Sri Lanka pocket Asian rugby title

Sri Lanka beat Singapore by 23 points (two goals and three penalties) to 16 (one goal and three penalties) to win the Asian Five-Nation Rugby Tournament concluded in Singapore yesterday.

It was a historic win for Sri Lanka as they survived a tense finish to secure an exciting 23-16 win in the decisive final game played at Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore under wet weather conditions.

The scores were tied six-all at lemons.

The hosts took and early lead with back to back penalties but Sri Lanka fought back to find two equaliser penalties to level the scores 6-all at half time.

Sri Lanka's only other previous tournament victory was way back in 1999 under Priyantha Ekanayake when they won the four-nation Asian tournament beating Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.