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Cup champions JKH A receiving the award from Mastercard Country Manager Sandun Hapugoda
By Shamseer Jaleel
JKH A outclassed CDB 27/0 in the final of the Cup segment event of the 52nd Mercantile Rugby Sevens 2024 at the CR & FC Grounds recently.
Pearl Beach won the Plate, Brandix won the Bowl, and Moresand accounted for the Shield.
This year’s event was well organised and played in front of a packed crowd at Longdon Place, where the cream of the national players are taking the field.
This tournament saw Mastercard as the main sponsor and was conducted under the Presidency of former Trinity flanker Mercantile Rugby Football Association (MRFA) President Dinushka Jayatissa and his hardworking committee.
Quarter-finals
MAS A beat NTB 41/7, Ceylinco beat Mercantile Investments 17/14, Moresand beat Foresight 29/5, HNB beat Commercial Credit 36/7
Semi-finals
Moresand beat MAS A 19/17, Ceylinco Insurance beat HNB 17/5
Final
Moresand beat Ceylinco 21/5
Ladies
Tag Rugby final
Citizens Development Bank beat Sampath Bank 2/1
Bowl final
Brandix beat JKH B 28/10
Plate final
Pearl Beach beat Sampath Bank 39/12
Cup
Semi-finals
JKH A beat Sampath Bank 29/0, Citizens Development Bank beat Pearls Hotel 21/17
Final
JKH A beat CDB 27/0
