Disjointed Trinity overcome S.Thomas’

Trinity – 12 S. Thomas’ – 0

By Aubrey Kuruppu

A little disjointed and uncoordinated their play might have been. Yet Trinity on the day looked slightly more thrustful and eked out a 12 points (1 goal, 1 try) to nil win over S. Thomas’ at Bogambara to retain the Canon R.S. De Saram Trophy for another year.

The Trinitians pinned their opponents down in their territory for a good part of this half. Ironically they scored on one of the rare occasions when the ball was in their 22. Centre Kosala Tissera latched onto a loose ball and sped down for a good opportunist try. Balasundaram goaled it and the home team led 7-0.
Skipper Maddumapatabendi looked dangerous with his breaks from the scrum. The Trinity back division showed flair and a willingness to run with the ball. But the service to the back division was not all that good.

Having conceded a 7-0 lead at lemons, the Thomians played more attacking rugby in the second half. They even pressured the Trinity defence with three five yard scrums.But the Trinity defence held.

The Trinitians came back towards the end and had a push over try by Rasika Madawala to show for their efforts.

The Thomians could have made a match of it had they put over a couple of fairly easy penalties. In fact the goal kicking of both teams left a lot to be desired.

Referee Priyantha Gunaratne.
In the junior games (Under 12) Trinity beat STC 19-0; (Under 14) Trinity beat STC 14-0; (Under 16) Trinity and STC drew 5 each; (Under 18) Trinity beat STC 5-0.