The annual triangular touch rugby tournament between S. Thomas’ College, Royal College and Trinity College will take place in Melbourne on Saturday.
Tournament details
Date: 24th May 2014
Time: 12.30pm
Venue: Mulgrave Reserve Garnett Road Wheelers Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Defending champions – Trinity College
Trinity College won the inaugural tournament last year beating the Thomians in the final, under the captaincy of Ranga Ranatunga. They will be led this year by former full back Krishan Kirinde who played for the Lions in 2005/06 & 07 and was interestingly the player of the tournament last year. Former front row forward Nadeeshan Kariyawasam will skipper the Thomians this year having represented the school by the sea in 2004 & 05 while the lads from Reid Avenue will be marshaled by Thilanga Guneratne.
Former Thomian hooker Bumpy Jayasekera will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Jayasekera represented S. Thomas’ College in the 60’s with distinction and went on to play for CR&FC and later on for Sri Lanka.
A food stall by Melbourne based ‘Ceylon Flavours’ will cater the event. Kottu, Sri Lankan style Nasi Goren and short-eats are some of the items on offer during the day.
Teams
Trinity – Krishan Kirinde (Captain), Lishan Jayawardena, Ruzni Ramzeen, Mashitha Perera, Sujan Demel, Buddhika Weerakkody, Surendra Alwis, Rushan Balasubramaniam, Dushi Balasubramaniam, Lashane Jayasinghe, Jeewaka
S. Thomas’ – Nadeeshan Kariyawasam (Captain), Nabil Mubarak, Yohan Chapman, Shalindra Samarajiwa, Sankha de Livera Tennekoon, Suraj Rajapakse, Akila Senanayake, Malaka Ranasinghe, Malinda Dias, Shiven Perera
Royal – Thilanga Gunaratne (Captain), Shanaka Perera, Dimitri Dean, Umesh Goonawardene, Madava Wijayratne, Gayashan Wijesingha, Ishara Perera, Chamith Perera, Surith Adhihetty, Dimitri Siriwardena, Harsha Maligaspe, Madusha kularatne, Prajith Perera, Damith Fernando, Shehan Seniviratne
