Thomians crush Science 31/0
by Dinesh Weerawansa
S.Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia crushed their town mates Science
College by 31 points to nil in their key Singer ‘A’ division league
inter-school rugby match played at the Air Force grounds, Ratmalana
yesterday.
The mighty Thomians maintained their unbeaten record to register
their eighth win in-a-row this season. They ran down as many as four
tries - two in each half. Center three quarter Ashwantha Herath, who had
an excellent game against St. Peter’s last week, maintained his superb
form, making no mistake with all four conversions. He also put over the
solitary penalty of the match. S.Thomas’ went all out from the kick-off
and hardly allowed the Science team to pose a challenge, although three
of their players were given marching orders in the first half. The
winners collected their points from four goals and a penalty. Wing
three-quarter Naveen Henakankanamge was in blistering form, scoring
two tries, one in each half. Flanker Joshua Delile scored the other
Thomian try in the first half. Fly half Bhumindra Dissanayake joined the
try feast in the second half.
Henakankanamge opened scoring early in the ninth minute of the game
and went on the offensive since then. S. Thomas’ came to this decisive
game on a high note, having won all their previous seven matches in the
current inter-school league tournament. The Singer premier division
league title has now turned out to be a direct battle between the two
unbeaten teams - S. Thomas’ and Isipatana. Next week’s confrontation
between the two heavyweights would decide the fate of the league
‘crown’. |