Lanka sevens team lose both matches

The Sri Lanka sevens team lost both matches on the first day of the Shanghai Rugby sevens in Shanghai, China yesterday. Confronting Korea in their first match the Sri Lankans went down fighting by 12 points (one goal, one try) to 17 (one goal, two tries) after the scores read five-all at half time.

Dinusha Chathuranga and Srinath Sooriyabandara scored the tries for Sri Lanka. In the second game Sri Lanka were trounced by Hong Kong by 36 points (three goals, three tries) to 7 (one goal) with Dinusha Chathuranga scoring the solitary try for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka will play two more matches today in their group in this 10-nation tourney in which Asian heavyweights Japan and Kazakhstan are not taking part.