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Army Hosted Dialog Rugby Season Kicked Off at Havelock Ground

The first round of the Dialog Rugby Season 2018/19, hosted by the Sri Lanka Army Sports Board and the Army Rugby Committee kicked off this evening (9) at Havelock Park grounds where the Army Ruggerites encountered their rivals in the Havelock Sports Club.

Friday’s (9) opening tussle gave a dazzling win to the Havelock Sports Club team. The score board stood at 23 - 12.

This year’s tournament, competed by 8 Rugby clubs including the Army one will continue until the end of December. The Army team includes Lance Corporal P. M. U. C Abeyrathna from Sri Lanka Armourd Corps (SLAC) who plays as the captain of the team. He would be the flanker in the game and Corporal R. M Rizvi of Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) plays as the vice captain cum Scrum half in the game.

This season’s Army Rugby team received a stimulus since two foreign players from Fiji islands have also joined as Forwards and Back Center players.

Under the supervision of Major General Sathyapriya Liyanage, Chairman Army Rugby Committee, Mr Nihal Gunarathne coached the Army Rugby players in the past couple of months.

The usual 14-week league will have two more rounds with a semifinal and final to decide the winners of the Cup and Plate. The two-round league tournament this year has a new addition that will see a knockout round with the top four teams competing for the Cup while the bottom four would contest for the Plate title.

The 1st round of matches will be carried out from 9 November to 23 December 2018 while the 2nd round will be worked off from 4 January to 17 February 2019. The final super round will start from 22 February 2019 and finish on 3 March with the all-important Cup final.

Major General Sathyapriya Liyanage, Chairman Army Rugby Committee and Senior Officers, Other Rankers and Rugby fans gathered to witness the inaugural match.

Schedule for matches is as follows:

18 November 2018 - SL Army Team vs Air Force Team at Air Force Ground Ratmalana (1600 hrs)

24 November 2018 - SL Army Team vs Kandy Rugby Club at Air Force Ground Ratmalana (1600 hrs) host by Sri Lanka Army

1 December 2018 - SL Army Team vs CH & FC Rugby Sports Club at Police Park, Colombo (1600 hrs) host by Sri Lanka Army

7 December 2018 SL Army Team vs SL Navy team at Air Force Ground Ratmalana (1600 hrs) host by Sri Lanka Army

15 December 2018 SL Army Team vs Police team at Police Park, Colombo (1600 hrs)

21 December 2018 SL Army Team vs CR & FC Rugby club at Air Force Ground Ratmalana (1600 hrs) host by Sri Lanka ArmyRunning sport media | New Releases Nike