Left wing Gayan Perera stood out with a hat-trick as Kandy SC warmed up for the Super Round by outgunning Army SC 62-17 in their Maliban Inter-Club Rugby League first-round fixture in Panagoda yesterday (24).

The defending champions playing expansive rugby toyed with the poor defence of the home team to run up 10 tries of which five were converted, apart from a penalty try, while the soldiers could only reply with three tries with one being converted.

The game proved to be yet another mismatch of epic proportions in the ongoing League Tournament, as the men from Nittawela put down a marker ahead of the crucial second round commencing shortly.

For Kandy, who led 29-5 at half-time, right wing Kavindu Perera, inside centre Diluksha Dange, hooker Kenula Hettiarachchi, Player of the Match and veteran fly-half Srinath Sooriyabandara, replacement scrum-half Aruna Perera, and substitute forward Udara Dias scored a try each to go along with Gayan Perera’s hat-trick and the 50th minute penalty try.

The goal-kicking duties were shared by fullback Hirusha Sampath and substitute halfback Aruna Perera for the visitors, who hardly broke sweat in putting the struggling home side to the sword in a one-sided encounter.

For Army SC, who are destined to compete in the Plate segment, prop Buddhi Sreemantha, replacement forward Chamara Jayawickrama and hooker Nalin Kumara dotted down, respectively, while fullback Gaurava Pannila added the extras to one of the tries. 

(JK) 

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