Kingswood going great guns in rugby-by By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kingswood College, Kandy, the first school in the country to play rugger,then known as Kandy Boy’s High School, took to the game due to the efforts of a Trinitian L.E. Blaze , the founder principal of the school in 1891 Subsequently the interest for rugby increased in popularity the first rugger fixture was between Trinity College and Kingswood on 11th day of August 1906 at Bogambara Grounds, and resulted in an exciting 6 all draw. This was the first-ever inter-school rugby game to be played in the country. After a few years after this game Kingswood gave up the game, because of a player dying on the field.,The game was reintroduced to the school in 1965 with an Under 17 team. , so the game went on and in the 1980’s, during the coaching of Z.M. Zarook a product of ...
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