Kandy in the limelight again...:

Sanjeeva Jayasinghe-Most Popular Ruggerite and team wins too

Rugby supporters of Kandy Sports Club put the 'icing on the cake' of their undisputed rugby champions, voting their dynamic winger Sanjeeva Jayasinghe and Kandy Sports Club as the winners of the Sunday Observer organised and Caltex Lubricant's sponsored Most Popular Ruggerite and Most Popular Rugger Team 2007 competition at the end of the final count 14.

Kandy SC has won the Caltex League Championship seven times consecutively, and were the defending champions of League and the knock-out tournaments (Clifford Cup). Kandy now plays in the President's Trophy Tournament.

In an overall low-voting competition, Sri Lanka Captain Sanjeeva Jayasinghe and the Kandy Sports Club had the fullest support from the Kandy rugger enthusiasts as votes kept on flowing in.

However, CH&FC's Sumedha Malawena who led the competition from the inception also had good support, but a flurry of votes in the penultimate stage and the final count saw Jayasinghe forging ahead without much difficulty.

The readers prize for the Most Popular Ruggerite 2007 was won by Piumi Jayatileka, 17, Kurunduwatte Lane, Welisara.

The readers prize for the Most Popular Rugger Team 2007 was won by Sajith de Silva, 23, St. Mary's Road, Mount Lavinia.

Most Popular Ruggerite 2007; 1. Sanjeeva Jayasinghe (Kandy SC) 2162. 2. Sumedha Malawena (CH&FC) 1934. 3. Nishal Meepage (Army) 472. 4. Pavithra Fernando (CR&FC) 219. 5. Dilanka Wijesekera (CH&FC) 138. 6. Sameera Silva (Kandy SC) 109.

Most Popular Rugger Team 2007; 1. Kandy Sports Club 2150. 2. CH&FC 868. 3. Army SC 469.