Lions shed their Manes to sport Cubs Rugby

IF someone who had no idea about the ‘25 schools’ rugby season, was asked to guess who the League Champs were, adjudging merely by the performances in this game, and not by the result itself; Royal College would have been the unanimous pick, before letting eyelids bat.

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There was absolutely no shred of supremacy portrayed by the unbeaten League Champions (unbeaten, according to the hard-line of the Columnist), who seem to have let their hair down, along with their game, following a historic and life altering League victory, whose celebrations may have gone on too long, while the deep sense of achievement was perceived to be the ultimate honour. As Royal College wished for only one thing this year, they had adequately elevated their game in most departments, but regrettably didn’t find a worthy nemesis turnup for the most colourful and extravagant event of the season in Kandy. In spite of all this, the greatest astonishment for a keen observer would be, as to how Royal was able to win by only 10 points, against the incomparable, substandard display of Trinity rugby, that made it quite an uninteresting affair for a neutral follower to stay glued to the seat without checking the time every other minute to verify the remaining period of entrapment.

For those who haven’t yet watched this game, but assumed that the reason for the low scoring was due to tight defence efforts by both sides, they cannot be more wrong. Although some good, coordinated defence skills were exhibited in this encounter, more so by the Royal Tuskers, they were just occasionally complementing the frequent blemishes by the attacking sides, which was the primary cause for the low scores.

Tale of two halves

In order to illustrate the uneventful storyline of the 1st Leg, it makes total sense to break it down into two halves as usual, as it shall accurately depict the intent, mindset, composure along with its mortal timeline, and the final output of both sides. Exploring as to what skills were affected by Trinity’s league winning mentality, against

why Royal couldn’t make the most of this magnificent, onetime opportunity to seal the Bradby deal on the initial Leg itself, are what on the cards in this analysis.