"S. Thomas' Favourites Over Royal For First Time Since 2013 | Expert Analysis | Ruck N Roll S3 EP5"

Week 4 of the Dialog Schools Rugby League delivered results that have turned every group on its head — and set up what could be the most dramatic final round of group games this competition has ever seen. Shanaka and Abdellah break it all down in full. Trinity win again but the rotation question is now being asked seriously. Will those combinations gel when Isipatana arrive for their first real test of the season? St Peter's survive an Ananda scare — 34-32 with a conversion to draw on the final kick. A brilliant performance from Ananda but real questions now about whether St Peter's can adapt their game when conditions don't allow them to play the way they want to. S. Thomas' edge Zahira in the match of the weekend. Six points in it with minutes to go. A neck roll penalty changes everything. S. Thomas' are peaking at exactly the right time and their belief in any situation is becoming their biggest weapon. Science pull off the upset of the week against Thurston — three driving mall tries against a side missing their coach who was away on national duty. The conversation about one coach doing two jobs — one of them for free — is one that needs to be had. Royal scrape past Kingswood 13-6 in a performance that will deeply concern everyone in the Royal camp. Kingswood held them to 6-5 for the longest time. Chose not to take a kickable penalty in the dying minutes. And Royal are over-reliant on one ball carrier — and every team in the competition now knows it. Wesley comfortable enough against St Joseph's but still not the Wesley everyone expected at the start of this season. Then the fixtures. And the biggest talking point of the episode. S. Thomas' go into the Michael Gunaratne Trophy against Royal as favourites. For the first time since 2013. It is not just a trophy game. The winner goes through to the Cup Championship. The loser's fate depends on what happens elsewhere. Zahira vs Thurstan — with Shamali Nawaz returning to the Thurston camp. Everything on the line for both teams. Thurston win and they are in the plate. Thurstan lose and things get very complicated. Trinity vs Isipatana — the group decider that will finally tell us whether Trinity's rotation gamble has paid off or whether Isipatana's battle-hardened wins have prepared them better for the biggest occasion of the season. Battle of the captains. Shah Altaf vs Shakib Zumri. It does not get bigger than this. Science vs Kingswood up in Kandy. St Peter's vs Wesley — the battle of one versus two in Group 2A with carry forward points on the line. And the lower ranked group deciders that matter just as much for the teams fighting to stay out of the bowl segment. Watch the full Episode 5 of Ruck N Roll Season 3 on the PodHub YouTube channel. #RuckNRoll #SchoolsRugby #DialogSchoolsRugby #SriLankaRugby #ExpertAnalysis #RoyalCollege #S.ThomasCollege #MichaelGunaratheTrophy #TrinityCollege #IsipathanaCollege #StPetersCollege #WesleyCollege #ZahiraCollege #ThurstandCollege #PodHub