Mercantile Rugby 7s advanced
View(s):The Mercantile Rugby Football Association will conduct the 46th edition of its Sevens tournament on 15, 16 and 17 July at the CR&FC grounds, Longdon Place, Colombo 7.
For the 1st time in history, a ladies tag rugby tournament will also be conducted on the same dates. All firms registered with MRFA are eligible to participate in the ladies tag rugby tournament.
Entries are invited from Mercantile Firms affiliated to MRFA which can be obtained from following MRFA Committee Members. Mahesh Wijenayake – 0777 281071, Shanaka Fernando – 07121302311 and Mindika Jayasinghe – 0773 360031 or download the same from www.mrfasrilanka.com . Closing dates for entries will be 1st July 2016 at 3.00pm.
Captains briefing will be held on the 27th June at CR& FC from 6:30pm onwards and all the managers and captains of the participating teams are required to be present.
The tournament draw will be held on the 8th July Friday at CR&FC.
33 teams took part last year at the same venue & MAS Holdings ‘A’ retained the ‘Cup’ Championship for the third successive year. Dialog Axiata ‘A’ won the ‘Plate’, John Keells ‘B’ won the ‘Bowl’ and Kanrich Finance won the ‘Shield’.