Royal out to retain Michael Gunaratne Trophy

By Shamseer Jaleel

Royal College smarting from their defeat at the hands of Trinity last week will be all out to return to winning ways when they meet S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia for the Michael Gunaratne Trophy at the Royal Sports Complex tomorrow.

Royal will be seeking to retain the Michael Gunaratne Trophy for a fourth year-in-a-row. Last encounter was played at Mount Lavinia with the Royalists wining 17/10. Thomians last won in 2016. The highest score in the series is by Shabith Feroze’s Royal outfit when they ran riot 52/0 in 2015 while Thomians best effort was in 1991 under Charya de Saram.

Royal have so far beaten St. Anthony’s and Kingswood while losing out to Trinity. Meanwhile Thomianswent down fighting against Trinity and St. Josephs. Thomians are led by number eight Chariya Kurukulasuriya while the Royal outfit is led by Harshith Peiris. Referee: Raveen Alexander