Kandy SC continue to head points table

Ranjeeva Seneviratne

Defending champions Kandy Sports Club which is aiming to retain the Caltex 'A' Division League Rugby Title for a record 10th successive year are leading the points table of the Cup Championship with 30.50 points from eight outings.

The lads from Kandy who were contained to a 10-3 lead at the breather turned in a dazzling display of open rugby in the second half to pile up 29 more points to win convincingly by 39 points to 3.

It was Kandy SC's full back Mohamed Sheriff who stole the limelight with a hat-trick of tries. He time and again joined the line to form the overlap and scored three scintillating tries after 50 metre runs.

Fly half Saliya Kumara too had a grand game. He made on interception, kicked the ball and collected on the follow through to touch down under the posts. He added the extra points to three tries and fired across two penalties to have a personal tally of 17 points.

CR and FC hard fought win

CR and FC propelled by their power-packed forwards scored a hard fought 13-9 win over a gallant Navy outfit to move upto second place with 27.00 points from nine games. The 'Red Shirts' 'eight' gave a sterling display and excelled in both attack and defence. Skipper Dushanth Lewke was a source of inspiration to his team-mates with his fiery loose play and was ably supported by Danushka Perera, Henry Terrence, Ishan Noor, Anuja Perera and Ashen Karthelis. It was some resolute tackling by the CR forwards which prevented the Navy from crossing their goal line in the dying stages of the game.