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Trinity College player Avishka Jayasekera attempts to break through the Vidyartha College defence in their Elite Under-18 rugby Sevens match at the Royal Complex ground in Colombo yesterday (Pic: Varuna Wanniarachchi)
After the completion of the league matches of the Under 18 Elite Rugby Sevens tournament at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue, the eight teams to qualify for the Cup quarter finals were found after the fancied St. Joseph’s College went down to the unfancied Maliyadeva College.
The eight teams to make it to the knockout stage were Ananda, St Peter’s. Isipathana, Trinity, Zahira, Kingswood, Maliyadeva and DS Senanayake.
The highest score of the tournament on the first day was achieved by Vidyartha who recorded a 63-0 win over Sri Sumangala Panadura who underwent another big defeat of -0-52 to Trinity.
Four teams Rahula MV Katugastota, Science, St Sylvester’s and St Aloysius Galle pulled out of the tournament at the last minute.
The quarter finals will be played from 8.00 a.m. today.
Wesley beat Richmond 38-5. St Peter’s beat Lumbini 24-5. Zahira beat Lalith Athulathmudali 33-10. Trinity beat Sri Sumangala Panadura 52-0. Ananda beat Richmond 31-0. Dharmaraja beat Lumbini 20-5. St Anthony’s Katugastota beat Athulathmudali 17-10. Vidyartha beat Sri Sumangala Panadura 63-0. Ananda beat Wesley 31-7. Isipathana beat Mahanama 35-5. Maliyadeva Kurunegala beat St Joseph’s 12-7. St Peter’s beat Dharmaraja 24-17. Kingswood beat Thurstan 29-0. Zahira beat St Anthony’s Katugastota 24-0. Trinity beat Vidyartha 24-5. DSS beat Sri Sumangala Kandy 34-5.
Quarter Final Schedule: Cup - Ananda vs Isipathana. Maliyadeva vs St Peter’s. Kingswood vs Zahira. Trinity vs DSS
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