All roads will lead to Royal Complex this evening as Royal College Colombo will host traditional rivals Trinity College Kandy in the first leg of the 80th Bradby Shield encounter.
The Bradby folklore will re-write another chapter today when the two of the premier schools in the country meet for the 99th time with kick-off scheduled for 4:15 p.m.
Best of Trinity
Trinity by winning the President’s Trophy Knockouts Championship and the 2026 Inter-School Rugby League title is enjoying one of the finest seasons in their recent history if not the finest.
Led by playmaker Shan Althaf, Trinity has not lost a game this season and will be looking to continue their form and regain the prestigious Bradby Shield this year.
Trinitians have already inflicted two big losses on the Royalist this season and will enter the game brimming with confidence.
In the President’s Trophy final, Trinity defeated Royal 58-26 in April while last month, the Trinitians got the better of Royalists 48-15 in the second round of the league encounter.
League Champions
Trinity after an unblemished record clinched the President’s Trophy and then recorded big wins over Lumbini College (55 -03), St. Anthony’s College (68-05), Sri Sumangala College (39-00), D.S. Senanayake College (41-10) and Isipathana College (36-12) in the first round of the league tournament.
Trinity then went on to beat Wesley College (43-10), Royal (48-15) and Zahira College (37-32) in the second round before sealing the League Championship with a 20-07 win over St. Peter’s College.
Meanwhile, Royal College also reached the President’s Trophy final before losing to Trinity in the title clash.
In the league campaign, the Royalists defeated Science College (43-10), Thurstan College (40 -15), Kingswood College (13-06) and S. Thomas’ College (29-24) but were stunned by Zahira College (26-29).
In the second round, Royal’s shortcomings were exposed. They lost to Isipathana (12-31), Trinity and St. Peter’s College (22-27).
In the final league encounter, Royalists manage to defeat Wesley College (33-17) and will be looking to take the momentum to the Bradby first leg.