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| Wednesday, 16 July 2003 |
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Army in hard fought 33-25 win over Havies The Sri Lanka Army came up with a superb second half rally to score a hard fought 33-25 win over Havelocks Sports Club at Galle Face on Sunday. The soldiers were off to a flying start when in the 6th minute off a second phase move full back T. A. Silva joined the line and when challenged slung out a pass to Sithara Fernando who scored by the corner flag. T. A. Silva added the extra points with a spectacular conversion. Ten minutes later they increased the lead when off a three quarter move in the Havelocks '25' Kenyan centre Pascal Watukeha crashed through to touch down under the posts after brushing aside several defenders. With T. A. Silva making no mistake with the conversion the soldiers took a 14-nil lead. Six minutes later Havelocks came back storming to reduce the deficit when flanker Sitaleki Mafalio scored a try after a forwards rush. Jiffry Saheed converted and also fired across a 20 metre penalty to make it 14-10 in favour of Army. Five minutes before the breather Havelocks won a line out in midfield and set the three quarters in motion and the move ended with centre Joseph Waqa falling over for a try by the right corner flag. On the stroke of half time the park club grabbed the lead when Jiffrey Saheed fired across a 40 mere penalty and Havelocks led 18-14. The gallant soldiers fought back in the second half and their Samoan No. 8 One Okasone powered his way to touch down twice within 10 minutes. Then centre Kapila Knowlton scampered through to score mid left. Full back T. A. Silva converted two of those tries to give Army an unassailable 33-18 lead. Just before the final whistle Havelocks No. 8 Miskin Deen barged through to touch down off a five metre short tap. Jiffrey Saheed converted to make it 33-25 at the final whistle. CH beat CR CH and FC who were trailing 7-17 at one stage came back fighting to beat CR and FC by 27-20 at Longden Place on Saturday to stay in contention for the Caltex 'A' Division League Rugby Title. It was the Red Shirts who dominated the first half. After conceding a goal to CH early in the game the Red Shirts scored twice within 10 minutes. Winger Dilan Abeygunawardena put the finishing touches to a three quarter move by crossing the CH goal line and ran round to score under the posts. A few minutes later CR's Fijian centre Charles Leisui made a powerful run and when challenged kicked ahead and skipper Shamly Nawaz who followed it fell on the loose ball in the in goal area. Roshan Peiris converted both tries and also put over a penalty. The lads from Maitland Crescent reduced the deficit through a try by Fijian Kinijoji Rakata to make it 17-12 in favour of CR and FC at 'Lemons'. However CH and FC came up with a superb display in the second half to score two superb tries through Fijian Kinijoji Rakata who turned out to be their hero. Kandy remain unbeaten Kandy Sports Club kept their unbeaten record intact with a 37-13 win over Police Sports Club at Police Park. The Policemen came up with a gallant display in the first half to hold the mighty Kandy SC to 13-all at the breather but their defence cracked up in the second half to concede four tries. Winger Danushka Pushpakumara was Kandy SC's hero scoring three tries while Indrajith Bandaranayake who also had an excellent game scored the other try. (R.S.) |
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