The stand-off between the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union, Mercantile Football Association and CR & FC rugby grounds on the matter of the Mercantile Rugby 7s tournament has finally ended when parties came to an amicable agreement last evening.
A much hyped-up Mercantile 7s rugby tournament which somehow ended up clashing with the Borneo 7s for which Sri Lanka rugby was sending a team has been postponed to the 12,13,14th of November 2010. The CR & FC ground booked for a tag rugby carnival organized by Dilroy Fernando and Wild Elephant falling on the only available weekend was causing the blockade.
Alls well that ends well as the CR & FC has released itself to the MRFA to hold the Mercantile 7s tournament on the November weekend ending the enpasse and enabling the Sri Lanka Rugby players to represent the country for the Borneo 7s
The corporates refused to release their top players for national duty over the Mercantile 7s and the SLRFU had to seek the help of the Mercantile rugby Football Association to change the dates of their tournament.
All parties having co-operated in the face of national interest, is the biggest plus coming out of this entire fiasco and the rugby fraternity hopes that the trend will continue towards the betterment of Rugby.
Hopefully now the SLRFU nominated 53 member pool for the Borneo 7s, Asian Games and Carlton 7s are able to go ahead with their pool practice. Rugby was at a stand-still the last week and its refreshing to note that all sides have co-operated to this common goal of sending out a strong rugby sevens sides as opposed to 2nd and 3rd string sides of the past.
It is hoped that with the advent of George Simkin who is undoubtedly here to shake up Sri Lankan rugby, the SLRFU, players and other authorities will continue the co-operative streak not giving way to personal agenda’s which has inundated rugby thus far, to bring highs in the sport.
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