After a week of exciting Schools Rugby last weekend, there is still no official confirmation on how the points will be awarded for the respective sides with the sudden inclusion of a 13th team in the top division.
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The inclusion of D. S. Senanayaka College has created some controversy with the awarding of points as the Group IA will have 7 teams while the other group will only consist of 6 teams. The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association decided to include DS Senanayake in the top division following a enjoining order attained by the school for governing body’s decision to promote Prince of Wales College to the top division ahead of DS. However, the SSRFA’s decision seems to have done more harm than good.
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The Schools’ Rugby tournament is conducted on a league system and the title is awarded to the team that accumulates the most number of points at the end of the league. Therefore there will quite obviously be a problem with one group playing 6 games each while the other plays only 5.
According to confirmed sources from the SLSRFA, each team will receive 5 points each for a win and 1 point is awarded for a defeat. Also, a team scoring four or more tries, regardless of the result, will be awarded 1 bonus point which is the equivalent of 0.5 points. Also, a team losing within a difference of 7 points will also be granted 1 bonus point also equivalent to 0.5 points.
Points table for Group IA 
Points Table for Group IIB
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It is still uncertain as to how a balance will be brought to the two groups and with the league progressing to the second week, there has not been any official statement released by the SLSRFA on a fair points awarding system yet.
ThePapare’s efforts in contacting Secretary of the SLSRFA Denzil Darling have proved to be futile.
