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Kandy outclass Police

What are you looking at?, seems to ask this expatriate rugby player from Kandy during their game against Police at Police Park yesterday. Kandy won the game 37-13. Pic by Ishara S. Kodikara.

By Shamseer Jaleel
Kandy 37
Police 13
Kandy SC kicked off the second round of the Caltex "A" Division cup in style when they out classed the cops by 37 (2 Goals, 4 Tries, 1 Penalty) to 13 (1 Goal, 2 Penalties) yesterday at Police Park. At lemons the score was 13 points each.

Police SC showed excellent form as they took a clear lead in the first 20 minutes of the game. The side from Kandy were unsettled with some threatening moves. But in the second half the fitness of Kandy SC was superior as they ran down four tries of which Dhanushka Pushpakumara scored three. The game got off to a hectic pace in the first half, where two of the Police players and one player from the Kandy SC were sent to sin bin.

Police SC opened scoring in the 10th minute of the game when Dhanushka intercepted a long pass by Kandy SC ran almost 80 meters to score under the post which was converted by Dissanayake. With police playing attacking rugby they stormed into Kandy territory and were awarded with a penalty, which was converted by Dissanayake to give Police SC, a shocking 10 - 0 lead.

Kandy SC came back as Pushpakumara and Hettiarachchi touched down in quick time but the conversions were missed by Amjad Bucks with five minutes in to lemons. Hettiarachchi kicked a 30 meter penalty to level the scores. In the second half Kandy SC, playing attacking open rugby, crossed the Police line no less than four times with Pushpakumara scoring three of them and lightning pace of Indrajith Bandaranayake paving the way for a solitary try. Nalaka Weerakody who played only in the second half along with Indrajith Bandaranayake converted two of the tries. Both of them who have been playing for Kandy SC from 1990 were in cracking form..
Referee - Shamrath Fernando

Lanka rugby squad
By Rizwan Mihraj
The following players have been requested to attend pool practices in preparation for the Sri Lanka Vs Hong Kong Group A rugby match. A final pool of 32 would be retained from this squad and the selectors will name the 32 after two practice pool games. Prop Forwards:1. Saranath Hettiarachchi ( Kandy) 2. Geeve Galgamuwa (Kandy)3. Ekanayake (Havelocks), 4. Mohamed Hassan (Havelocks), 5. L. Boteju (CR & FC),6. Shamel Mohamed (CR & FC) 7. Abeysooriya (CR), 8. Shantha Rohana (Police)9. J. Ranaweera (CH).

Second Row: 1. Pradeep Basanayake (Kandy SC),2. Niranjan Ranasinghe: (Kandy) 3. Sumedha Jayasinghe (CR) 4. Thalagampola (CR),5. Senaka Bandara (CH) 6. Wilson (Police) 7. Sithara Fernando (Army).

No 8: 1. D. Lewke(CH), 2. Sarantha de Saram (CR). 3. S. Boteju (Havelocks) 4. Malawena (Navy) 5. Pulendran (Army).

Flankers: 1. Selvam (Kandy) 2. Shaun (Kandy),3. Nawaz (CR), 4. Dilanka Wijesekera (CH) 5. Berty Jayasekera (CH).6. Karunathilake (Army). 7. T. D. Herath (Police).

Scrum Half: 1. Nilufer Ibrahim (Army), 2. Milinda Jayasinghe (CH), 3. Zulki Hamid (CR), 4. Amjad Buksh (Kandy), 5. Sudath Sampath ( Police).

Centres: 1. Indrajith Bandaranayake (Kandy), 2. Chamera Withanage (Kandy), 3. Pradeep Liyanage (Kandy), 4. Rajitha Jayasundera (Royal), 5. B. D. N. Fernando (Police), 6. H. Kaluarachchi (CR), 7. Dilan Abeygunawardena (CR), 8. Saranga Jayakody (CH).

Wings Threes: 1. U. Pushpakumar (Kandy) 2. Randhika Hettiarachchi (Kandy), 3. Lakela Perera (Havelocks), 4. P. Fernando (Army), 5. Wajira Jayathilake (Army), 6. Z. Halim Deen (CR), 7. K. Musafer (CR), 8. Laxman Dissanayake (Royal), 9. Denash Kumara (CH)

Hookers: 1. Anuranga Walpola (CR), 2. Sameera de Silva (CH), 3. Udayakumar (Army)

Full Back: 1. Nalaka Weerakoddy (Kandy), 2. Asanga Rodrigo (CR), 3. T. A. Silva (Army), 4. Lalindha Rodrigo (Havelocks).

Stand Off: 1. Sajith Malikarachchi (Kandy), 2. Kapila Knowlton (Army), 3. Dinuka Wijesinghe (CH), 4. Harsha Wijeweera (Police).

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