Rugby: New dates for Mercantile Sevens

The Mercantile Rugby Football Association will conduct the 46th edition of its Sevens tournament on July 15, 16 and 17 at the CR and FC ground in, Longdon Place, Colombo. 

For the first time in history, a ladies tag rugby tournament will also be conducted on the same dates. 

All firms registered with MRFA are eligible to participate in the ladies tag rugby tournament. 

Entries are invited from Mercantile Firms affiliated to MRFA which can be obtained from following MRFA Committee Members. 

Mahesh Wijenayake – 0777 281071, Shanaka Fernando – 07121302311 and Mindika Jayasinghe – 0773 360031 or download the same from www.mrfasrilanka.com . 

Closing dates for entries will be 1st July 2016 at 3.00pm. 

Captains briefing will be held on June 27 at the CR and FC from 6:30pm and all the managers and captains of the participating teams are required to be present. 

The tournament draw will be held on July 8 at CR and FC. 

Last year 33 teams took part at the same venue and MAS Holdings 'A' retained the Cup Championship for the third successive year. 

Dialog Axiata 'A' won the Plate, John Keells 'B' won the Bowl and Kanrich Finance won the Shield titles.