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Army rugby guns to silence Kandy?

RUGBY: Sri Lanka Army will have to fire all their guns if they are to restrict the marauding Kandyans up in the hills when they take on the defending League champions Kandy Sports Club in their Caltex League Segment ‘A’ Division rugby tournament match at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium in Kandy on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.

Last week Kandy Sports Club opened their season with a crushing 77-0 win over Old Zahirians Sports Club while Sri Lanka Army lost to CR & FC 3-32. Therefore on form and considering the home terrain advantage Kandy Sports Club will go out firm favourites to win this match.

The clash between Kandy Sports Club and the Sri Lanka Army has always drawn large crowds, and it will be necessary for the organisers to strengthen security at the gates. It is from the gate collection together with the magnanimity of the sponsors that club survives and keeps itself afloat.

Kandy Sports Club is likely to be at full strength for this match except for former Sri Lanka skipper and centre Sajith Mallikarachchi who is in the injured list and the local team will miss his hard running and bone jarring tackles against the rugged soldiers.

Up in the front Kandy’s Kishore Jehan, skipper Jeewa Galgamuwa, Anuradha Walpola, should have the edge over Army’s Meepage, Mahesh Perera and Palihena with their more professional play.

In the second row Kandy’s Senaka Bandara and Sumedha Jayasinghe should tower above Army’s Susantha and Ratnayake and this should ensure a steady flow of possession from the line outs.

There will be a hot contest in the third row between Kandy’s Imran Bisthamin, Sean Wiejsinghe, Dilip Selvam and No. 8 Dushantha Lewke against some bone jarring tackling by army’s Silva, Karunaratne and Herathge. Kandy’s No. 8 Dushantha Lewke who had a good game against the Old Zahirians should once again put up a good performance, A highly disciplined player who will not get flustered under any circumstances and maintains his cool all through the game.

It will be interesting to see how Kandy’s halves combination of Saliya Kumara and Fazil Marija fare against Army’s Dharshana and Kapila Knowlton.

But it is against Kandy’s back division that the soldiers are likely to run into a heavily mined field having penetrative runners like Pradeep Liyanage, Chamara Withanage, Sanjeewa Jayasinghe, Sameera Silva and full back Nalaka Weerakoddy who often forms the over lap to surprise the opponents.

All in all it is going to be an interesting game and to sum it up will be Kandy’s finesse against Army’s ruggedness. The Nittawela green is in topping condition with constant watering and nurtured by its General Manager Iswan Omar.

The probable teams:

Kandy SC (from) Kishore Jehan/Saranath Hettiarachchi, Anuradha Walpola, Senaka Bandara, Sumedha Jayasinghe/Kapila Silva, Imran Bisthamin, Sean Wijesinghe/Dilip Selvam, Buddhika Talagampola, Dushantha Lewka (No. 8), Saliya/Prasad Chathuranga and Fazil Marija, Sameera Silva, Chamara Withanage, Pradeep Liyanage, Sanjeewa Jayasinghe, Dhanushka Pushpakumara, Nalaka Weerakoddy. Stand byes Eranda Weerakoddy, Mohammed Jabbar, Ruwan Hettiarachchi, Dev Anand, Nilfer Ibrahim.

Army SC Meepage (captain), Mahesh Perera, Palihena, R.M.G. Ratnayake, Susantha, Kobbekaduwa, Silva, Herathge, Karunaratne, Dharshana and Kapila Knowlton, Vajira Jayatillake, Duminda Wickremaratne, Asanga Perera, Upali Wickremasinghe, T.A. Silva, Karunatillake.

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