Army Sports Club who were down 12-22 at half time carried out a sensational brand of rugby under their head coach Nilfer Ibrahim that enabled them to come from behind and snatch a hard fought 33 points (5 tries, 4 conversions) to 32 (4 tries, 3 conversions, 2 penalties) win over fighting Air Force SC in their Dialog ‘A’ Division inter-club league rugby first round final match played at Race Course grounds yesterday.
Air Force staged a spirited performance in the first half where they stunned everyone who was present at the grounds to lead at half time 22-12.
After the resumption Army scored three superb converted tries.
Their full back Gayan Salinda had an excellent game with the boot slotting in the four conversions.
The losing Airmen could score only a solitary converted try and a penalty in the second half which cost them the game.
Former Sri Lanka centre Charith Seneviratne was the unsung hero for Air Force where he scored 12 points in the match putting over three conversions and the two penalties.
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