A rousing game is on the cards when two equally good teams St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya and Science College Mount Lavinia clash in the Milo Schools Under-18 knock out rugby tournament Cup Championship final at the Royal Sports Complex Ground in Reid Avenue tomorrow (Sunday). Kick-off is at 5.00 p.m.
Both teams went through some tough moments in overcoming their respective semifinal hurdles a couple of days ago at the same venue and are now determined to produce their best performance and lift the title.
The Peterites staged a superb second half rally to beat their arch rivals S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia by 16 points to 12 points after trailing 7-8 at the short whistle in the first semifinal encounter.
Science College Mount Lavinia had even a tough semifinal fixture as they struggled to beat a fighting St. Joseph’s College outfit 6-3 with both teams responding with penalties after a scoreless first half.
Even then St. Peter’s College will take the field brimming with confidence as they had the satisfaction of creating a major upset in the quarterfinals where they brought down the tournament favourites Isipathana College in a low scoring encounter.
In contrast Science College had an easy passage into the semifinals where they trounced Thurstan College by a convincing margin in their quarterfinal encounter.
Meanwhile Isipathana College will be hoping to make amends for their earlier setback when they take on Trinity College in the Place Championship final at the same venue which is scheduled to start at 4.00 p.m.
Both teams will take the field with a great amount of confidence after having recorded impressive victories in their respective semifinal matches worked off at the same venue a couple of days ago.
Isipathana after being restricted to a solitary try during the opening half cut lose in the second quarter and went on to beat St. Anthony’s College Katugastota 31-0 in the first semifinal while Trinity performed even better to down Thurstan 43-0 after leading 15-0 at half time.
The Cup and Plate Championship finals will be preceded with the Shield final between D. S. Senanayake College and Dharmaraja College at 2.00 p. m and the Bowl final between Prince of Wales College and Vidyartha College at 3.00 p. m
