Army SC Clinch Women's SAGT Rugby Sevens Title
The Army SC women's team clinched the inter
clubs Women's rugby seven a side tournament by beating the fancied Navy SC by 19 points to 10
at the Havelock SC grounds on Sunday.
The Chief Commercial Officer of
the SAGT Mr.
Ted Muttiah graced the event as the Chief Guest. Around 100 Female players participated from 08
clubs in the tournament organized by Sri Lanka Rugby.
For Sri Lanka Rugby the main objective of
this tournament was to provide more exposure to the players and also to select
the Women's National Rugby pool for the forthcoming Asian 7's series
competition.
SAGT's Chief Commercial Officer Ted
Hiran Muttiah, presiding at the event as chief guest said "Women's rugby
is the fastest growing team sport in the world today. Through SAGT's
involvement, we've seen encouraging development of Women's rugby in Sri Lanka.
Much work has been done and there is much more yet to do. Well done to Sri
Lanka rugby (SLR) and all stakeholders involved in the development of Sri Lanka
women's rugby. Let's move forward with this momentum and get more grass roots
participation in the game".
He further added, "Sri Lanka's Women's
rugby has enormous potential to feature prominently on the world stage.
Evidently we have the talent to be in the top three countries in greater Asia.
However, we need to built depth in our talent pool and SAGT is committed to
support SLR to bring the Women's rugby program to maturation"
P.Dulani of Army SC was became the
player of the tournament
Results
Cup Championship
Army
SC A 19 beat Navy SC A 10
Plate Championship
Air
force SC 20 beat Army SC B 00
Bowl Championship
CR&
FC 48 beat Sabargamuwa RFC 07
Shield Championship
Navy
Development 36 beat Southern RFC 00
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