Royal College Rugby Season 2023 Kicks Off on Saturday

Royal College, Colombo kicks off their Inter-Schools Rugby Tournament on Saturday (17).

For the first round of the tournament, Royal College will host four home games – including the second leg of the 77th Bradby Shield Encounter played against Trinity College, Kandy. The other traditional trophy games against S. Thomas’s and Isipathana will be played once the first round of games are concluded.

Randul Senanayake and Thivain Perera have been appointed as the Royal College Captain and Vice-Captain respectively.

Dushanth Lewke has been re-appointed as Head Coach. Following a successful stint as the Royal College Under-18 Head Coach, Lewke was appointed as the Assistant Coach of Royal College’s first XV team in 2013. In 2018, he was the Head Coach and since his appointment, Royal College have been crowned league champions in 2018 and 2019.

Coming on board as the main sponsors of Royal Rugby 2023 are, National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) as the Main Event Sponsor and Brandix Lanka Ltd as the Main Team Sponsor.

Other sponsors are SLT Mobitel – Telecom Partner, ATG – Co Team Sponsor & Junior Rugby Sponsor, Ralham Sports – Sports Equipment Partner, BOLT – Clothing Partner, Lanka Hospitals -Healthcare Partner, Vision Care – Optical Partner, Nestle MILO – Nutrition Partner, Affinity Consulting – IT Strategic Partner, Elephant House/Krest – Food & Beverage Partner, Quadrangle – Social Media Partner, Omnicom Media Group partners – the Official PR Agency, Ceylon Cleaners – Laundry Partner, EFM – Radio Partner, Homelands – Tuskers Partner, EOAS – Lifestyle Partner and American Water as Hydration Partner continuing their support for the development of school Rugby in Sri Lanka.

Following is the full list of 1st Round matches for Royal College

1st round

Royal College vs. St. Peter’s College (Away)

Royal College vs. Science College (Away)

Royal College vs. Vidyartha College (Home)

Royal College vs. Zahira College (Home)

Royal College vs. Dharmaraja College (Home)

Royal College vs. Trinity College (Away) – Bradby 1st Leg

Royal College vs. Trinity College (Home) – Bradby 2nd Leg