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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skywalker" data-source="post: 2238666" data-attributes="member: 38393">New boy Nuwan toast of Havies  By Asanka GammanpilaHavelocks pulled off a shock win beating fancied CH and FC 19-11 in their Caltex “A” division league rugby first round game at Havelock Park yesterday.Havelocks collected their points through four penalties and one goal while the losers responded with one try, one penalty and a drop goal.Havelocks, who put up a hard fight against CR last week, bounced back yesterday and played an excellent game with their forwards and three quarters combining well. The forwards won a major share of the scrums and remained in CH territory for the entire the first half.The visiting team faced a hard time from the nippy Havelock players and encountered some ferocious tacklingHavelocks forwards with prop Saffi Hassan, flankers Mohammed Izadeen and Ravi Jayasuriya, skipper and second row Kavinda Jayasena and number eight Rajive Ganapathi staged a remarkable display of attacking rugby to dominate play in the loose.Their playmaker Wasim Thajudeen as usual put the opposing three quarters under pressure with his booming kicks while their full back and place kicker Nuwan Hettiarachchi from Dharmaraja College was excellent with his place kicking contributing 14 points from four penalties and a conversion. He was undoubtedly the toast of the Park Club.The CH forwards also played some top quality rugby but they failed to put the finishing touches to their moves as the Havelocks forwards perfectly blocked them.CH place kicker Sajith Bandara put his side in the lead with a 25 metre penalty in 10th minute but five minutes later Havelocks place kicker Hettiarachchi equalled the scores 3-3 with a penalty followed by a second penalty to give the home side the lead 6-3 at half time.In the second half CH appeared to play to a plan and scored a try in the third minute through second rower Dinesh Sanjeewa who touched down by the left corner from a forwards move and CH again lead the game 8-6 as Sajith Bandara failed to add the extra points.Thirteen minutes later a counter attack by the Park Club players gave them the lead after their three quarters from a second phase move triggered a try scored by Sakir Badurudeen for Hettiarachchi to convert from a difficult angle and make the scores 13-8.Later Hettiarachchi was right on target from difficult angles with two 35 and 40 metre penalty kicks to give his side a clear 19-8 lead.All CH managed was a drop goal through second half replacement Omar Hassan before referee Nizam Jamaleen blew his final whistle.</blockquote>

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