D.S. Senanayake U-14 and U-16 both show good strength as they dominated their Zahira College counter-parts at Navy Grounds, Welisara.
Joes U16 win but U14’s fall short
The Josephian Under 16’s got the better out of the Thomian Under 16’s winning 12-05, however,
DS U-14 started the game off looking very strong with plenty of their players seemingly having a size advantage, which showed as it took almost 3 to 4 players to take down one of the DS players on a few occasions, they continued to show their strength which led to their and the game’s first try right between the posts and the conversion was struck successfully making it 7-0.
In the second half Zahira attempted a come-back and came close as they got their first and only try of the game but missed the opportunity to equalise as they missed the conversion kick. DS quickly responded with another try of their own with a great run on the outside in the last 22 meters yet missed the conversion.
U-14 Full Time: DS Senanayake 12-05 Zahira College
The Zahira U-16 team however failed to even register a single try as the DS U-16 similarly to their juniors started off dominant and got the first try early.
Trinity Juniors impress over the Antonian Juniors
A muddy encounter between the U16 rugby teams of Trinity College Kandy and St. Anthony’s College
Zahira seemed to be playing a tight formation leaving quite abit of space on the outside which the DS juniors exploited well as they went onto get two more tries attacking from the outside, however DS were unable to convert all 3 of their tries.
U-16 Full Time: DS Senanayake 15-00 Zahira College
