| Schools’
rugby ‘Kings’ dethroned
By Bernie Wijesekera
St. Anthony’s College Katugastota, one of the strongest schools
rugby teams this season,will clash with St.Peter's College Colombo
in the final of the Schools Sevens final at the Singer SriLankan
Airlines Seventh annual rugby sevens (Asian Region IRB Satellite)
event to be worked off today at Nittawela.
St.Peter's were in a class of their own as they downed Isipathana
in the second semi-final at 17-0. St. Anthony’s downed another
strong side, Kingswood in the Schools Cup semi-final. Despite the
muddy conditions the matches provided exciting fare which was lapped
up the fans. Since both St. Anthony’s and Kingswood were power-houses
in schools rugby, the clash between these two sides aroused a lot
of interest and the Antonians overcame Kingswood 17-0 with a superior
brand of Sevens rugby.
Sri
Lanka outplayed
A stronger and fitter Chinese Taipei Sevens rugby outfit outplayed
Sri Lanka 26-0 to enter the Cup quarter finals in the International
event.
Sri Lanka had a fair share of success in Group D when they drubbed
Guam 59-0 but came a cropper against Chinese Taipei who, with their
fleet footed players, ran in seven goals and two tries.
Sri Lanka will face a tough proposition today when they encounter
Korea in a quarter-final clash.
China,
newcomers to rugby, beat Malaysia 25-5 and drubbed Hong Kong 40-0.
Today’s quarter final line-up in the International event is
as follows: Defending champions Japan vs Hong Kong; Chinese Taipei
vs Kazakhstan; Korea vs Sri Lanka and China vs Thailand
Results
International First Round:
Group A – Japan beat Singapore 57-0; Thailand beat Singapore
22-7; Japan beat Thailand 26-12.
Group
B – Hong Kong beat Malaysia 10-5; China beat Malaysia 26-5;
China beat Hong Kong 40-0.
Group
C – Korea beat Kazakhstan 24-5; Kazakhstan beat Arabian Gulf
7-5; Korea beat Arabian Gulf 21-12.
Group
D – Chinese Taipei beat Guam 59-0; Chinese Taipei beat Sri
Lanka 26-0; Sri Lanka beat Guam 39-7.
Schools
Cup semi-finals – St. Anthony’s beat Kingswood 17-5;
St. Peter’s beat Isipathana 19-0.
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