Dharmaraja overcome a stubborn Science attack
Dharmaraja emerged victors in a close affair at Nittawela earlier this week. However they failed to obtain the important 4-try bonus point to keep ahead of the rest of the pack. At half-time it was 15 points to 10 in favor of Dharmaraja. Arampath the big second row going over for the first try and Sandeepa Herath the Rajans speedster following before the half time whistle. Gihan Ishara could only manage to convert one of those tries. Ishara early on the game drew first blood through a penalty to make it 15 points for them in the first half. Science put on 10 points via their winger and kicker Sanjula Rohan which was courtesy of a converted try and a penalty for holding on.
In the second half, Dharmaraja added 10 more points through Sandeepa Herath and Gihan Ishara. Sandeepa Herath went over as Gihan Ishara put through the conversion and another penalty. For Science they got the lead in the early minutes of the second half through Sachin Munasinghe their number 8. The game ended at this scoreline of 25 points to 17 points in favor of Dharmaraja.
Dharmaraja : Arampath (1T), Sandeepa Herath (2T), Gihan Ishara (2P 2C)
Science: Sanjula Rohan (1T 2C 1P), Sachin Munasinghe (1T)
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Antonians sweep away the Prince of Wales
St.Anthony’s won their third week match against Prince of Wales by a huge margin of 105 points. At half time, the Antonians managed to score 74 points to their name against none from the Wales team from Moratuwa. They got the 4 tries in the first 5 minutes of the game itself. The second half featured the entire bench being cleared by Nalaka Weerakkodi who acted as head coach in the absence of Viper Gunarathne. The captain Dinuk Amerasinghe opened the scoring followed by his brother Ruvan Amerasinghe. The flood gates opened after each restart one after another as Jehan Seelagama, Dinesh Rodgrigo, Janidu Lakshan, Theeksha Gunasinghe and Mohommed Makarim went over the try line before even the 25th minute. There were an astonishing 12 tries in the first half being scored by the Antonians but Janidu Lakshan the kicker who replaced Samuel Maduwantha could only put 7 under the post conversions through.
Prince of Wales pulled back 2 tries of their own in the second half and was a far better side than they were in the first half. The two tries came through their scrum half D.Perera and Number 03 the prop forward P.De.Silva which gave them a 10 points. But all in all Antonians managed to run another 7 tries of which only 3 were converted. The game ended 115 points to 10 at the end of the 80minutes. Antonians will next play Science while Dharmaraja will take on the Prince of Wales at Colombo.
St.Anthony’s: Dinuk Amersinghe (3T), Janidu Lakshan (2T 10C), Ishara Liyanage (3T), Mohommed Makarim (1T), Theeksha Gunasinghe (1T), Ruvan Amerakoon (3T), Dinesh Rodgrido (2T), Jehan Seelagama (2T), M.Wanasinghe (1T), Tuan Waseem (1T)
Prince of Wales: P.DE.Silva, D.Perera
Kingswood manhandle hapless Lumbini
Kingswood College were too good for a resource-less Lumbini College outfit as they ran through them by a score line of 60 (9T 6C 1P) – 08 (1T 1P).
Kingswood College took an early lead as Heshan Sanan along with their instrumental fly half Ranaweera dominated the field of play with their outstanding pace and creativity to carry the lads from Kandy to 29-05 lead at lemons.
They seemed to leave no room for respite for the Lumbini lads from the restart as they went on to control proceedings during the second 40. Lumbini despite creating a few openings were crippled by their own inabilities with countless handling errors paired with infringements. As a result Kingswood keep their title hopes alive in this year’s Plate competition along with three other potential contenders.
