With less than a week to go for the second leg of the Dialog Inter Club 7’s, Havelock Sports Club has withdrawn from the competition citing injury issues to their players.
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This move comes after Kandy Sports Club, who communicated that they will be also not be playing the second leg after their 1st leg triumph.
Havelock Sports Club, the runners-up from last year had a rather early exit from the Inter-Club 7’s this year with the team losing out to Police SC in the cup quarterfinals. This was an early exit for the Park Club and the team was later defeated by the Navy ‘A’ side in the Plate semifinals.
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Playing for pride in the 7th and 8th playoff, it was insult to injury when the team lost to Navy ‘B’ 17-22 to finally finish 8th in the overall standings.
Speaking to ThePapare, the Havelock SC management added that they will not be taking part in the second leg.
“Our players have sustained injuries and we will not be taking part in the second leg because we don’t want our players to risk further getting injured”
Havelock Sports Club was the runners-up of the Dialog Rugby League 2016/17 behind Kandy but the latest developments in the transfer arena have seen a majority of the Havelock players finding fresh contracts in other clubs.
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The absence of Havelock SC will nevertheless be a loss in terms of the competitiveness to the competition.
