Nigel Ratwatte takes over lead from Liyanage

RUGBY: CR&FC’s promising fly-half Nigel Ratwatte took over the lead from Kandy SC’s Pradeep Liyanage, polling 3,127 votes at the Caltex/Sunday Observer Most Popular Rugger Player and Most Popular Rugger Club competition 2010 at the end of count number 11.

Navy moved up to number three slot in the team competition after their win over CR&FC to enter the final of the Clifford Cup last week.

Most Popular Ruggerite 2010: 1. Nigel Ratwatte (CR&FC) 3127. 2. Pradeep Liyanage (Kandy) 3044. 3. Vishvamithra Jayasinghe (CR&FC) 2232. 4. Chanaka Chadimal (Air Force) 1202. 5. Lakala Perera (CH&FC) 944.

Most popular Rugger Club: 1. Kandy SC 2,998. 2. CR&FC 2,872 3. Navy 2,717 4. Air Force 1,913. 5. Police 963.

There were no winners among the readers as there were no foils of a Caltex product attached to the coupons.