After an action-packed two days at the CR and FC Grounds, Link Natural emerged Cup Champions at the 53rd Mastercard Mercantile Rugby 7s Tournament 2025 worked off on the 12th and 13th of September 2025.
The Tournament was held under four segments; Cup, Plate, Bowl, Shield
Cup Segment
This segment featured the teams that had more than 3 club rugby players. After two thrilling days, this is how it went down.
- Champions – Link Natural
- Runners up – Pearl Beach Paradise
The results of the Cup Segment were as follows,
Group A
- Link Natural 24 – 12 Pearl Beach Paradise
- Pearl Beach Paradise 24 – 24 John Keells Holdings
- Link Natural 21 – 00 John Keells Holdings
Group B
- Hayleys PLC 00 – 33 CDB
- Sampath Bank 34 – 21 Hayleys PLC
- Sampath Bank 14 – 29 CDB
Semi Finals
- Link Natural 32 – 00 Sampath Bank
- CDB 14 – 26 Pearl Beach Paradise
Finals
- Link Natural 33 – 14 Pearl Beach Paradise
Plate Segment
This segment featured the loosers of the Cup Semi Finals, and the teams that didn’t make it out of the group stage in the cup segment.
- Champions – John Keells Holdings
- Runners up – CDB
The results of the Plate Segment were as follows,
Semi Finals
- Sampath Bank 12 – 33 John Keells Holdings
- CDB 14 – 12 Hayleys PLC
Finals
John Keells Holdings 26 – 10 CDB
Bowl Segment
This Segment featured teams that fielded 3 club players.
- Champions – Seylan Bank
- Runners up – Ceylinco VIP Insurance
The results of the Bowl Segment were as follows,
Group C
Cargills Bank 05-31Ceylinco VIP Insurance
HNB 15-22 Seylan Bank
Cargills Bank 00-59 HNB
Ceylinco VIP Insurance 12-28 Seylan Bank
Ceylinco VIP Insurance 07-19 HNB
Cargills Bank 05-42 Seylan Bank
Semi Finals
Seylan Bank 33-10 Cargills Bank
HNB 14-17 Ceylinco VIP Insurance
Finals
Seylan Bank 33 – 00 Ceylinco VIP Insurance
Shield Segment
This Segment featured teams that featured less than 3 club players.
Champions – MAS Holidings
Runners up – Commercial Credit
The results of the Shield Segment were as follows,
Group D
- Hemas Holdings 10-17 NDB Bank
- Commercial Credit 57-00 Commercial Bank
- Hemas Holdings 00-43 MAS Holdings
- NDB Bank 00-31 Commercial Credit
- Hemas Holdings 31-00 Commercial Bank
- NDB Bank 00-44 MAS Holdings
- NDB Bank 25-05 Commercial Bank
- Commercial Credit 21-19 MAS Holdings
- Hemas Holdings 00-62 Commercial Credit
- Commercial Bank 00-26 MAS Holdings
Group E
- Foresight Engineering 19-21AIA Insurance
- NTB 07-26 Moresand
- Foresight Engineering 43-00 LOLC
- AIA Insurance 00-17 NTB
- Foresight Engineering 12-29 Moresand
- AIA Insurance 24-10 LOLC
- AIA Insurance 12-22 Moresand
- NTB 29-05 LOLC
- Foresight Engineering 07-14 NTB
- Moresand 38-00 LOLC
Quarter Finals
- Commercial Credit BYE
- MAS Holdings 19-00 Foresight
- NDB 05-34 AIA Insurance
- Hemas Holdings 00-39 NTB
Semi Finals
- Commercial Credit 31-00 AIA Insurance
- MAS Holdings 12-05 NTB
Finals
Commercial Credit 14 – 30 MAS Holdings
The highest individual award, ‘Player of the Tournament’ was awarded to Srinath Sooriyabandara (Link Natural)
