Air Force Chipmunks will take on Army Griffins in the curtain raiser game of the Dialog Division ‘B’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship played for the Rudra Rajasingham Trophy. The match will kick off at 4.00pm on at Ratmalana on Tuesday.The tournament which consists of a total of 45 games will proceed with game between last [...]
Air Force Chipmunks will take on Army Griffins in the curtain raiser game of the Dialog Division ‘B’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship played for the Rudra Rajasingham Trophy.
The match will kick off at 4.00pm on at Ratmalana on Tuesday.The tournament which consists of a total of 45 games will proceed with game between last season’s runners-up Navy Dreadnoughts taking on Kurunegala RFC at Welisara on Wednesday where another game is billed between two strong outfits Army Colts and Havelock Bambaras at Diyagama.
Defending Division ‘B’ League title holders Army Blues will take on Army Four Wings in a home vs home affair at Panagoda on Thursday followed by the final match for the week on Friday between Army Wagoners and Army Keterians at Anuradhapura.
The Division ‘B’ League Tournament, played among ten second string teams is set to run along nine weekends with the final day set for February 11.
Army itself fields five teams, namely defending champs Blues, Colts, Wagoners, Keterians and bottom seed Four Wings.
Navy Dreadnoughts became last year’s second overall best team while ranked fifth is Air Force Chipmunks. Havelocks Bambaras comes in to the competition with the placing of eighth while at nine is Kurunegala RFC.
Last season top teams fielded their second string sides but pulled out midway without notification. Eventually Army Blues went on to win the title where Kandy ‘B’ was recording smashing wins but withdrew their team halfway from the competition. Well known teams featuring in the top division such as CR&FC and CH&FC are the other two teams to have successful seasons in the Division ‘B’ with their sides famously known Bees and Kabaragoyas respectively.
Week 1 December 8: Air Force Chipmunks vs Police Griffins at Ratmalana December 9: Navy Dreadnoughts vs Kurunegala RFC at Welisara Army Colts vs Havelock Bambaras at Diyagama December 10:Army Blues vs Army Four Wings at Panagoda December 11: Army Wagoners vs Army Keterians at Anuradhapura
Week 2 December 16:Navy Dreadnoughts vs Army Keterians at Welisara Air Force Chipmunks vs Army Wagoners at Ratmalana December 17: Army Four Wings vs Havelock Bambaras at Panagoda Police Griffins vs Army Colts at Police Park December 18: Army Blues vs Kurunegala RFC at Diyagama
Week 3 December 22: Police Griffins vs Army Four Wings at Police Park December 23: Kurunegala RFC vs Army Keterians at Kurunegala Army Colts vs Army Wagoners at Diyagama December 24: Havelock Bambaras vs Army Blues at Havelock Park December 30: Navy Dreadnoughts vs Air Force Chipmunks at Welisara
Week 4 January 4:Army Four Wings vs Army Wagoners at Panagoda January 5: Army Colts vs Navy Dreadnoughts at Diyagama January 6:Army Keterians vs Army Blues at Anuradhapura Havelock Bambaras vs Police Griffins at Havelock Park Kurunegala RFC vs Air Force Chipmunks at Kurunegala
Week 5 January 12:Air Force Chipmunks vs Army Keterians at Ratmalana Havelock Bambaras vs Army Wagoners at Havelock Park January 14: Police Griffins vs Army Blues at Police Park Navy Dreadnoughts vs Army Four Wings at Welisara January 15: Army Colts vs Kurunegala RFC at Diyagama
Week 6 January 20: Army Blues vs Air Force Chipmunks at Diyagama Police Griffins vs Army Wagoners at Police Park Navy Dreadnoughts vs Havelock Bambaras at Welisara January 21: Army Colts vs Army Keterians at Diyagama January 22: Kurunegala RFC vs Army Four Wings at Kurunegala
Week 7 January 26:Kurunegala RFC vs Havelock Bambaras at Kurunegala January 27: Army Blues vs Army Wagoners at Diyagama Police Griffins vs Navy Dreadnoughts at Police Park January 28:Air Force Chipmunks vs Army Colts at Ratmalana January 29:Army Keterians vs Army Four Wings at Panagoda
Week 8 February 1:Police Griffins vs Kurunegala RFC at Police Park February 3:Army Blues vs Army Colts at Diyagama Navy Dreadnoughts vs Army Wagoners at Welisara Air Force Chipmunks vs Army Four Wings at Ratmalana February 4: Havelock Bambaras vs Army Keterians at Havelock Park
Week 9: February 10: Army Blues vs Na vy Dreadnoughts at Diyagama February 11:Army Colts vs Army Four Wings at Diyagama Kurunegala RFC vs Army Wagoners at Kurunegala Havelock Bambaras vs Air Force Chipmunks at Havelock Park Police Griffins vs Army Keterians at Police Park
