Second half rally helps Kandy to beat CH - 30/17
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CH and FC centre Matheesha de Silva is tackled by Kandy SC
fly-half Fazil Marija and centre Pradeep Liyanage in their
Caltex ‘A’ Division league Rugby Match played at Maitland
Crescent yesterday which Kandy SC won 30-17.
Picture by Kavindra Perera
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RUGBY: Defending champions Kandy Sports Club staged a superb
second half rally to beat CH and FC by 30 points (two goals, two tries
and two penalties) to 17 (one try, four penalties) in their Caltex ‘A’
Division League rugby match played at Maitland Crescent yesterday after
trailing 8-11 at half time to keep their unbeaten record intact.
The lads from Maitland Crescent came up with a gallant display to
rattle Kandy SC in the first half with some fierce tackling and had the
honour of taking the lead through a superb try by scrum-half Tuan
Shamrock and two penalties fired across by fly-half Omar Hassen to which
Kandy SC could reply only with a try by No. 8 Imran Bisthamin and a
penalty put over by scrum-half Saliya Kumara.
But the defending champions came up with a sterling display in the
second half helped by their power packed forwards and a dazzling display
of open rugby by their famed three-quarters to score three more tries
through centre Pradeep Liyanage (two) and lock-forward Sumedha
Jayasinghe (one) of which one was converted by scrum-half Saliya Kumara
while full-back Radhika Hettiarachchi added the extra points to another
try.
In the dying stages of the game full-back Radhika Hettiarachchi put
over a 30-metre penalty to make it 30-17 at the final whistle.
In the second half CH & FC fly-half Omar Hassen who gave a fine
display of place kicking fired across three penalties to keep them in
the game.
Asela de Silva refereed |
