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Army-CH clash should be a thriller

The confrontation between the formidable Army team and the vastly improved CH and FC in the quarter-final of the Caltex knock-out rugby tournament for the Clifford Cup at Longdon Place tomorrow should be a thriller.

The soldiers won the first round game of the Caltex 'A' Division League by 21-12 while in the return match the lads from Maitland Crescent came back storming to win convincingly by 43 points to 21.

The soldiers were let down by their three quarters in their last match and they have made several changes for tomorrow's match.

Full back Upali Wickramasinghe has been shifted to the fly half berth and will pair off with T.A. Asiri while regular fly half Kapila Knowlton has moved to the centre position and will play alongside Asanka Perera while regular winger Saliya Handapangoda will be manning the last line of defence paving the way for Senanayake to occupy the wing.

A terrific tussle for supremacy can be expected among the forwards with the marauding Army forwards Meepage, Kotalawela, Ratnayake, Jayalal, Susantha and Manoj Silva being confronted by the power-packed CH 'eight' spearheaded by the omnipresent lock forward Dinesh Sanjeewa ably supported by Ranatunga, Achala Perera, Ranaweera, Sharo Fernando and Wijesekera.

In the set scrums CH's experienced hooker Achala Perera should get the better of his vis-a-vis Jayalal while in the line outs the Army duo of Perera and Susantha have the edge over CH's Dinesh Sanjeewa.

Army: Nushal Meepage, Asoka Jayalal, Nishantha Kotalawela (Captain), Sarath Kumara Perera, R.M.G. Ratnayake, Jayaratne, Manoj Silva T.A. Asiri and Upali Wickremasinghe, Maurice Abeyratne, Asanka Perera, Kapila Knowlton, Senanayake, Saliya Handapangoda.

CH and FC: Jayantha Ranaweera, Achala Perera (Captain) Sathya Ranatunge, Dinesh Sanjeewa, Gayashan Wijesinghe, Shero Fernando, Senthil Kumar, Dilanka Wijesekera, Milinda Jayasinghe or Tuan Shamrock and Sajith Bandara, Heshan Guneratne, Sajith Mallikarachchi, Ruchira Fernando, Mithum Perera, Indika Udayakumara.

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