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DateLine Sunday, 15 June 2008

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What went wrong for the Thomians?

What went wrong for the mighty Thomians in their last rugby outing against St. Joseph's. S. Thomas' which has been enjoying a highly successful season, were leading 10-5 at half time in their key Lady Jayatilleke Shield encounter against St. Joseph's at Longden Place on Friday.

But then came some messages from the dressing room and it appeared to be an entirely different game plan. Thanks to some poor advice from a junior coach, the Thomians lost the grip in the second half. Finally, St. Joseph's beat S. Thomas' 19 points (two goals, one try) to 15 (one goal, one try, one penalty) to regain the Lady Jayatilleke Shield after nine years.

Now the big question is whether S. Thomas' sidelined their regular coach for unseen reasons. Who was the junior coach who was allowed to change the game plan in the second half? Was it due to pressure by certain quarters? Those who were witnessing the game were shocked to see why the Thomians surprisingly struggled in the second half with a different strategy from a junior coach.

Perhaps the Thomian rugby authorities may have a different picture to paint but what we have stated above are just how die hard Thomian supporters at the match felt and observed.

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