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President's Trophy Knockout Tournament
The Milo President's Trophy is an annual school knockout u/20 rugby tournament in Sri Lanka. The tournament was first staged in 1985 when it was known as the Premadasa Trophy, named after Ranasinghe Premadasa (the then Prime Minister). The tournament involves the top seven school teams in the Division 1A Group and the winner of the Division 1B Group. In 2007 the tournament was expanded to include the Premier Trophy and in 2008 the Chairman's Trophy, to provide more school teams with the opportunity to compete at the same level. In 2009 it was renamed as the Milo Trophy after two years it returned to its original name as the Milo President's Trophy. In 2010 the scheduled final was suspended at the last minute by the authorities due to a court order issued by Isipathana College. The two teams, St. Peter's College and Royal College, however still played albeit as a friendly encounter, with St Peter's College winning 29–27. After two years, the court case was dismissed and the tw ...
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