Sri Lanka ruggerites in two smashing wins over UAE and Thailand

The Sri Lanka sevens rugby team came up with another superb performance to win both matches of pool ‘C’ on the first day of the third leg of the HSBC Asian sevens circuit which began at the Gymtihens Club grounds, Mumbai India yesterday.

They began their campaign with a smashing 55 points (five goals, four tries) to 5 (one try) win against United Arab Emirates after leading 38-0 at the breather.

Skipper Fazil Marija (one), Chula Susantha (two) Sandun Herath (two), Srinath Sooriyabandara (one), Mithun Hapugoda (one), Shehan Pathirana (one) and Sajith Saranga (one) scored the tries for Sri Lanka with skipper Fazil Marja adding the extra points to five tries.

In their second game the Lankans scored a convincing 28 points (four goals) to 5 (one try) win over Asia's fifth ranked team Thailand after leading 7-5 at ‘Lemons'.

Sri Lanka scored through Srinath Sooriyabandara early in the game which was converted by Fazil Marija to give them a 7-5 lead and went into take control of the game by scoring three more tries in the second half through Sajith Saranga (one), Dinusha Chathuranga (one) and Mithun Hapugoda (one) with Fazil Marija converting all three tries.

Sri Lanka will meet Philippines in the Cup Championship quarter-final at 11.20 am today.