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A right Royal performance
Royal College ended Ananda's unbeaten run when they outclassed last years "B" division runners up by 39 (3 Goals, 3 Tries and 1 Penalty) to 5 (1 Try) in their Singer "A" division league rugby match played at Royal Complex yesterday. At "Lemons" the winners led 20-5. The star for Royal was none other than Shiham Bahudeen the senior national player who was in cracking form both in defence and in attack. He contributed no less than 24 points against the Ananda side who ran out of ideas. The margin of victory by the Reid Avenue school would have been even greater if not for some scrappy play by them early in the second half where they missed almost two certain tries. The defending league champions had too much flair and power as they ran in 3 unanswered tries late in the second half against a disappointing Ananda side. The Royal outfit completely dominated the scrums and line-outs and repeatedly punched gaping holes in the weaker Ananda defence. On the other hand Ananda looked a yard slower and lethargic in their approach. Royal drew first blood in the 5th minute of the game when their full back obliged with an easy 25 meter penalty but Ananda hit back soon through an unconverted try by Ransith Peiris to take the Maradana school take an early lead 5-3. Sri Lanka centre Rajith Jayasundera brushed aside few defenders to score far right to take Royal into the lead 8-5. In the 25th minute of the game Danushka went over a try through a forwards rush which also went unconverted (13-5). On the stroke of the half time Bahudeen intercepted and ran almost 40 meters to score under the post and which was converted (20-5). In the second half Royal went for three more tries of which two were scored by the Bahudeen -Jayasundera combination to take the Reid Avenue school for an easy 39-5 win. Referee:
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