The battle of the titans will take place today, when Trinity College host Royal College, in the first leg of their traditional Bradby Shield encounter in its 67th edition, with the marauding Lions having a clear edge over their rivals. This most looked forward to event needs no introduction, but what matters is whether the unbeaten Royalists could maintain their winning streak or will the Lions put the issue beyond  [ Read More ]

Trinity College Kandy is the flagship school of Sri Lanka Rugby. In 1906 the school that carries the slogan “best school of all” took to what was largely an unknown sport in the island nation. It was a challenge from an old Trinitian Mr E. L. Blaze, then the Founder/principal of another top school across town (Kingswood College). Trinity Captained by H. S. Perera played their hearts out against a  [ Read More ]

Trinity College Kandy’s 1977 rugby football captain, dashing six foot two No 8 forward and winner of the much coveted rugby Lion Ravindra Nalin Balasuriya will now be the chief guest at the first leg of Bradby Shield at Bogambara on May 28 (Saturday). This follows the unavailability of the four Trinity skippers before him – No 8 forward Jeffrey Yu (1973 captain and Lion) Chan Ye Ching (1974 captain  [ Read More ]

It was perfect weather in Kandy at the Pallekale rugby stadium and the perfect setting for a high quality game of rugby. Trinity once again showed their might on the rugby field when they trounce their opponents Wesley College who had no answers to the power and the skill displayed by the lions. Trinity were well focused and a determined unit with the guidance of their leader Murad Ramzeen. Half  [ Read More ]

Science College made history when their under 20 team recorded their first-ever win over Trinity College in a First-XV rugby match, when the two team met at Mount Lavinia. Science College is reported to have played better rugby and edged out the Kandy school 12-11 on a newly laid out rugby field at the school’s premises. An elated coach of Science College Mothilal Jayatilake said; ‘We played very good rugby  [ Read More ]

Global Old Boys Fundraising drive on behalf of the Scrummage When: May 1 – 15 Where: Worldwide Objective: Raise 1 Million Rupees or $10,000 USD Cause: Establish a framework to develop Junior rugby at TCK/Sponsor our U. 14 team to begin with All we need is 500 Trinitians to donate $20 towards this cause to reach our objective. Let’s get behind the Scrummage and work together to bring Trinity Rugby  [ Read More ]

Trinity Rugby Fixtures & Results of the 2011 Rugby Season: Trinity placed as the 2nd Runners-Up of the 2011 Sri Lanka Schools Rugby League. The 67th Bradby Shield 2011: 28th May : 1st Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Bogambara Stadium, Kandy 11th June : 2nd Leg of Bradby Shield Encounter – Royal Sports Complex, Colombo Trinity Rugby 2011 1st XV achieved the greatest comeback in Bradby Shield history by  [ Read More ]

This is also the oldest schools rugby fixture dating back to 1906 and they celebrated their 100 years in 2006 with a grand show at the Bogambara Stadium which was also the venue of the first match over 100 years ago. Kingswood college is known as the school who brought rugby to Sri Lanka. Trinity’s vibrant number eight Sean Foster with the ball in hand makes a valiant attempt to  [ Read More ]

Former Trinitian Sean Wijesinghe represented Trinity College Rugby in 2000 and 2001. He is currently the leading Third Row Forward of Kandy Sports Club and has now been appointed as the new Sri Lanka rugby captain for the forthcoming Asian Five Nations championship. Sri Lanka will play against the United Arab Emirates in the first game on April 23 in Colombo. Wijesinghe was a member of last year’s Asian Division  [ Read More ]

Trinity College Kandy will be another front runner for the 2011 league title as they have with them some capable players who can topple any opposition on their day. They had a disappointing season last year as they did not perform to expectation. They finished 6th in the league under the captaincy of Damith Dissanayake. The most frustrating experience for them was that they lost to Royal three times, twice  [ Read More ]