No shocks on day two at Mercantile Rugby Sevens
There were 44 teams battling it out for the 42nd Dialog Mercantile Rugby Sevens which was worked off for the second day at the CR & FC rugby grounds at Longdon Place.
There were no shocks on day 2 as most of the top teams went past in their first hurdle in their group matches. In the Cup segment defending champions MAS “A: edged out a strong Sampath Bank 19-12. MAS outfit are without Sevens sensation and Kandy SC’s Fazil Marija who is in the injury list.
Nishantha Wickremage the Past President of the Mercantile Rugby Committee said that 44 teams are locking horns with 7 of them making their debut at this tournament. We see a lot of new entrance coming in and lot of spectators too coming in numbers. He ended by thanking the sponsors Dailog for sponsoring for the 10th consecutive year and the Medical staff on duty.
Smart Shirts were disqualified for playing an unregistered player and they will be banned for 2 years.
Results of games on day 2
Shield
CDB beat Oasis Marketing 31-5, Hidramani beat HSBC “B” 28-0. Ceylon Tobacco beat Hayleys 19-7, Pan Asia Bank beat Alliance Finance 42-0, Oasis beat Millennium IT 15-0, HSBC “B” beat Expo Lanka 12-5, Amana Takaful beat Hayleys 33-7, Pan Asia Bank beat Mobitel 33-0, MAS “B” beat HDPL 12-5, C I Synergy beat Rainco 31-0Commercial Credit beat SCB 35-5, CDB beat Millennium IT 26-0, Hidramani beat Expo Lanka 26-0, Ceylon Tobacco beat Amano Takaful 24-7, Alliance Finance beat Mobitel 19-10
Bowl
Entrust beat HDPL Reds 49-0, SLIC beat NTB 19-0, HSBC “A” beat Hemas 17-7, John Keells “B: beat Amana Bank 35-0, Dialog “B” beat HDPL Reds 38-0, Janashakthi beat Commercial Leasing 12-5, Venture Ceylon beat Ceylinco Insurance 12-10Nation Lanka “B” beat Union Bank 35-0
Cup
Nation Lanka “A” beat Commercial Bank 27-7, Access Group beat VIS Broadcasting 12-7, MAS “A” beat Sampath Bank 19-12, John Keells “A” beat Seylan Bank 35-14, VIS Broadcasting beat Dialog “A” 10-5, Access group beat Commercial Bank 12-0
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