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Army Guns Boom in Second Half to Down Navy 25-13

ARMY staved off a red hot challenge from Navy in the second half to win their Caltex A Division second round rugby game at 25-13 at Longden Place Friday (10). 

Army led 8-6 at the breather but the sailors put in all they had and for a brief period led 13-11 in the second half until the soldiers took control to win the game by two goals, 2 penalties and a try to two penalties and a goal by the sailors.

Asanga Perera and flanker G. Jayaratne and Dinesh Suranga scored the tries for Army with Kapila Knowlton doing the conversions and also putting over the penalties.

Shehan Deen scored Navy’s solitary try and the two penalties were put over by Nuwan Hettiarachchi. Referee: Aruna Jayasekera. (Courtesy: Daily Mirror)