Sri Lanka had mixed fortunes at the Asian Rugby Sevens tournament being held in South Korea yesterday as they first beat Chinese Taipei by 33 points to 12 and then lost to Hong Kong 31-14. Against Chinese Taipei Sri Lanka scored their tries through Dinuk Amarasinghe (1), Nishon Perera (1), Kevin Dixon (1), Reeza Rafaideen (1) and Buddima Piyarathne (1).
Dixon also put over two conversions while Sudam Sooriarachchi was on target with one kick.
Sri Lanka found it difficult to overcome Hong Kong despite leading 14-12 at half time.
Hong Kong came back through their powerful forwards and overcame Sri Lanka in the second half.
Jack Neville (1), Toby Fenn (1), James Hood (1), Max Denmark (1) and Mike Coverdale (1) scored the tries for Hong Kong.
Dinuk Amarasinghe and Srinath Sooriyabandara scored a try each for Sri Lanka. Sooriyabandara also made a conversion with Reeza Raffaideen on target with the other.
Yesterday’s results
Men’s
China beat Phillipines 12-7, Japan beat Malaysia 36-5, Sri Lanka beat Chinese Taipei 33-12, Hong Kong beat South Korea 15-12, China beat Malaysia 31-12, Japan beat Philippines 43-0, Hong Kong beat Sri Lanka 31-14, South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 43-12.
Women’s
Kazakhstan beat Thailand 17-0, China beat Singapore 43-0, Hong Kong beat Sri Lanka 41-0, Japan beat South Korea 48-0, Thailand beat Singapore 36-7, Kazakhstan beat China 27-5, Sri Lanka beat South Korea 22-5, Japan beat Hong Kong 24-12.
Today’s matches
Men’s
Japan vs China, Philippines vs Malaysia, Hong Kong vs Chinese Taipei, Sri Lanka vs South Korea
Women’s
China vs Thailand, Kazakhstan vs Singapore, Japan vs Sri Lanka, Hong Kong vs South Korea
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