Minnows kick League off to a flying start

ALTHOUGH thoroughly anticipated, the three Dark Horses viz. Kingswood, Ananda and Mahanama, still rattled and baffled the crème of the prime Division to surprise and captivate the attention and hearts of all the schools' rugby followers.

- By Arun Pillai

Unfortunately, we also saw that two schools viz. Joes and Rajans have slid down from their previous performances at the Knockouts. Fortunately, with many other schools improving sharply such as, Zahira, DSS, Antho and Vidyartha, we are in for an astounding season of rugby that is guaranteed to thrill us, and knock us out of our chairs each and every weekend. So, forget the weekend holidays, and stay locked inside your respective Cities for the next two months of unparalleled, top notch rugby actions to be presented by our very own Sri Lankan coach ing units, who are the sole creators and directors of this marvel Rugby.

Zahira hosting Dharmaraja - 6 June:

Following the subpar 'Segment B' performance at the pre-quar ter finals, and an erratic tactical gameplan at the semi-finals that costed them the chance to play in the Knockout Final, Zahira College Maradana turned up with an absolute peach of an ace game to fluster and flatten the Rajans in the latter half. This is exactly what was initially expected from the new coaching crew at Zahira, that had sufficient potential to upskill and rejuvenate Zahira Rugby.

On the contrary, the Rajans seemed a totally different outfit from the one that raised many eyebrows at the Knockouts that showcased aggressive attacking, and excellent support play skills combined with orderly game continuity. All of these were lost completely, possibly owing to the sudden change of their Head Coach from Dinesh Gamage to Sanjaya Amunugama in April. Unfortunately, it was apparent that the Players and Rajans Rugby were at the receiving end, by the abrupt overhaul of the game approach by distinct thinking Hats.