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Asia Rugby Sevens Third Leg Womens Champions - Japan Team
Asia Rugby Sevens Third Leg Highest try scorer Chihito MATSUI Japan
Asia Rugby Sevens Third Leg Mens Champions - Japan Team
By Shamseer Jaleel
Sri Lanka Men’s ended the third leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens 2019 at number four at the Racecourse rugby ground in Colombo yesterday. Meanwhile, the Women’s outfit ended the third leg on number seven position getting the better of Singapore in the play-off.
Meanwhile Japan Men’s and Women’s stamped their class with wins at the third leg in Colombo while securing the overall series as well in both the segments. Japan Men’s got the better of their closest rival in Asia, Hong Kong by 17/12 in the Cup final Meanwhile their Women’s too did well by beating the surprise finalist, Thailand in an one sided affair beating them 26/5.
Sri Lankan Men’s outfit beat South Korea and UAE but lost out to Hong Kong in their group encounters. In the semi-finals it was one-way traffic as the Asian Giants, Japan handed off Sri Lanka with a thumping of 45 points to nothing.
Playing in the third place play-off China was too good for Sri Lanka as they beat the hosts 27/12 to secure the number three position in the Colombo leg. Sri Lanka ended the series on number four. South Korean Men’s had a disastrous third leg in Colombo when they ended as the number eight team event. They lost out to Taipei in the seventh place play-off 12/19. Philippine Men’s accounted for the Plate championship (fifth place) when they beat UAE 19/14.
In the Women’s segment the Sri Lankan outfit under the watchful eyes of Saliya Kumara ended on the number seventh position a yard faster after ending in number eight in China in the second leg. With this ending they narrowly escaped relegation to division one by securing number six position overall in the series. Singapore was the unluckiest team who will be demoted to division one in 2020 Asian Sevens series.
Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) President Aga Hussain, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President Lasitha Gunaratne and the sponsors gave away the awards.
Results day two
Men’s
Women’s
Pix by Chamila Karunarathna
