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 in 1891, he was the founder principal of the school. And his aim was to see a game, so the first match was played on 27th of November 1891 between the students and staff with L.E. Blaze as the referee, and again on 8th of December 1891 they played another game.
Subsequently the interest for rugby increased in popularity the first rugger fixture between Trinity College and Kingswood on 11th day of August 1906 took place 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 they gave up he game.
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