Giant killers Navy Sports Club came from behind to level scores against CR & FC at 18 all in their Caltex Inter Club Rugby encounter at Longdon Place yesterday. CR & FC scored through 2 Tries, 1 Conversion, 2 Penalty) to Navy SC’s 3 Tries and 1 Penalty.
At the short breather it was the Home team who led by 10 points to nothing.
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| A Navy player moves forward with the ball with stiff opposition coming from two CR players – Pic by Ranjith Perera |
Both teams played far below expectations. CR & FC forwards got the better of their opposite numbers. Navy never got the chance of working their three quarters. On the other hand CR & FC nippy scrum half Srinath Sooriyabandara looked threatening with some ghosting moves. He worked the line at every given opportunity. In the forwards play for CR & FC it was Ishan Noor and Shara Fernando who were outstanding.
Navy SC who settled and re-grouped in the second half played good running rugby. In the loose Navy stood out with some lightning fast work by their forwards. Their flankers Danushka Perera and skipper and flanker Yoshitha Rajapaksa were outstanding. In three quarter movements it was Navy winger Chula Susantha who stood out with some dashing runs down the wing.
CR & FC’s full back Reza Mubarak missed two kickable penalties in the first and 14th minute of the game. Red Shirts drew first blood in the 21st minute when Reza Mubarak was on target with a kick at goal. Navy SC fly half Dev Anand missed two sitter penalties in front of the posts.On the stroke of half time CR & FC skipper and number 8 Dushantha Lewke made a daring move to score under the posts. Reza Mubarak added the extra two points.
After the turn around tries were scored for Navy SC through Bilal Hassen, Chula Susantha and Niranjan Wickramaratne. Samantha Lakshan converted one penalty for Navy. For CR & FC Prop Shehan Dimith touched down with Reza Mubarak kicking correct one penalty. Both Reza Mubarak (CR) and Dev Anand (Navy) missed three easy penalties each.
Referee Priyantha Gunaratne
Touch Judges Pradeep Fernando and Gamini Indrasena
Defending League Champion Kandy SC will host Army at Nittawela. While in Colombo CH & FC will be hosting the high riding Police SC.
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