Kandy in smashing 62-6 win over Police

By Ranjan Anandappa

Kandy Sports Club went on a try scoring spree to the tune of 62 points (6 goals and 4 tries) to 6 points (One goal and a drop goal) against Police SC in their Dialog 'A' Division League rugby encounter at Police Park yesterday.

The law enforcement officers could not stop the marauding Kandyans who scored almost at will with their powerful brand of play as their forwards and the back division formed a lethal combination to drive the Policemen into submission.

It was Police who opened scoring early in the first half through a penalty, but Kandy struck back with their speedy three quarters in rapid succession. Kandy displayed their superior quality of supportive play. In most of their moves there was always someone at hand to continue the move once a player was tackled.

Full back Thilina Wijesinghe opened scoring for the Kandy side when he picked a gap and sped through to score. New Zealander Filifa'atanu gave the them the extra points.

Kandy SC went on to plant four more tries in the first half which one was goalled. Anurudha Willwara , scrum half Roshan Weeraratne and his brother centre Gayan Weeraratne put the Kandy side on a strong footing with the score reading 29-3 at the breather.

On resumption Kandy SC went on to score five more tries when Roshan Kalhara crashed through to touch down and Filifa'atanu added the extra points. After police's Lahiru Gurusinghe dropping a kick, Kandy's Roshan and Gayan Weeraratne combined well to send over Lavanga Perera to score. Thereafter Fazil Marija who also scored a try in the first half ,Uchita Jayasuriya and Richmond Dharmapala scored for the winners.