Sri Lanka beat United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 33-17 in the second round match of the Asian Division I Rugby Championship at Ipoh in Malaysia today (17).
The first half of the game was intensely contested by both teams but Sri Lanka managed to lead the halftime by a whisker 18-17.
Sri Lanka scored from four tries, two conversions and three penalties while UAE scored all their points -- two converted tries and a penalty -- in the first half.
Danushka Ranjan, Fazil Marija, Jason Dissanayake and Lee Keegal braced a try each while the two conversions and three penalties were put over by Thilina Wijesinghe.
For UAE Andrew Powell and Glen Moore scored a try each while Andrew Stevenson converted both tries and the penalty.
Sri Lanka will meet Malaysia on the third and final round game on Saturday (20).
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
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