Army in an easy 46-14 victory over Air Force

Yasaratne GAMAGE

A hat- trict from Saliya Handanpangoda of Sri Lanka Army and a wonderful performance as a team paved their way to demolish Sri Lanka Air Force by 46 (4 goals, 3 tries and a penalty -14 ( 1 try and 3 penalties ) in the Dialog ‘A’ division rugby league match worked off at Ratmalana Air Force grounds yesterday.

The Army started off with a beautiful touch down by Nishantha Kotalawala which was converted by Upali Wickramasinge. Just a few seconds later Air Force opened their account with Ganyantha Iddamalgoda putting off a penalty through the bars.

There were another penalty each for both teams where Wickramasinghe and Charith Senaviratne collected points for the Army and Air Force respectively. Army led 10-6. Buddi Bandara took Air Force closer to Army with a try score towards the end of the first half. Wickramasinghe converted after Handapangoda touched down for Army to widen the gap. Army led 22-11 to 22-11 by the short whistle.

During the second half Army restricted Air Force to just one penalty while scoring two goals and two tries and cruised to an easy victory.