Rugby: Division ‘B’ Tournament on the road with 45 games

Air Force Chipmunks will take on Army Griffins in the curtain raiser game of the Dialog Division ‘B’ Inter-Club Rugby League Championship played for the Rudra Rajasingham Trophy. The match will kick off at 4.00pm on at Ratmalana on Tuesday (8).

The tournament which consists of a total of 45 games will proceed with game between last season’s runners-up Navy Dreadnoughts taking on Kurunegala RFC at Welisara on Wednesday (9) where another game is billed between two strong outfits Army Colts and Havelock Bambaras at Diyagama. 

Defending Division ‘B’ League title holders Army Blues will take on Army Four Wings in a home vs home affair at Panagoda on Thursday (10) followed by the final match for the week on Friday between Army Wagoners and Army Keterians at Anuradhapura. 

The Division ‘B’ League Tournament, played among ten second string teams is set to run along nine weekends with the final day set for February 11. 

Army itself fields five teams, namely defending champs Blues, Colts, Wagoners, Keterians and bottom seed Four Wings. 

Navy Dreadnoughts became last year’s second overall best team while ranked fifth is Air Force Chipmunks. Havelocks Bambaras comes in to the competition with the placing of eighth while at nine is Kurunegala RFC. 

Last season top teams fielded their second string sides but pulled out midway without notification. 

Eventually Army Blues went on to win the title where Kandy ‘B’ was recording smashing wins but withdrew their team halfway from the competition. 

Well known teams featuring in the top division such as CR&FC and CH&FC are the other two teams to have successful seasons in the Division ‘B’ with their sides famously known Bees and Kabaragoyas respectively.