Week two of the Dialog Schools Rugby League came to a stunning end on Sunday as Vidyartha College defeated favourites St. Peter’s College at Nittawela, while Royal and St. Joseph’s continued on their merry way and the Rajans held Science to a draw.
St. Anthony’s vs Trinity
The Trinity Lions were moments away from being tamed, however, their hunger to remain unbeaten at the end of Week two came to the fore as they defeated the Antonians thanks to a late try from Anuhas Kodithuwakku.
St. Anthony’s lead by a solitary point at lemons, however, inexperience, ill-discipline and a moment of brilliance by Kodithuwakku meant the visitors bagged the points.
Read : Kodithuwakku try steals win for Trinity
St Anthony’s College 18 (2T 1C 2P) lost to Trinity College 25 (3T 2C 2P)
Wesley vs Isipathana
The second game on Friday saw the Les-Blue host the Green-Machine at the unfamiliar Sugathadasa.
The first half saw Wesley going down to 14-men as five-eight Shaveen Jayawardhana was sent off due to a couple of yellow cards.
Isipathana were camped in the opposite 22, however, the Wesley defence held firm, putting on a defensive show for the ages. Pathana huffed and puffed but failed to breach blue as neither team got on the board in the first 35.
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Both teams continued from where they left off with Pathana attacking hammer and tongs and Wesley holding on for dear life.
The change in tactics by the visitors saw them take a different approach as they opted for points instead of trying to muscle their way through Wesley, and it worked, well at-least with the first points of the game.
Wesley College had the perfect opportunity to secure the game, however, a dysfunctional lineout meant the Green-machine held on and scored a try of their own to win!
Full Time: Isipathana College 10 (1T 1C 1P) – Wesley College 00
Royal vs Kingswood
Royal bounced back from what was a lackluster win in the first game to convincingly defeat Kingswood College by 50+ points.
Kingswood have it all to do after going down to the Josephians and now Royal while the defending champions are starting to look stronger and stronger after every passing match day!
Read : Defending champions Royal College rout Kingswood
Royal absolutely crushed the visitors from Kandy to take home what looked like a very straight forward victory!
Full Time: Royal College 53 (8T 1P 5C) beat 0 Kingswood College
St. Joseph’s vs S. Thomas’
The match of the season so far, did not disappoint!
The Josephians controlled proceedings, but the visitors hung in there without letting their opposition get away. The Josephian backline attack was and their five-eight was on point with his kicking game, but their wingers let the team down with their defensive show.
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The Thomians pounced on every error by the home team to score on every occasion and did so after the hooter as well with the game hanging in the hands of the Thomian flyhalf, Yehan Bulathsinhalage.
Unfortunately though, the youngster missed from out wide as the try scorer too was unable to round it off closer to the posts as the home team hung on to win a cliffhanger to secure the Lady Jayathilake shield.
Full Time: St. Joseph’s College 30 (4T 2C 2P) beat S. Thomas’ College 28 (3T 2C 3P)
Dharmaraja vs Science
Science College travelled up to Nittawela on Saturday with a chance to register their first win, while the Rajans too were seeking their first victory of the season.
The game was evenly poised from the onset, as both teams managed a try-a-piece in the first half and the second.
Both team defenses held firm as neither attack could break open their opposition.
An evenly matched encounter, ended in rather disappointing fashion for both teams as they could not be separated; 15-all the game ended.
Full-time: Dharmaraja College 15 (2T 1C 1P) drew with Science College 15 (2T 1C 1P)
Vidyartha vs St. Peter’s
The visitors headed up with the favorites tag, however, sloppy hands and wet weather did not help their cause as they went down in shocking fashion to Vidyartha AKA the Tigers.
Unforced errors were the theme of the day on a soggy evening at Nittawela. Neither team could maximized their chances as again, the wet ball didn’t help their cause.
The visitors looked half baked, not a thing one would usually call a team coached by Sanath Martis, but they failed to adapt to the conditions and paid the price.
Read : Vidyartha stun St. Peter’s in wet conditions
For Vidyartha, this is a huge step in the correct direction and this victory put the cat amongst the pigeons in their respective group.
Full Time: Vidyartha College 11 (1T 2P) beat St. Peter’s College 07 (1T 1C)
