Coming to the final as favourites Isipathana had no answer to the spectacular brand of rugby dished out by the hill capital boys of Kingswood and lost the contest fair and square to give Kingswood a Cup championship victory after a long layoff. Kingswood ended up as the unbeaten champions beating all their opponents by huge margins.

For the victorious Kingswood side the tries were scored by K.M. Kulasekara, J.A. Ratnayake and A.J. Dilshan one a piece Place kicker S.T. Seneviratne displayed fabulous kicking form by slotting in all three conversions. For the losers Nadeesha Jayampathi scored the solitary try.

Kingswood’s unexpected win spoilt Isipathana coach Nilfer Ibrahim’s hopes of departing from the team as coach on a winning note after guiding the green and white shirts to victory in the league and knockout championships during the season.

In the other finals played yesterday at the same venue, Maliyadeva College Kurunegala thrashed Moratuwa MV by 44-0 to win the Shield, Trinity College Kandy grabbed the Bowl beating home town rivals Vidyartha College Kandy by 41-0 and the Plate was won by St Joseph’s College Maradana beating St John’s College Nugegoda by 38-3.

Isipathana reached the final with a hard fought 8-0 victory over St. Anthony’s Kandy in their semi-final while Kingswood beat Zahira College Maradana 17-0 in the second semi-finals.

“We are ready for the final as we have done our homework and played as a team in every match of this tournament,” said ex-Kingswoodian and head coach of Isipathana College Nilfer Ibrahim.

“Kingswood has come to a final after a long time and also as a team they are playing very well so I am not taking them lightly and I expect a tough fight from them. This is my final match as head coach of Isipathana hence we are going all out to win this final. I want to end my coaching stint with Isipathana on a winning note,” he said.

Other finals scheduled for today at the same venue are:

2.00pm: Shield final – Maliyadeva College Kurunegala vs Moratuwa MV

3.00pm: Bowl final – Vidyartha College Kandy vs Trinity College Kandy

4.00pm: Plate final – St Joseph’s College Maradana vs St John’s College Nugegoda.

Isipathana College, St.Anthony’s College Kandy, Kingswood College Kandy and Zahira College Maradana are in to the semifinals of the Milo inter schools under 18 fifteen a side rugby tournament which worked off yesterday at Thurstan College grounds in Reid Avenue, Colombo.

Isipathana and Zahira have received byes while St.Anthony’s beat St.Joseph’s College Maradana by 38 points to 17 and Kingswood thrashed St.John’s college Nugegoda 75 nil in the cup quarter finals to enter the semifinals.

In the semifinals Isipathan College will confront St.Anthonys College Kandy while Kingswood College Kandy will come up against…