Exhilarating Rugby Sevens on the cards in June

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The Dialog Club Rugby season for 2018/19 will officially come alive in June 2018 when the Dialog Inter Club Division I tournament kicking off on the 2nd of June 2018.

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The Club Sevens tournament’s kick off has been brought forward by Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) with the Asian Games and the Asia Sevens Series coming up later in the year. The sevens tournament will be held in two legs; Division I in June and Division II in July.

Defending champions of the Inter-Club Sevens title, Navy Sports Club will find it tough this time around with League and Clifford Cup winners Kandy Sports Club also partaking in the tournament. Last year, the Kandy team did not participate.

The Navy team defeated CR & FC 21 – 17 in an exciting final to take the trophy

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In second place last year was CR & FC ‘A’ while the other semifinalists were Police SC and Air Force SC.

The Navy SC and Sri Lanka national cap Buddhima Piyarathane was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Nishon Perera of Havelock SC was the Top Try Scorer.

With a new coach at CR & FC, the Reds will be the team to watch out for this sevens tournament

The sevens tournament will be a good opportunity for the national squad to get the necessary match time ahead of the Asian Games in August while the national selectors will be eying prospective players for the development squad with the national body focusing primarily on the sevens structure.

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