Sri Lankan who lost all their first round matches yesterday met Papua New Guinea in the quarter finals of the bowl segment today. PNG who have the legendary Waisale Serevi as coach came out with a good all-round performance to beat the inexperienced Lankan side led by Radhika Hettiarachchi. Final scored 26-12 in favour of PNG.
PNG who opened scoring in the 3rd minute through Levi Albert Junior led during the initial part of the game but the young Sri Lankans hit back in the 6th minute of the game Air Force fly half Chanaka Chandimal to draw level at half time. Going in to the second half the New Guineans regrouped to put up a superlative effort to bring down the strong resistance by the Lankans by scoring three more tries to one of Sri Lanka’s which was planted by Kandy SC third row forward Sajith Saranga. It was a fighting effort by the Sri Lankan contingent as they held their defence in most parts of the game but lacked the experienced needed to topple the PNG side.
The New Zealand team look to be the favourites yet again having not lost a single match in the commonwealth games from its inception in the year 1998.
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