Police topple Havelocks in their own den

Dialog Rugby League 2019/20

The second week of the Dialog Rugby League kicked off in a high scoring game at Havelock Park with Police SC taking the honors in an upset win of the home team Havelocks SC 36 points to 24.
Police SC started off well to put early pressure on the home team who also had a setback when prop Charana Chamikara was given the yellow card. Police took advantage to score their 1^st try through Emosi Vunivosa near the post allowing Peiris to complete the conversion.

Leading by 07 points Police pushed the advantage to break the Havies defense to score their 2^nd try through Kasun Suranga. This time though Peiris missed the conversion to leave them at a 12 point lead.  Havies managed to pull it back a bit with a penalty by Prince Chamara in the Police 22.

Things did not go well for the home team thereafter with Police scoring 2 tries within few minutes of each other. Janith Chanaka scoring the 1^st and Sachith Silva scoring the 2^nd with the help of his brother Iroshan Silva. Janith Chandimal converted both tries making no mistake to take Police into half time 26 to 03.

Havalocks came back strongly in the 2^nd half to open scoring with a try to Shawket Lahir. Prince Chamara did well with the boot to pick up the extra 2 points. The home team use their weight to score their 2^nd try through their forwards with Abdullah Faiz going over the line. Prince Chamara converted once again to pick up the 2 points. Havies narrowing the gap still trailed by 17 points to 26.

Both teams did not get things right for a while which resulted in some lose play. But Police managed to get advantage and go over the line with a quick tap by Kasun Suranga under the post. Chandimal added the extra points to increase the gap for Police. Soon after that Police got another penalty and Chandimal made no mistake to collect 3 more points.

Havies fought till the end. In the dying moments of the game Keshan Kavinda who came in as a replacement winger went over the line for Prince Chamara to add the extra points. At the final whistle Police SC lead 36 points to 24. With this win Police gave certainly proved they are a team to be looked at in this year’s Dialog Rugby League.

Score at Full Time:

Police SC - 36 (5 Tries, 4 Conversions, 1 Penalty) / Havelocks SC - 24 (3 Tries, 3 Conversions, 1 Penalty)