It will be a close battle for supremacy when CR & FC lock horns with arch rivals Havelock Sports Club in the super round of the Dialog ‘A’ Division inter club league rugby tournament match at Havelock Park, kick off will be at 4.00 pm today.
Going by how the two teams fared this season, Havies have a slight edge of pulling this game through as they beat Kandy sports club last week by 28-26 at Havelock Park after a close game and this makes the event a thrilling tussle.
The lads from Longden Place won their last match against eighth and last placed Air Force Sports Club by 36-26 last week at Air Force grounds in Ratmalana.
Red shirts will have a clear advantage when it comes to the two hookers where experienced former Royal College number eight Supun Warnakulasooriya will strike it very much faster and will be the man to watch in the loose play than his former college junior player in Havies young hooker Azmeer Fajudeen.
Rugby fans will be highly interested in how CR & FC and national centre Rehan Silva will play against his younger brother Randy Silva (Havies) as both will be marking each other playing at number 12.
The Park Club boys with the presence of a sturdy set of forwards who are capable of pulling the game in their favour will have to play a vital role in today's game and if the speedy three quarter line of the CR and FC spearheaded by their play maker cum vice captain Tharinda Ratwate and
the present national winger and red shirts captain Kavindhu Perera delivers the goods, then it will be a daunting task for the Havelocks team to counter attack to make a much needed victory as they are having a very young inexperienced three quarter line this year due to injuries.
CR & FC (Probable XV): Udara Gayan, Supun Warnakulasooriya, Hafiz Adahan, Gayan Jayamanna, Charana Chamikara, Joel Perera, Shemal Weerasekara, Omalka Gunaratne, Harith Bandara and Tharinda Ratwatte or Stevan Sivaraj, Gamunu Chethiya, Kavindu Perera (Captain), Rehan Silva, Janindu Dilshan, Kevin Dixon
Havelock SC (Probable XV): Dushmantha Priyadarshana, Azmeer Fajudeen, Rahal Delpachithra or Liston Flatney, Umesh Madushan, Sharo Fernando, Shenal Deelaka, Sithum Peiris or Shawqat Lahir , Lasindu Ishan Karunathilake, Vimukthi Rahula or Mithun Hapugoda and Niroshan Fernando (Captain) or Sandesh Jayawickrema, Chamara Dabare, Randy Silva, Theekshana Dassanayake, Sandun Herath, Reeza Mubarak. Referee: Charlie Brown (Singapore)
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