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The match can be viewed here live on Saturday 1st June 2019 at: Sri Lanka Local Time 3.30 p.m. onwards. GMT 10 a.m, PST 2 a.m, US Central Time 5 a.m, Melbourne Time 8 p.m Location: Trinity Rugby Stadium, Pallekelle Video courtesy of MURC Live The First XV Lineup (Photocredits: Amila Alahakoon) Extra Security Arrangements Please note that following the Easter Day bombings, there inevitably has to be significant extra  [ Read More ]

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results for 2019

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2019 Rugby Season: This post will be updated as soon as match details for the 2nd Round become available. The 75th Bradby Shield 2019 Trinity College Rugby Montage Video:

Match Video: Thank you for watching the Bradby Shield Live, the video would be posted when available Photograph Courtesy of Amila Alahakoon

Match Video: Thank you for watching the Bradby Shield Live, the video would be posted when available Photograph Courtesy of Amila Alahakoon

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results for 2017

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2017 Rugby Season: This post will be updated as soon as match details for the 2nd Round become available. The 73rd Bradby Shield 2017: 20th of May : 1st Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Trinity Rugby Stadium, Pallekelle, Kandy 3rd of June : 2nd Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter -Royal Sports Complex, Colombo   Trinity Rugby 2017 Team: Image by Amila Alahakoon      Trinity College  [ Read More ]

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results for 2016

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2016 Rugby Season: The 72nd Bradby Shield 2016: 30th of April : 1st Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Royal Sports Complex, Colombo 14th May : 2nd Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Trinity Rugby Stadium, Pallekelle, Kandy  Trinity College Rugby 1st XV Team:  Photo by: Amila Alahakoon      Trinity College Rugby Montage Video:   This post will be updated as soon as match  [ Read More ]

The legacy of Ken de Joodt

Trinity College Rugby skipper of both 1957 and 1958, Rugby Lionsman Kandy, Up Country, Low Country Havies, Uva and All Ceylon rugby player Ken de Joodt is no more. He was 76 years at the time of his death. Ken will also be fondly remembered for being the sixth consecutive Trinity rugby skipper to win the blue riband of schools rugby – the much coveted Bradby Shield in 1957, the  [ Read More ]

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results for 2015

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2015 Rugby Season: The 71st Bradby Shield 2015: 09th May : 1st Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter -Trinity Rugby Stadium, Pallekelle, Kandy 24th May : 2nd Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Royal Sports Complex, Colombo  Trinity College Rugby 1st XV Team:  Photo by: Amila Alahakoon      Trinity College Rugby Montage Video:     This post will be updated as soon as match  [ Read More ]

When the same team wins a prestigious shield four years in a row, one simply cannot just attribute it to luck or any other superstitious factor. The consecutive wins prove determination, focus and drive from the team, officials and the coach. Suffice it to say, all of these factors have to be in sync in order to reach the ultimate goal. In this high octane game, one man stands out  [ Read More ]

Stunning, excellent entertainment and action-packed suspense, down to the last minute – is the description that could be given to the 162nd match and 70th year of the world famous “Bradby Shield” Rugby encounter, between Trinity College Kandy and Royal College Colombo. Royal and Trinity fans were ‘over the hills’ with delight, to be treated to exciting ‘power rugby’ and a super day of grand entertainment – although some may  [ Read More ]

 
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