Army ‘A’ Beat defending champs Navy ‘A’ to be crowned Cup Champions. Rathgama RFC were crowned Shield Champs, Navy ‘B’ and the Air Force Women were crowned Bowl and Plate Champs respectively.
The Inter Club Women’s rugby Sevens was worked off at Havelocks Sports Club in Colombo as 11 Teams took part in this year’s tournament.
In the Shield final, Rathgama RFC beat Rathgama Tigresses 20 nil. Navy B immerged victorious as they handsomely beat Nugawela RFC 32 nil in the Bowl final while Air Force absolutely thumped Sabaragamuwa RFC by 53 unanswered points as they won the Plate championship.
Other Results of the day:
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Team 1 |
Score |
Team 2 |
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Rathgama RFC |
10 |
10 |
Sabaragamuwa RFC |
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Navy ‘B’ |
48 |
0 |
Development |
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Rathgama Tigresses |
0 |
20 |
Uva Hornets |
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Navy ‘A’ |
46 |
0 |
Sabaragamuwa RFC |
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Air Force |
51 |
0 |
Development |
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Army ‘B’ |
20 |
0 |
Nugawela RFC |
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Army ‘A’ |
60 |
0 |
Uva Hornets |
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Navy ‘A’ |
67 |
0 |
Rathgama Tigresses |
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Air Force |
20 |
10 |
Navy ‘B’ |
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Army ‘A’ |
53 |
0 |
Rathgama Tigresses |
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Shield Semi 1 |
Rathgama RFC Bye |
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Shield Semi 2 |
Sabaragamuwa RFC |
0 |
5 |
Rathgama Tigresses |
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Cup Qtr 1 |
Air Force |
54 |
0 |
Uva Hornets |
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Cup Qtr 2 |
Navy ‘A’ |
52 |
o |
Nugawela RFC |
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Cup Qtr 3 |
Army ‘A’ |
36 |
0 |
Navy ‘B’ |
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Cup Qtr 4 |
Army ‘B’ |
10 |
0 |
Sabaragamuwa RFC |
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Bowl Semi 1 |
Uva Hornets |
5 |
5 |
Nugawela RFC |
Decided on Coin toss |
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Bowl Semi 2 |
Navy ‘B’ |
7 |
0 |
Army ‘B’ |
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Cup Semi 1 |
Air Force |
0 |
17 |
Navy ‘A’ |
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Cup Semi 2 |
Army ‘A’ |
55 |
0 |
Sabaragamuwa RFC |
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In the closely contested cup final Army ‘A’ fought their way back after trailing, to make a remarkable come-back to win the Cup segment.
Thanuja Weerakkody opened the scoring for Navy ‘A’ as she glided passed the Army ‘A’ defense to score in the final. Navy ‘A’ was applying good pressure on the Army team but they failed to turn pressure into points. Right on the stroke of half time Weerasinghe scored for Army and so there was nothing to separate the teams at the half time break. (Army ‘A’ 5-5 Navy ‘A’)
Hemakumari made a powerful run as she barged her way through to score for Navy ‘A’ as they extended their lead to 10-5 2 minutes into the second half. Army did not let the early score hinder their progress as they scored two tries in quick succession to grab the lead in the game for the first time.
With time running out, Army ‘A’ center Perry made a 80m dash as she scored in the corner and handed Army ‘A’ the win in the game and with it the Women’s Inter Club Seven’s Cup championship. (Army ‘A’ 22-10 Navy ‘A’)
