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If you are a Kandy fan, it is not the best times of the year. Kandy going down once again for the second successive year. Losing battles upfront and most worryingly at their fortress. Many things looks like happening around Kandy rugby these days. They sacked their coach. Rumors say that players were not happy with the coach etc. so are the days over for Kandy dominance? I think Kandy going through a rough patch. Other teams have caught up with them or some can say their level of playing has deteriorated over time. Why everybody talk about Kandy this much? Trust me, its not only Kandy fans. Other rugby followers are talking about Kandy's dip in form as well. Simple reason for it would be the fact that Kandy was the team kept local club rugby kept going. It was a one horse race for sure, but still they were the only team to watch, if you wanted some quality rugby in display. That may come too harsh for other teams (I am a CR fan). At times truth is bitter :) . C onfi...

Even though the Kandy – Havelocks game is done and dusted I thought about writing my bit. If a Kandy fan in mid 2000's went to some magic hibernate sleep and woke up in time for witness last weeks game, I am sure he would go nuts or kill him self. He would rather think that teams have changed their jersey colors or some thing has terribly gone wrong. In fact Kandy rugby has some loop holes now which are penetrated so badly by other teams. By taking nothing away from Havies superb effort, its still below par performance from a team which used to local rugby well over a decade or so. Any way lets focus on teams separately now. Havelocks Compared to last week Havies put up a great show. They were brilliant in all the aspects in the game , except for place kicking. Havies were quick to identify their weakness from last week. Which was obviously the 9/10 combination. They brought Mithun Hapugoda to starting line up as scrum half and he delivered what team needed. I thi...

Next week or rather this weekend's game will be the most anticipated one for the rugby league. Defending champions vs wounded lions I would say. So just thought of writing down my views on it. This game should be a thriller. I think there is no doubt about it. But I suspect will this game live up to the expectation we have. Simply because of the fact that Havies doesn't seem to be the same unit which we saw last year, at least for me. Changes for Havelocks As I said in my last post it is evident for me , with the 9/10 combination it's going to be tough for Havies. I respect and understand the fact that you cant match the level of country's best halves combination (Roshan Weeraratne and Fazil Marija). But there is a BIG “if” for that. If other teams can carefully select their combination, they can make it work. Navy showed exactly that during league. Their halves combination of Suranga Pushpakumara and Chanaka Chandimal are hitting it smoothly. Pushpe is ...

Watched the last week big game, Navy vs Havies . I am not going to talk about refereeing or atmosphere at Welisara which are irrelevant factors for Havies loss. I saw various reasons on social media by fans , but if you read them most were BS. Simply most of them haven't watched the game and just pointing at many things. First Navy try was a example of sheer foreign power. I was at the perfect angle to view it. Navy outside center just brutally brushed away Havies defenders who were shy to engage with him. Then only they decided to confront him up and close and throughout the game they handled Navy foreigners much better. I you wonder why Navy won against both Kandy and Havies , answer is plain simple. They were the more hungrier team which has perfect appetite for win. They were well prepared and planned well , which other teams didn't. What Havies did well? Forwards. Led by Muthuthantri, Havies looked really dangerous forward pack to me. Specially wit...