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Navy in stunning 18-12 win over CH

Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club created a major upset when they toppled the more fancied Colombo Hockey and Football Club by 18 points to 12 in their SLRFU Caltex inter club ‘A’ division league rugby tournament first round match worked off at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

The Sailors put up a tremendous performance as they went on to turn the game in their favour while collecting their points from one goal, one try, one drop goal and one penalty after having led 11 nil at half time. CH and FC responded with one goal and one try.

Navy SC who are making their appearance in ‘A’ Division rugby after a long lay off certainly came out with their best performance to register their first victory in the tournament.

They of course went into this game at the back drop of some uncertainty after having suffered a 5-36 defeat at the hands of the defending champions Kandy Sports Club at the Nittawela Stadium in Kandy and losing to Sri Lanka Army 10-15 at Welisara.

In contrast CH and FC took the field brimming with confidence following their runaway 56-6 triumph against traditional rivals Havelocks Sports Club last week at the same venue.

This time however CH and FC came under tremendous pressure from the kick off and looked a completely different outfit as they made a series of errors while trying to recover from the early setback.

Navy SC of course were able to bounce back from last week’s setback as they made several inroads into the CH and FC territory from the kick off. They always created scoring opportunities and were rewarded for their hard work which gave them a morale boosting 11-nil lead at half time.

Dynamic winger Nuwan Hettiarachchi scored their first try following a clever piece of work which was followed by a neat drop goal from Samantha Lakshan as Navy SC began to take control of the proceedings. Eranda Weerakkody responded with a superb penalty a few minutes later that helped his team consolidate their position.

Navy SC then almost sealed the game in their favour when they extended their lead to a commanding 18 points to nil mid way in the second half following their second try of the match with speedy wing three quarter Niranjan Wickremarathne slicing through the entire CH and FC defence. Even then CH and FC were not prepared to surrender quite meekly as they launched a fresh attack in search of pulling off the game. In fact their efforts almost brought them the desired results as they were able to reduce the deficit to a solitary try (12-18) shortly before the final whistle.

Number Eight Dilanka Wijesekera eventually broke the shackles for CH and FC with a beautiful try and centre Avantha Hettiarachchi kept their hopes alive while touching down near the corner flag. Full back Sajith Bandara converted one try and the home side had staged a great comeback to reduce the lead.

But Navy SC having done all the hard work held their nerves during the crucial latter stages of the game and went on to pull off a memorable victory at the end. D. Nimal refereed.

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