Tag Archives: Schools Rugby

Beat S.Thomas 30-28 St.Joseph’s regain the Lady Jayatilleke Shield Schools Rugby 2022 Jason Perera St. Joseph’s College, Colombo recorded a close 30 points (four tries, two Conversions, two penalties) to 28 (three tries, two conversions, three penalties) win over S.Thomas’ College, Mount Lavina in their Lady Jayathilaka Shield rugby encounter …

Isipathana edges out Wesley 10-0 Schools Rugby 2022 By Jason Perera Young second row forward Suriya Dodangoda scored a superb try which enabled Isipathana College to edge out favourites Wesley College by 10 points (1 try, 1 conversion, 1 penalty) to Nil, in their Dialog ‘A’ Division inter-schools League rugby …

An inexperienced yet confident Kingswood Rugby XV looking to regain lost glory in 2022 By Kevin Dhananjan Once the powerhouse of schools rugby Kingswood has had its fair share of up and downs in the recent past, as well as in its long history. Kingswood College Kandy has the honour …

Lawrence Heyn was sports editor of the SUN and WEEKEND newspapers in Colombo in the 1970s and early ’80s. He migrated to Australia in 1984 and worked for 27 years as an editor and production editor for a newspaper group in Brisbane. He is a partner in a design company, …

Down memory lane with Ronnie Guneratne By Algi Wijewickrema   Ronnie Guneratne perhaps is not a household name in Sri Lanka. It’s no fault of his as he was a sportsman in an era when there was no TV, no email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and only the newspapers carried news, …

Down memory lane with Sujeeva Cooray and Ravi Wijenathan By Sujith Silva Royal College 1st XV Rugby in 1981 filled with eleven colours men, a star-studded line-up with most of them later went onto represent Club Rugby, won the Noel Gratean Cup in ’81 under Sujeeva Cooray. This was the …

Rugby an essential strand in Van Langenberg DNA By Algi Wijewickrema Many brothers have played rugby for many a school from the time the game was introduced to Sri Lanka’s schools (Ceylon then). This is true of those schools, Kingswood, Trinity, Royal and St Peter’s, that adopted rugby from the …

Tikiri Ellepola By Sujith Silva It was a pleasure to meet up with a versatile sportsman of Trinity College, Kandy, Tikiri Ellepola who excelled in cricket, rugby and badminton in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. A Ryde Gold Medallist in 1980, the highest honour the school can bestow to …

The secret’s out …. Did you know that the first school rugby team was formed as far back as 1891? From that year, the game has developed a rich history, with great contests and all the traditions of key inter-school encounters. Quadrangle writers Lohit Ranasinghe and Sujith Silva spent countless …

RUGBY HITS OF THE ’70S Blue & Gold magic: the Champion Royal XV of ’78 By Sujith Silva The 1970s was a remarkable decade for Royal rugby. In this period, the Reid Avenue college managed to revive its fortunes against traditional hill-country opponent, Trinity College in the annual Bradby Shield. An …