Dharmaraja College beat St. Sylvester's by 71 (8 goals, 3 tries)to 26 (1 goal, 2 tries, 3 penalties at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium, Kandy yesterday.
At half time, Rajans led 24-19.
When play kicked off it was the Sylvestrians who appeared to hold sway.
Rajans scored first through flanker Malinda Herath which was goalled by full back Thilina Wijesinghe.
But it did not take long before the Sylvestrians took over the lead through a try scored by flanker Ravin which was goalled by winger Ishan Rajapaksa who also put over a penalty to be in front 10-3. Another penalty fired by Ishan Rajapaksa saw St Sylvester’s lead 13-7.
In the 20th minute, Dharmaraja’s No 8 Locahana Ekanayake using speed and power breached the opponents defence to touch down and Thilina Wijesinghe added the extra points. Rajan were leading 14-13.
A try in the 25th minute by centre Malinda Herath saw the Rajans extend their lead to 19-13.
In the 32nd minute centre Migara Hewawasam squeezed through a gap to score far left. Rajans led 24-13.
The Sylvestrians reduced the Rajans lead through two penalties fired by winger Ishan Rajapaksa one of which was a 48-metre effort against the wind.
St Sylvester’s 19-24. But the second half belonged to the Rajans who punched holes in the opponents defence through full back Thilina Wijesinghe (1), centre Tharuka Wickremanayake (1) and finally winger Lahiru Fernando’s five tries in a row. For St Sylvester’s in the second half, prop Mohamed Faud scored a try and Ishan Rajapaksa added the extra points. Priyantha Gunaratne refereed.
Sylvestrians got the highest score against Rajans this season. But we really need a win for this season.
WIN OR LOST BE THERE TO CHEER FOR DARK HORSES......
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