Kandy maintain winning streak and unbeaten record in league

Kandy maintain winning streak and unbeaten record in league

By Shamzeer Jaleel

Kandy SC 41 points

CR & FC 30 points

Unbeaten and defending league and Clifford Cup champions, Kandy Sports Club continued their winning form in the league when they beat CR & FC by 41 points (5 tries, 5 conversions, 2 penalties) to 30 points (3 tries, 5 penalties) win at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium yesterday.

At the short breather the scores were deadlocked  at 14 a-piece.

The game was fought out with the CR & FC forwards holding the edge in the initial stages of the game. In three quarter play Kandy was far superior. Shehan Pathirana stood out for Kandy with some powerful runs while he was well supported by forward, Yakoob Ali. For CR Joel Perera led from the front with ample support coming in from rock solid and hard, Omalka Gunaratne. In three quarter play it was Tharinda Ratwatte who nicely controlled the game for the Red Shirts from fly half%u2019s  position. He red the game well and his presence for the Red Shirts was a bonus. 

Kevin Dixon while on attack dummied his way through with some powerful runs but lacked support to finish it off with a try scoring move. For Kandy Nigel Ratwatte, Dhanushka Ranjan and ever reliable Thilina Wijesinghe stood out with some fantastic kick at goal with one hundred percent accuracy. Buwanka Udangamuwa led from the front in forwards play with some unstoppable moves for the Up Country lads.

Kandy SC drew first blood in the 5^th minute of the game through Shehan Pathirana try. It was goaled by Thilina  Wijesinghe. CR took the lead through two Tharinda Ratwatte penalties. Red Shirts went in to further lead when Joel Perera broke free with a dandy try.  Another Tharinda Ratwatte penalty took the CR in to a 14/7 lead but Kandy hit back through their powerful number 8, Buwanka Udangamuwa who handed off more than three CR players to touch down under the posts. Thilina Wijesinghe added the extras to take the short breather at 14 a-piece.

After the turn around Kandy scored through Ganuka Dissanayake, Dhanushka Ranjan and Shashika Jayawardena. Thilina Wijesinghe converted all three of them plus put over the last penalty of the game while for CR Chamod Fernando and Reeza Rafaideen touched down. Tharinda Ratwatte added two penalties for the Red Shirts.

Referee Dinka Peiris

Now there are only two teams remain unbeaten, that is Kandy SC and Havies

Kandy will host CH & FC at Nittawela on December 9.