HAVIES THROUGH TO THE CLIFFORD CUP SEMI’S

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Category: Caltex Club Rugby

Published on Saturday, 03 September 2011 13:49

Written by Saabir Cader

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Caltex Clifford cup knock out tournament kicked off yesterday (02) at the Royal Sports Complex between Havelocks and Soldiers

Half time score Havelocks 5 – Army 6

Full time score 24 to 6 to Havelocks

Havie’s fought hard in the second half to a comfortable victory despite the soldiers leading in the first half 6 – 5 with two penalties from the boot of their fullback Harischandra Jayalal, However the score remained same till the 80th minute of play for the soldiers.

Havelocks could score only one try in the first half when opened scoring in the 16th minute of play from a blind side move;  a quick break from the Samoan No. 8 Angsta where he simply drew the army defence and passed to the flying wing Ruchira Ratnage who sprinted almost 60metres to score in the corner Amjad Buksh missed the conversion.

Havie’s had few more chances but there was school boy handling errors between full back Sajit Bandara and the try scorer Ruchira Ratnage.

Soldiers defended very hard in the first half to keep the Havies with just 5points, but thanks to the fullback Jayalal who put a 35m penalty though he missed a 45m one soon after his first points, nevertheless he added three more points before the halftime to take the lead 6 to 5 in favour of Army.

It was a bit of harsh call by the referee D Nimal on the Army center Alu Alu to send him to the sin bin just before half time yet the soldiers defended very well with 14men in the team to keep the Havies on 5points.

It was all Havelocks after the lemons. There were some cardinal errors but the referee let the both sides play advantage as Havies lock Asela Dissanayake sprints through the army diffence to score the second try which was converted by the former national player Amjad Buksh.  Sooner after the second try Army hooker Asoka Jayalal was sin- binned for tackling not being 10m on the quick penalty cleverly taken by Buksh.

Young Tongan centre Paula, steps through the army defence and passes long to Chandana Vithanage who scored the third try in the corner, once again the conversion was missed by Buksh. As the Havelocks score increased army showed  lack of interest to defend, a missed tackle by Kapila Knowton led Angsta to score under the post and to move the score board for a comfortable margin. This time Bucks cleared it easy under the post.

Despite poor defence in the second half, soldiers came strong in attacking the Havies territory Ethika moala the Army no 8 breaks in the scrum runs 40m but he couldn’t control the ball as he passed forward to Saliya, 10 minutes to go to the final whistle Soldiers sent two chances a begging as they knocked on 5 metres away from the try line and an obstruction on taking a quick penalty just 10M away from the scoring line.

However, it was a well deserved win to the Havelocks and they will play in the semi finals next week.

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