Hong Kong under 19 national rugby team dished out a superb brand of open rugby where they dominated from the start to thrash hapless Sri Lankan national under 20 team 37 points (7 tries, 1 conversion) to 8 ( 1 try, 1 penalty) in their Junior Rugby Asiad first leg match at Race Course grounds in Reid Avenue yesterday. The winners were leading 22-3 at half time.
Hong Kong drew first blood in the 7th minute of play when their winger Markus Ramage scored a try off a fine three quarter move with their reliable fly half Paul Altier slotting in the conversion to go into a 7-nil lead.
In the 16th minute fly half Chathura Seneviratne fired across a 30 metre penalty to cut down the lead to 3 points to 7.
Hong Kong scored again in the 25th minute when their centre Alex Nisbet joined the line off a sweeping three quarter move and darted down to score a try. Altier missed the conversion and Hong Kong led 12-3.
Just before half time Hong Kong scored back-to-back tries in the 33rd and the 39th minutes through wingers Markus Ramage and Shun Hong Chong but surprisingly Altier missed both the conversions.
At half time Hong Kong led 22 points to 3.
Soon after the break in the 41st minute Sri Lanka cut down the lead when a fine three quarter move delivered the ball to centre Antonian Dinuk Amarasinghe who gave a timely off load to his co-centre Peterite Theekshana Dassanayaka who went through the Hong Kong defence and dived over for a superb try but Seneviratne missed the conversion. The score board read 22-8 in favour of Hong Kong.
Flanker Gregar Ramage scored again in the 44th minute after going through the entire Tuskers’ defence. Altier missed the conversion and Hong Kong led 27-8
In the 46th minute Hong Kong increased their lead when their winger Markus Ramage went over the line for his third try after number eight Max Denmark made a break and burst through nearly 45 meaters bebore off loding it to Ramage. Altier missed the conversion. Hong Kong went into a 32 points to 8 lead.
Hong Kong sealed the match in style when prop forward Jay Cook collected a lose ball from a line out which Sri Lanka won but failed to secure the position and crashed through for a try near the right corner flag and Altier missed the conversion but Hong Kong won 37 points to 8 in the end.
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