Thomians hold on to their dear lives to down fighting Zahira
A Thomian forward is ineffectively tackled by a Zahira defender - Pic by M.D. Nissanka
S. Thomas’ withstood a barnstorming Zahira rally in the final 20 minutes to seal a close 29-24 win in their Singer Inter-School Under-20 Rugby encounter at, Maradana yesterday.
At the breather S. Thomas’ led 22-12.
S. Thomas’ opened scoring early in the game to take a 5-0 lead. Zahira replied almost immediately through an unconverted try by Yuzran Lantra to make it 5 all. The Thomians touched down next for an unconverted try to draw ahead at 10-5.
S. Thomas’ playing far superior rugby drew ahead at 17-5 and Zahira replied with a try by Ashad with Ziad Sinhawansa converting it. STC 17. Zahira 12. Just before the breather S. Thomas’ touched down to lead 22-12.
The Thomians superior play paved the way for a try far right and they led 29-12. Fighting every inch of the way the Zahirians scored a try to cut down the lead to 29-17. Zahira scored again to make their score 24 and S. Thomas’ 29 at the final blast.
Hansa Walpola, Sheshash Mothanaweera, Nain Henakankanage, Adesha Handunputhana and Joshua Dehile scored tries for S. Thomas’ with Haren Walpola putting over the conversions.
For Zahira Yuzran Lantra, M. Nizran scored tries with Z. Sinhawansa putting over the conversions.
Referee: Shamrath Fernando.
Following are the scores of the Junior games played earlier: Under-10: Zahira beat STC 5-0; Under-10 B: STC beat Zahira 10-5; Under-12: STC beat Zahira 5-0; Under-14 B: Nil-all draw; Under-14 A: STC beat Zahira 26-7; Under-16: STC beat Zahira 10-0; Under-18: STC beat Zahira 17-0.