | Nareen Perera |
| 1991 | S.Thomas | Savantha De Saram |
| 1992 | Isipathana | Champika Nishantha |
| 1993 | Isipathana | Chamila Samantha |
| 1994 | Isipathana | Lilekha Fernando |
| 1995 | Isipathana | Ali Wahid |
| 1996 | Isipathana | Bandula Mallikarachchi |
| 1997 | Isipathana | Wajira Hewage |
| 1998 | Royal | W.S.S. Perera |
| 1999 | Isipathana | Chrishantha Chandran |
| 2000 | S.Thomas | Gavin Jayasekera |
| 2001 | Isipathana | Ranga Perera |
| 2002 | St. Peter’s | Dilanka Wijesekera |
| 2003 | Royal | Rajitha Jayasundara |
| 2004 | Kingswood | Fazil Marija |
| 2005 | Kingswood | Eranda Weerakkody |
| 2006 | St. Peter’s | Haren Ariyawardena |
| 2007 | St. Peter’s | Ranuka Jayasinghe |
| 2008 | Kingswood | Gayan Rathnage |
| 2009 | Royal | Naren Dasan |
| 2010 | St. Peter’s | Keith Gurusinghe |
| 2011 | Royal | Shehan Pathirana |
| 2012 | Isipathana | Kumendra Dharmadasa |
| 2013 | Dharmaraja | Rochana Hettiarrachchi |
| 2014 | Isipathana | Shena Dileka |
| 2015 | Royal | Bhanuka Gamage |
| 2016 | Isipathana | Kushan Indunil |
In an attempt to highlight the prestigious history and years of tradition within the Sri Lanka’s schools rugby community, ThePapare.com compiled and published this list of former champions in the schools rugby league some time ago. Unfortunately, due to some lackluster recordkeeping we have no means to corroborate the details above. As a result, we are now venturing into citizen journalism as we turn to our passionate fans to help us confirm the list so as to give the heroes on whose backs Sri Lanka schools rugby was built, the respect they have rightfully earned.
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