Fancied teams enter Cup C’ship quarter-finals
by Jatila KARAWITA
Some of the fancied teams for the plum of Rugby Sevens in the
corporate sector such as Seylan Bank, Sampath Bank, HNB, Asia Capital
and Ceylinco ‘A’ all qualified to be featured in the Cup Championship
quarter-finals of the 38th Mercantile Rugby Sevens continued on day two
at Longden Place yesterday.
The losers of the Cup quarters will contest in the `Plate’ category
while the quarter-finalists for the segments of `Bowl’ and `Shield’ were
also found after yesterday’s line-up of matches.
Among the teams to excel on day two were Asia Capital who crushed
Amana Takaful 50-0, Powerscan who hammered NDB Bank Black 54-0, and
Hirdaramanis who dumped Virtusa also by the identical scoreline. Among
other teams to have topped the 30 point margin were Janashakthi who beat
HSBC `B’ 31-0, Commercial Bank who saw off HNB 35-5 and Suntel who got
the better of Union Bank 31-14. While the day was littered with
one-sided games with the odd close game being thrown in for good measure
there was also a drawn tie when Lanka Bell and Powerscan were featured
in a 12-all draw.
A galaxy of Sri Lanka stars were seen in action yesterday at the
Mercantile Rugby Sevens with some of the players to hog the spotlight
being Sanjeewa Jayasinghe and Sumedha Jayasinghe from Hatton National
Bank, Fazil Marija, Saliya Kumara, Pradeep Liyanage and Mohammed Sheriff
from Emjay International, Buddhika Thalagampola and Kishore Jehan
turning out for Union Bank while Radhika Hettiarachchi, Nillufer Ibrahim
and Dhanushka Pushpakumara represented Asia Capital.
The Cup quarter-final line-up - Seylan Bank vs Sampath Bank, Emjay
International vs HNB, Asia Capital vs Commercial Bank, Ceylinco ‘A’ vs
John Keells `A’.
Bowl quarter-final - Sri Lanka Insurance vs Union Bank, Suntel vs
Ceylinco `B’, Dialog `A’ vs Lanka Bell, Powerscan vs Dissanayake
Enterprises.
Shield quarter-final - Janashakthi vs E-Wise, Lanka Hospitals vs
Dialog `B’, Hirdaramanis `B’ vs Standard Bank, Metropolitan Group vs
Softlogic. |
