Defending Champions of the Coca Cola Deans Trophy, Lelean Memorial school will once again be favorites in this year's final after they won their semi-final convincingly against Nasinu Secondary by 26-6 yesterday.

The boys from Davuilevu meant business from the opening minute of the game and took a 10-lead in the first half.

Two Nasinu players were also shown yellow cards in the match.

Lelean will now meat RKS in the final of the Under 19 grade after
RKS beat Ratu Navula by 16-15 in the first semi-final.

Ratu Navula looked a better side in the first half and was leading 10-3 but a strong RKS performance in the second half gave them the one point win.

Meanwhile, the finals of the Deans rugby competition in other grades have been confirmed.

In the Under 14 grade, Marist will play QVS, Ratu Navula will play QVS in the Under 15 grade, RKS meets QVS in the Under 16 grade, Marist Brothers will take on QVS in the Under 17 grade and Lelean Memorial will play QVS in the Under 18 grade.

Looking at the results of the semi-finals played today, in the Under 14 grade, Marist beat RKS 17-7 and QVS beat Suva Grammar 12-0. In the Under 15 grade, Marist went down to QVS 18-7 and Ratu Navula beat RKS 29-3.

In the Under 16 grade, RKS beat Suva Grammar 24-10 and QVS beat LMS 17-6.

Story by: Dhanjay Deo