Trinity College Kandy defeated traditional rivals Royal College Colombo 33-10 in the first leg of the 80th Bradby Shield encounter at the Royal Complex this evening (11).
The Royalists started the Bradby much stronger than the visitors and opened the scoring with a penalty in the 13th minute of the game.
Trinity took the lead in the 23rd minute of the game with a brilliant converted try. Both sides then fluffed several scoring opportunities before the halftime whistle.
At lemons, Trinity led 07-03.
At the resumption Royal scored from close range to take the lead 10-07.
However, it was all Trinity afterwards with the visitors scoring four unanswered tries to claim a famous win at the Royal Complex.
Trinity also take a sizeable 23-point lead heading into the second leg in a fortnight time in Kandy.
