St. Joseph’s steamroll Trinity taking Home the U-14 ten’s championships

St. Joseph’s were unstoppable in the cup final, defeating Trinity College 14-05 to take home the Cup championship, as St. Benedict’s, Vidyartha and Wesley won Shield, Bowl and Plate segments at the under-14 ten’s tournament played out at Sugathadasa Stadium.

Trinity College simply did not have answers on how to stop the big burly Josephians as the boys from Maradana steamrolled the lads from Kandy to take away the cup Championship.

The Josephians scored twice early on in the first half through Anjika Athukorala and Mark Karunanayake – -both converted by Ivano White – – as they took the early advantage, putting the smaller, quicker Trinity boys into a shell.

The game only got better for the Josephians as they continued to dominate throughout the second half as Trinity simply could not get a foothold in the game.

Trinity finally managed a score on the stroke of full time, however, it was too little too late as the game had already been decided, handing the Josephians a tactical master call 14-05 win.

Early on in the day, after an eventful day one, the top 8 teams lined up against each other as day two kicked off with the cup quarterfinals.

St. Peter’s convincingly defeated Mahanama College in the first cup quarterfinal of the day as Trinity, Royal and St. Joseph’s overcame Lumbini, Wesley and Isipathana to book their cup semi final spots.

Meanwhile, Zahira, St. Anthony’s, Vidyartha & D S Senanayake College managed to make their way through to the bowl quarter-finals beating Kingswood, Dharmaraja, Piliyandala CC and Science College respectively.

The Shield segment games were dominated by Ananda, St. Anthony’s & Maliyadewa College as Sumangala College received a walk/over as Thurstan College did not show up for second day’s proceedings.

The Plate Semi-finals were the first of the semi’s to take place as the losers of the cup quarters received a second chance to fight for silverware. Mahanama College and Wesley College were the two victorious outfits as Lumbini and Isipathana’s tournament came to a premature end.

St. Benedict’s College and Maliyadewa were the Shield finalists as the two teams overcame Ananda College and Sumangala College respectively, as the first finalist of the tournament lined up.

St. Anthony’s College were defeated in unlucky fashion as Zahira shocked the Kandy outfit to book their Bowl finals spot. High-flying Vidyartha made easy work of D S Senanayake College as the boys from the Hill Country fought against Zahira for the Bowl segment.

The much anticipated cup finals saw favorites St. Peter’s take on Trinity while a strong Royal outfit took on St. Joseph’s.

St. Peter’s were stunned by Trinity as their superior backline got the better out of the boys from Bambalapitiya. Royal College were stunned by burly St. Joseph’s College as the Josephians gave the Royalists a dose of their own medicine.

Shield Final:

The first final for the day took place between St. Benedict’s and Maliyadewa College. The Benedictines made easy work of the lads from Kurunegala as they scored four tries to take home the Shield segment.

Bowl Final:

Vidyartha continued their great form from day one, carrying it through the second day, beating Zahira comprehensively without conceding. The boys from Kandy scored four tries in the first half finishing with 7 in all to take away the bowl segment.

Plate Final:

Wesley College got their hands on elusive silverware as the double blues defeated Mahanama in the final. Mahanama found themselves in the final in lucky fashion, however, luck ran out on them as Wesley dominated taking home the Plate of the tournament.