41st Mercantile Rugby 7s kicks off this weekend

Forty four teams from  39 firms have confirmed their participation for the  41st  Mercantile  Rugby “7’s,”  conducted by the Mercantile Rugby Football Association  and sponsored by Dialog  for the  ninth successive  year, to be  held  on 18, 19 and 20 November at the  CR & FC  grounds, Longdon  Place , Colombo 7.

The 10  teams making their debut  will be  Nation Lanka,  Expo Lanka , Mobitel,  Commercial Leasing,  Nations Trust Bank ,  Odel, Colombo Telecom,  Jabin  Consultants,  Rainco and  LB  Finance.

The 10 teams drawn into  the Cup are  MAS Holdings “A”  (2010 winner) , John Keells  “A”  (2010 runners-up) and John Keells  “B”,  Sampath Bank,  Dialog “A”, HSBC “A”,  Commercial  Bank,  Commercial Credit “A”,  Access Group  and debutants, Nations Lanka.

The rest are,  MAS Holdings “B”, Janashakthi Insurance,  Amana Takaful,  Suntel,  Hirdaramani Group, Dialog  “B”,  HSBC “B”,  Seylan Bank,  Metropolitan Group,  Standard  Chartered,  Softligic  Holdings,  Virtusa Corp.,  Ceylinco Insurance,  Sri Lanka Insurance, NDB Bank, PABC Bank,  Ceylon Tea Brokers,  Commercial Credit  “B”,  Lanka Bell,  Tri Star Apparel,  Hayleys Group,   Smart Shirts,  Hemas Group,  Ceylon Tobacco and Entrust.