Dialog Schools Central Province Sevens 2021 Trinity blaze through, beat Kingswood to win title

The team with the Officials

Player-of-the-Tournament – Ravindu Wickremasinghe with the trophy

By Shamseer Jaleel

Trinity College proved their class act in the 7s game when they handed off Kingswood College 33-07 in the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) Under-19 Inter Schools Rugby Sevens 2021 for the Central Province (CP) which took place at their rugby stadium in Pallekelle yesterday.

Having accumulated an aggregate of 131 points in their three group encounters, Trinity entered the final with the Randles Hill School with lot of expectation, but the start was not good for the Trinitians as Kingswoodian Ishara Ekanayake covered nearly 70 metres untouched to score the try. 

However, spurred by the early setback, Trinity re-grouped and played like champions and as a professional outfit. 
They scored their first try through Trevin Karunanayake with Thamuditha Dodanwatte adding the extras to level the scores at 7 apiece. 

Dodanwatte touched down for the Trinitians second try with Ravindu Wickremasinghe converting and taking them to lemons ahead at 14-07.

After the turnaround Trinity continued their good work with tries through Wickremasinghe, Dodanwatte and Bawantha Dharmapala. 

Dodanwatte converted two of them to secure an easy 33-07 win and the Central Province Cup event.
Wickremasinghe (Trinity) was judged as the player of the tournament.

Meanwhile Sri Rahula (Shield), Vidyartha (Bowl) and Dharmaraja (Plate) accounted for the other trophies.

Group matches
Trinity beat Sri Rahula 52-00, Dharmaraja beat St. Anthony’s 21-17, Kingswood beat St. Sylvester’s 26-14, Sri Sumangala beat Vidyartha 24-19, Trinity beat Dharmaraja 32-19, St. Anthony’s beat Sri Rahula 26-14, Kingswood beat Sri Sumangala 43-00, Vidyartha beat St. Sylvester’s 29-07, Trinity beat St. Anthony’s 47-00, Dharmaraja beat Sri Rahula 29-10, Kingswood beat Vidyartha 38-10, Sri Sumangala beat St Sylvester’s 34-05

Finals:
Shield: Sri Rahula beat St. Sylvester’s 26-10; Bowl: Vidyartha beat St Anthony’s 21-12; Plate: Dharmaraja beat Sri Sumangala 26-14; Cup Final: Trinity beat Kingswood 33-07