Royal College cleared the first hurdle in their attempt to retain the Bradby Shield when they defeated traditional rivals Trinity College 34-17 in their 75th annual rugby encounter worked off at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy,
However, S. Thomas’ College created a major sensation when they held the strong Isipathana outfit to a thrilling 12-12 draw in their fixture played at Mount Lavinia.
In contrast, St. Peter’s College cruised to a convincing 22-3 victory over Science College in another encounter played at Bambalapitiya.
Action from the match between Royal and Trinity Action from the match between Royal and Trinity Trinity second row forward Rahul Dhanaraj in action
PIX BY WARUNA WANNIARACHCHI AND DAMITH WICKRAMASINGHA
Science College fly half Hasaranga Mudalige is challenged by a Peterite Science College number eight Sashin Munasinghe is well tackled S. Thomas’ flanker Kaveen Jayasekara is challenged by two Isipathana players Royal fly half Lehan Gunaratna looks for support
St. Peter’s Captain Bilal Hilmy is set to win possession from a line-out Trinity Captain Reshan Bandaranayake evades a tackle