Inter-Club Division B Rugby Championship kicks off
The Inter-Club Division B Rugby Championship for the Rudra Rajasingham Trophy kicked off last week with 11 teams in the fray. The teams involved include four teams from Sri Lanka Army — Colts, Keterians, Four Wings and Wagoners, while Sri Lanka Navy fields two teams — Dreadnoughts and Sea Horse. Other teams are Air Force Chipmunks, Kurunegala RFC, Police Griffins, Havelock Bambaras and CH Kabaragoyas.
In the opening week Navy Dreadnoughts, Army Colts and Police Griffins recorded wins while Navy Sea Horse received a walkover from CH Kabaragoyas. Navy Dreadnoughts beat Air Force Chipmunks by 22 points to 18, while in a home and home affair Army Colts recorded a runaway victory against Army Keterians by 73 points to nil. Police Griffins overcame Army Wagoners by 41 points to 16.
The teams are divided into two groups, ‘A’ and ‘B’ where five and six sides each are in it. Army Colts, Navy Dreadnoughts, Air Force Chipmunks, Army Keterians and Kurunegala RFC are in Group ‘A’ while the Group ‘B’ is made of Navy Sea Horse, Police Griffins, Army Four Wings, Havelock Bambaras, Army Wagoners and CH Kabaragoyas.
Five games will go into decisions this week, starting off with the clash between Army Colts and Navy Dreadnoughts at Diyagama on Tuesday. On Wednesday Kurunegala RFC will meet Air Force Chipmunks at Ratmalana, Navy Sea Horse will play host to Army Wagoners at Welisara and Police Griffins will take on Army Four Wings at Police Park. On Friday CH Kabaragoyas will meet Havelock Bambaras at Havelock Park while Army Keterians take the week off.