Magnificent fight back by sailors at Welisara:
Navy humbles defending champs Kandy Sports Club
Havies beat CR after five years in a thriller at
Longden Place:
Sri Lanka Navy hit back with a vengeance to
avenge their first round defeat at the hands of Kandy SC when they
beat a strong Kandy outfit by 29 points (1 goal, 2 tries and 4
penalties) to 25 (3 tries, 1 goal, 1 penalty) win in a Caltex League
second round match played at Welisara yesterday. Kandy SC could not
live upto expectation in the initial half of the game due to the
attacking brand of rugby produced by the Sailors. The Sailors’
forwards and the back division combined well to give them a useful
18-8 lead at the breather.
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Show has given cricket a forward push
So many experts have aired their views, time and
again of the Sunday Observer/Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year
show and I like to join them and tell one and all that it a show
never to be missed. Millions have been spent and Sunday Observer and
Mobitel have combined very effectively to make this show a great
success. It is a much looked forward to event by the schoolboy
cricketers in this country.
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Observer - Caltex Rugby Contests:
Navy’s Dev Anand takes lead
Navy SC full back Dev Anand took the lead from
Kandy SC’s fly-half Fazil Marija at the end of count number 7 of the
Sunday Observer-Caltex Most Popular Rugby Player and the Most
Popular Rugby Team Competition 2011. Navy’s popular fullback Anand
polled in 16,374 votes 1,305 more votes than Marija (15,069) to
secure the number one position.
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