Kandy gun down Army 

Shanushka Abeywickrema of KSC on the move

Action at CH vs Air Force

• Kandy SC46 points
• Army SC8 points

By Shamseer Jaleel at Nittawela

Defending League Champions Kandy Sports Club kicked off their 2022/2023 Inter-Club Rugby season with 46 points (8 tries, 3 conversions) to 8 Points (1 try, 1 penalty) win over the Army Sports Club in their Inter Club rugby encounter which concluded at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday.

At the short breather Kandy SC led 31/8.

Kandy started off well settling in the initial half through their speedy three-quarter line. Nigel Ratwatte, Tharinda Ratwatte. Shanushka Abeywickrema, Damith Dissanayake and Lavanga Perera all looked a yard faster and hunger to score at every given opportunity.

Meanwhile their young and mobile forwards too were up an duty not being send to their three-quarter line. They piled up 5 tries in the initial half but in the early part of second half they lost their focus a bit as their opponents were more at them than the ball. Meanwhile Army went out of option most part if the game with lack of game plan. Early second half they went for Man instead of the ball and young referee Ravin Alexander too lost his control in the later half.

Kandy SC scored their tries through Lavanga Perera (2), Kavindu Perera, Shanushka Abeywickrema, Dilan Ekanayake, Malitha Wijesooriya, Lakshitha Ranaweera and Chathura Soysa scored for Kandy while Tharinda Ratwatte had a poor day in kicking for his high standards converting only three of them.

Sudaraka Dikkumbura scored their solitary try with Chathuranga Perera putting over the penalty.

Referee Raveen Alexander

Winning start for Air Force

Sri Lanka Air Force yesterday beat CH and FC 30/22 at Ratmalana in the Nippon Paint Rugby League encounter. 

At the short breather, CH led 19/6.