Army ‘A’ dethrone Navy ‘A’ to be crowned Women’s Sevens Champs

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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: 

 

Team 1

Score

Team 2

 
 

Rathgama RFC

10

10

Sabaragamuwa RFC

 
 

Navy ‘B’

48

0

Development

 
 

Rathgama Tigresses

0

20

Uva Hornets

 
 

Navy ‘A’

46

0

Sabaragamuwa RFC

 
 

Air Force

51

0

Development

 
 

Army ‘B’

20

0

Nugawela RFC

 
 

Army ‘A’

60

0

Uva Hornets

 
 

Navy ‘A’

67

0

Rathgama Tigresses

 
 

Air Force

20

10

Navy ‘B’

 
 

Army ‘A’

53

0

Rathgama Tigresses

 

Shield Semi 1

Rathgama RFC Bye

 

Shield Semi 2

Sabaragamuwa RFC

0

5

Rathgama Tigresses

 

Cup Qtr 1

Air Force

54

0

Uva Hornets

 

Cup Qtr 2

Navy ‘A’

52

o

Nugawela RFC

 

Cup Qtr 3

Army ‘A’

36

0

Navy ‘B’

 

Cup Qtr 4

Army ‘B’

10

0

Sabaragamuwa RFC

 

Bowl Semi 1

Uva Hornets

5

5

Nugawela RFC

Decided on Coin toss

Bowl Semi 2

Navy ‘B’

7

0

Army ‘B’

 

Cup Semi 1

Air Force

0

17

Navy ‘A’

 

Cup Semi 2

Army ‘A’

55

0

Sabaragamuwa RFC

 

 

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’)