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Schoolboys made sandwich pawns in rugby show-BY CALLISTUS DAVY Vidyartha Number 8 Shirantha Dissanayake attempts to break away from the Isipathana defence during play Source:Sundayobserver In yet another bout of violence in an ever growing list of mayhem at schools rugby, Isipathana College’s players became the victims of after-match hooliganism when they were set upon and manhandled by a boisterous crowd at Nittawela last week at a game against Vidyartha College. What has become more frightening is the fact that the so-called keepers of the cradle of rugby, the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association, has done absolutely nothing to deter or stamp out the menace other than say it is the responsibility of the host school to provide security cover and that action will be taken against offending schools. ...