41st Mercantile Rugby 7s kicks off this weekend

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Forty four teams from 39 firms have confirmed their participation for the 41st Mercantile Rugby “7’s,” conducted by the Mercantile Rugby Football Association and sponsored by Dialog for the ninth successive year, to be held on 18, 19 and 20 November at the CR & FC grounds, Longdon Place , Colombo 7.

The 10 teams making their debut will be Nation Lanka, Expo Lanka , Mobitel, Commercial Leasing, Nations Trust Bank , Odel, Colombo Telecom, Jabin Consultants, Rainco and LB Finance.

The 10 teams drawn into the Cup are MAS Holdings “A” (2010 winner) , John Keells “A” (2010 runners-up) and John Keells “B”, Sampath Bank, Dialog “A”, HSBC “A”, Commercial Bank, Commercial Credit “A”, Access Group and debutants, Nations Lanka.

The rest are, MAS Holdings “B”, Janashakthi Insurance, Amana Takaful, Suntel, Hirdaramani Group, Dialog “B”, HSBC “B”, Seylan Bank, Metropolitan Group, Standard Chartered, Softligic Holdings, Virtusa Corp., Ceylinco Insurance, Sri Lanka Insurance, NDB Bank, PABC Bank, Ceylon Tea Brokers, Commercial Credit “B”, Lanka Bell, Tri Star Apparel, Hayleys Group, Smart Shirts, Hemas Group, Ceylon Tobacco and Entrust.