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Lanka pick chinks in Chinese armour  

It was a game riddled with unforced errors and of two halves. Sri Lanka thumped China by 26 points (3 goals and 1 try) to 10 (1 goal and 1 penalty) in the lung opener of the final Singer Rugby Asiad played at Longden Place yesterday.

 
Kazakhstan flash a warning

Kazakhstan flashed a warning to the other teams in the Singer Rugby Asiad when they crushed Thailand 69-21 at the Royal Complex yesterday. Kazakhstan used their superior weight and speed to great advantage to collect their points through 7 goals and 4 tries. The Thais who impressed earlier with their ferret like play, managed only a goal, two tries and a penalty.

 
TOUGH! That’s why we are here
With only a few days to go for the first test in Brisbane and with a satisfactory outing against the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI last week, our preparations are now in full gear as we play a full strength Queensland side at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
 
Governance in sport
I just kept on thinking of that Dolly Parton favourite ‘the coat of many colours’. At that moment I could not think of the significance of a thought of that nature because I am not a great lover of that particular number. Then when I went through the morning papers I saw the connection with the headline “Three rugby selectors resign to protest Minister’s interference”. It is indeed a sad irony but a looming truth.
 

Jayasuriya flop brings the hiccups
 
 
 
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