Access, JKH, Dialog & MAS qualify for Mercantile Cup Semis

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The second day of the 47th Mercantile Rugby 7s Tournament was worked off at the Racecourse Stadium earlier today. Access topped group A while Dialog topped group B after exciting game against John Keells which ended in a draw.

More than 45 games were played on day 02 and the majority of the games were for the Bowl and Shield segments while six games of the Cup segment was played under lights. Matches commenced at 08.00 AM with Classic Travel winning their encounter comprehensively against Janashakthi 26 points 07.  

Most of Bowl and Shield segment games were one sided encounters. This segment had 25 teams divided in to 4 groups. The top 2 teams of each group advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals and the third and fourth placed teams moved towards the shield quarterfinals. The Cup segment had 7 teams divided into 2 groups and the top two teams advanced to the semifinals with the bottom 3 teams going into the plate segment.

Two tries from Richard Dharampala guided Access to any easy victory over AMW ‘A’ 24-00. Weerarathne Brothers put on an excellent performance in their 19 points to 07 win against the up and coming Kanrich Finance outfit.

Dominant performances by Dulaj Perera and Nishon Perera helped John Keells demolish CDB ‘A’ 24 points to nil.

Tries from Srinath Suriyabandara and Richard Dharampala ensured that Access stayed unbeaten at the end of Day 02 as they defeated MAS 12 points to nil.

Kanrich Finance won a tight game against AMW ‘A’ 12 points to 05. 

The final game of the day was the most exciting and a nail-biting game as Dialog took on John Keells. At half time the score stood at 7 apiece with tries from Chamara Dabare for Dialog and Thilina Wijesinghe from JKH. John Keels scored a try through Shashanka Ariyarathne early in the second half but the game ended in a nail-biting draw as Buddima Piyarathne scored an under the post try to level scores at 14 all.

Access will face John Keells and Dialog will play MAS in their Cup semifinals tomorrow (23rd).

Results of the games played on day 02

Team 1 Score Score Team 2
Classic Travel  26 07 Janashakthi
Mercantile Investment  31 00 Virtusa
NTB 35 00 Nor Lanka
HSBC 00 19 Sri Lanka Insurance 
Hela Clothing  28 07 HDPL
Commercial Bank 19 21 AMW ‘B’
Ceylon Tobacco 05 29 CDB  ‘B’ 
Amana Bank 00 12 Commercial credit 
Prosperous Capital  05 24 Kandurata Umbrella
Fairfirst Insurance  26 05 Attune
Sampath Bank  24 00 NDB
Brandix 28 05 Ceylon Knit Trend
Classic Travel 12 19 Clovetel
Janashakthi  43 00 Nor Lanka
NTB  12 10 Mercantile Investment 
HSBC 05 10 AMW ‘B’
Hela Clothing  22 14 Sri Lanka Insurance 
Commercial Bank 12 10 HDPL
Ceylon Tobacco  00 40 Kandurata Umbrella 
Amana Bank 00 42 CDB ‘B’
Prosperous Capital  05 12 Commercial Credit 
Fairfirst Insurance  12 00 Ceylon Knit Trend
Brandix 17 00 NDB
Janashakthi  05 22 Clovetel
Nor Lanka 00 33 Virtusa
Classic Travel  21 14 Mercantile Investment 
HSBC 07 00 HDPL 
Hela Clothing  17 00 Commercial Bank 
Sri lanka Insurance 27 00 AMW ‘B’
Access 24 00 AMW ‘A’
MAS 19 07 Kanrich Finance
John Keells 24 00 CDB ‘A’
Ceylon Tobacco 12 07 Commercial credit
Amana Bank 00 38 Prosperous Capital
CDB ‘B’ 07 12 Kandurata umbrella
Fairfirst Insurance 14 00 NDB
Sampath Bank 24 00 Brandix
Janashakthi 31 00 Virtusa
NTB 07 28 Clovetel
Access 12 00 MAS
AMW ‘A’ 05 10 Kanrich Finance
Dialog 14 14 John Keels