Havelocks should have it easy against CH and FC

Table leaders Havelocks Sports Club should have no difficulty in overcoming the lowly placed CH and FC in their Dialog 'A' Division League rugby match which will be played at the reconstructed Havelocks Rugby Ground, Havelock Park today.

The Park Club who remain unbeaten have won all four matches they have played so far beating Police (33-10), Army (25-22), Air Force (47-5) and CR and FC (38-7) while the lads from Maitland Crescent have lost all three games so far against Kandy SC, Up Country Lions and Navy SC.

The forte of the Havelock Park Club are their speedy three-quarters. They have a fine haves combination in Amjad Buksh and Niroshan Fernando while centres Williami Hakalo and Dinesh Kumara are hard runners who should slice through the CH defence today while on the wings they have the services of Peterite and Sri Lanka winger Sandun Herath and Royal and ex-Sri Lanka Youth player Chamara Dabare with national player Mohamed Sheriff who has the knack of joining the line to form the overlap.

The lads from Maitland Crescent will have to put up a resolute defence if they hope to prevent the pink and chocolate jerseyed lads from going on a scoring spree.

The teams:

Havelocks SC: Henry Terrence (captain), Rajiv Perera, Dushmantha Priyadarshana, Kavinda Jayasena, Ashen Karthelis, Sudarshan Muthuthantri, Dhiren Warnakulasuriya, Atulai Nissan, Amjad Buksh and Niroshan Fernando, Sandun Herath, Dinesh Kumara, Williami Hakalo, Chamara Dabare, Mohamed Sheriff.

CH and FC: Udesh Perera, Parakrama Ratnayake, Randima Fernando, Chanaka Bandara, Namal Eidiriweera, Mohamed Rifkan, Niroshan Ekanayake, Bhanuka Hegoda, Tuan Shamrock (captain) and Tokuma, Chanaka Fonseka, Alexander Samoa, Indika Udayakumara, Harsha Iroshan, Nalin Kumara.