Here are some results of the Chairman’s and Premier Trophy knockout quarter-final encounters  concluded over the weekend. All the matches were played at Havelock Park. Semi Finals will also be played at the same venue with the finals scheduled at Royal Sports Complex.

Some exciting action packed rugby was dished out in these matches but many good achievements get sidelined mainly due to top division rugby getting all the attention while the up and coming divisions and its players go out without sufficient coverage. We at The Daily Morning Sports feel that it is our duty as promoters of sports to uplift and nurture the grassroots and lesser known schools of Sri Lanka Rugby.

Chairman’s Trophy - Lalith Athulathmudali College had a comfortable 18-03 win over Richmond College in the opening clash of the tournament. Mudalians will play Sumangala College Panadura in their semi final clash on Saturday (2) September.

St. John’s College Nugegoda outclassed Nalanda College 46-10 at Havelock Park. At the short breather the Phoenixes took a commanding 32-nil lead to clinch the match way before the full time whistle. St. John’s were Runners up in the same segment last year.

Rahula College Kandy got the better of Siri Piyarathana College 22-7. Dubbed as Rhinos, the Kandy lads dominated the proceedings. They’ll play St. John’s in the semis on Sunday (3) September.

Premier Trophy - Central College Piliyandala defeated Lumbini College 32 - 24 in a high scoring and closely contested game at the Park. It was a moment of sweet revenge for the lads from Piliyandala as they were pipped by Lumbini in July this year 21 points to 15 at the league stage. The Centralians got their promotion to the Premier tourney  when they were crowned champions last year in the Chairman's trophy segment as they trashed St. John’s 32-10 in the final. They will play Thurstan at the semi-finals on Saturday (2) September at Havies.

In one of the most intensely contested affairs which went down to the wire, Sri Sumangala College Kandy (formerly St. Paul’s College) had a hard fought 24-20 win against Ananda College. Known as Summa Rugby in the sporting circles the most improved team from Kandy in the schools arena will play in the A division next with the top guns of Schools Rugby in Sri Lanka. Sri Sumangala is one of the two teams alongside Thurstan who earned their promotion this year after excelling in Segment B.

Meanwhile Maliyadeva College went through to the semis after a walkover by Mahanama. Maliyadeva will play Sumangala in the semis on Sunday (3) September.

Chairman’s Trophy games will kick-off at 10am and Premier games at 2pm.