Police put on a magnificent show on their home turf thrashing Havelocks 31-0 in a pool B clash on the opening day of the Warriors Rugby Sevens tournament at Police Park yesterday.
A total of 12 matches were worked off in the preliminary round with the participation of ten teams in the first inter-club rugby tournament held in the country since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
The blue-jerseyed cops narrowly edged out Army ‘Colts’ 17-15 but got into top gear when they romped past Havelocks scoring five unanswered tries.
Havelocks came into the final game after an impressive 31-0 win over Army ‘Colts’ with Randutha Warnapura touching down twice while Mithun Hapugoda scored a hat-trick of tries. But they had no answer to the Police blitzkrieg.
Army ‘A’ registered the biggest win of the day 33-0 against Air Force ‘B’ as Ashan Bandara and Tharindu Hettiarachchi scored two tries each.
Results:
CH & FC beat AirForce ‘B’ 19-10, Police beat Army Colts 17-15, Air Force beat Police Griffins 31-10, Army ‘A’ beat Air Force ‘B’ 33-0, CH & FC beat Navy ‘B’ 29-5, Havelocks beat Army Colts 31-0, Navy beat Police Griffins 30-0, Army ‘A’ beat Navy ‘B’ 21-0, Navy ‘B’ beat Air Force ‘B’ 24-21, CH & FC beat Army ‘A’ 19-10, Police beat Havelocks 31-0, Air Force ‘A’ beat Navy ‘A’ 17-0.
Quarter-final line up for the Cup:
CH & FC vs Navy ‘B’, Police vs Army Colts, Air Force ‘A’ vs Army ‘A’, Navy ‘A’ vs Havelock SC.