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Sudesh Jayawickrama The Wonder Boy of the 2023 Schools Rugby Season - By : Hamza Hidayathullah

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Sudesh Jayawickrama   The Wonder Boy of the 2023 Schools Rugby Season By – Hamza Hidayathullah   School Rugby in Sri Lanka has evolved extraordinarily over the past few decades into one of the country's most anticipated and followed school sports. The excellent quality of the competing teams, coaching programmes, and widespread public interest have combined to produce exceptional young talents every year. The 2023 Schools Rugby Season was the same, with the likes of Shahid Zumri, Rinesh Silva, Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindu Kushan, Sahan Keerthisiri, Randul Senanayake and Sudesh Jayawickrama showcasing extraordinary skills and winning the hearts of rugby fans with their exemplary talent. This is the story of the pick of the lot, Master Sudesh Jayawickrama, who shone playing a crucial role in St. Peter's College Rugby Team becoming the Unbeaten Double-Champs, bagging both the League and Knock-Out Trophies.   Rugby was a part of everyday life for Sudesh from infancy....
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Remember when ?

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Dedicated to all past rugby players who represented St.Peter's College before the new Millennium Rugby was introduced in Sri Lanka by the British in 1879 and CH & FC was the first club to take the sport. The inaugural rugby match was played in the same year between CH vs a World Team. One year later the first ever local club match was played in Darawella when Dickoya MCC took on Dimbulla ACC with Dickoya winning the game 9 points to 3. Rugby was introduced to Kingswood College  Kandy by their first principal Mr.L.E.Blaze in 1891. Kingswood College played the first schools rugby match in the country against their home town rivals Trinity College in the year 1906 where the match ended in a 6 all draw. Thereafter rugby was introduced to Royal College in 1916, St. Peter’s College in 1932 and Zahira College in the year 1935. According to IRB figures, Sri Lanka have over 103,000 registered rugby union players which is the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind J...
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The Story of the Peterite Rugby Team 2018 - By Hamza Hidayathullah

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“Not every moment is going to be fireworks. Sometimes it takes a million little sparks to create a full-blown explosion” – Author Unknown From the moment that final whistle was blown by Referee Dinka Peiris on 18 th June 2017 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in the President’s trophy semi-final against Isipathana, this story began to unfold.   After being placed 6th in the schools’ rugby league last year, many rugby loving pundits wrote the Peterites off completely with no hopes of a big title in the coming years. After 2010, St. Peter’s College, Colombo had managed to grab a few trophies in the schools’ circuit which included the All Island and Western Province Sevens tournaments on a few occasions including the Super Rugby sevens title in the year 2016. During this time frame, the journey had ups and downs while having a few close calls in the President’s Trophy knock-out Semi Finals against Trinity, Science and Isipathana in the years 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. ...
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