Clifford Cup Inter Club Rugby Tournament 2024

CH Havelocks and CR Rugby qualify for the semi-finals.

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C.H. made it to the decisive semi-finals of the 'Cliffard' Challenge Cup' inter-club knock-out rugby football tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Federation. & F.C., Police, Havelocks Club and C.R. & F.C. The club seized the opportunity.
Accordingly, in the semi-final round, C.R. Police will compete against the team tomorrow (05) and on Wednesday (06) CH will play against the Havelocks team. The team is going to fight. C.R. who managed to win the league championship this year. The team qualified for the semi-finals without a fight and the police were able to defeat the Air Force by a margin of 02 points. Meanwhile, the season ended in a comfortable 55 - 05 victory against Dinavika Army Havelocks managed to experience. Havelocks team was able to raise the scoreboard by scoring 05 goals and 04 tries. Asmir Fajudin, Dinupa Seneviratne, Jayathu Rajaratne, Mohammad Rifan, Ganindu Lakshan, Oliver Buckley, Senal Dilaka Silva, Udara Jayapala and Ravin Fernando scored a try each. 04 of its conversions are successful with the feet of Janith Chandimal and Sandesh Jayawickrama was able to direct one conversion between the opposing goalposts during the season.
Stefan Gregory scored the only try for Navy.
In the fourth semi-final match held on Saturday (01), CH players were able to record a victory of 35 - 27 points after facing the challenge from the Army.
At the end of the first half, CH took the lead by 15 - 12 points. The team was able to. It was also noticeable that the heat of the match became more intense due to the combativeness of the players of both sides.
C. H. The team managed to win a penalty kick with a penalty goal and 05 tries and the defeated army raised their scoreboard with 02 goals, 02 tries and one penalty kick. Dinesh Lakshan, Chatumina Rajasinghe, Nirosh Perera, Thiksha Dasanayake, Dushmantha Priyadarshana CH. Scored a try each for the team and Hirusha Netmina successfully converted the penalty kick.
Lasantha Kumar (02), Janith Premajayantha (01) and Sudharaka Dikkumbura (01) who stood out for the Army scored a try each and Ashan Bandara was able to direct a penalty kick and 02 conversions between the opposing goalposts.