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Army, Air Force, Police and Old Zahirians, whilst in A2 the sides included Galle RFC, Dimbula/Dickoya, Jawatte Lions, Peterson SC, Kandy Youth, Kurunegala and Combined Universities. The first-round in 2007 was played from 18 May to 1 July and the second-round from 6 July to 5 August. The top six teams in the A1 first-round competed in the second-round for the Cup, while the last two sides in A1 competed in the Plate with the top six of A2. The remaining four teams in A2 played for the Bowl and were joined by two sides from the 'B' Division (Rudra Rajasingham Memorial Trophy). The Plate final was contested between Air Force SC and Old Zahirians, with Air Force being successful.
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winning the John Player League and Clifford Cup. In 1992 CH and FC, led by Asitha Boteju, were successful clinching the rugby triple by winning the League Championship, Rugby Sevens and Premadasa Trophy. In 1993 CH and FC, this time captained by Hisham Abdeen, repeated their previous years domination by again securing the rugby triple. In 1994 Kandy SC, under the leadership of Indrajith Bandranayake, secured their first league championship and in 1995 the club won the rugby triple, the John Player Gold Leaf Trophy, Clifford Cup and President's Trophy.
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In 1976, led by Thajone Savanghan, Havelock SC bagged the rugby double, winning the League and Clifford Cup. The next year Havelock SC, captained by Jeff de Jong, retained the league title. In 1978, the centenary year of rugby in Sri Lanka, Havelock SC, led by Anton Benedict, achieved the first ever
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Following a dispute with Sri Lanka Rugby, Dialog Axiata pulled its sponsorship of the Club Rugby League Championship a few days before the start of the 2022 season. With no club rugby having been played since March 2020, the Inter-Club Rugby League was relaunched without a sponsor in January 2022. A
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Navy SC rejoined the competition in 2009 with the tournament committee deciding to have an eighth place play-off between the Navy SC and the bottom-seeded Old Zahirians SC. The Old Zahirians Sporting Club refused to participate in the play-off game on 7 May and were forced to leave the competition.
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In 1974, the Havelock SC, under Desmond Harridge, secured the title defeating Ceylonese R&FC 16–4. The following year Army SC and Air Force SC justified their being elevated to the Division 'A' league by competing in the final, with Army SC, under the leadership of Saliya Udugama Chandra,
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In 1973 Army SC, captained by S. P. de Silva, for the first time since they entered the competition eleven years earlier reached the final and their opponents were Police SC, skippered by Nizam Hajireen. It was a close match in the final and ended in a 19-all draw with both teams declared as joint
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In 2007 a further three teams were added to the Caltex 'A' Division League Rugby Championship: Peterson SC, Kandy Youth, Kurunegala and Combined Universities increasing the number of sides from 12 teams to 16. The eight sides in A1 were Kandy SC, Ceylonese R&FC, Colombo H&FC, Havelock SC,
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The Kandy Sporting Club made their first appearance in a Clifford Cup final in 1954, where they lost 21-5 against Ceylonese R&FC. Ceylonese R&FC went on to win the title in the next two successive years (1955–56) The title was shared for the first time in 1959 when Dimbula and Ceylonese R
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In 1979 Police SC won its first Division 'A' league title, led by Charles Wijewardana, retaining the title the following year, under the captaincy of Nimal Lewke. Havelock SC, led by Angelo Wickremeratne, won the title in 1981, securing the rugby triple by securing the inter club sevens and club
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broke out, with Colombo Hockey & Football Club, led by Imran Salley, clinching the rugby triple by winning the John Player League, Clifford Cup and Premadasa Trophy that year. In 1991 Police SC returned to the league, under the captaincy of Hemantha Yatawara, and secured the rugby double by
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from Division 'B' were invited to join the tournament and play against the 'constituent clubs', forming a thirteen team competition. The format of the competition was also changed, whereby all 13 clubs had to play each other once on a home and away basis in alternate years and at the end of the
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captained by Sunil Sahabandu, who also clinched the rugby triple by also winning the Rugby Sevens title and the Clifford Cup. Police SC subsequently retained the John Player League title for the following four years, under the leadership of Sunil Sahabandu (1985), H. Premasiri (1986), Muruga
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on 4–7 September. During the season the previously undefeated Kandy SC were beaten 29-25 by Navy SC and the title ended up coming down to the last game of the season, where Kandy SC defeated Havelock SC and relegated Navy SC to second place. The 2011 'Plate' champion was Air Force SC.
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In 1971, led by captain and coach Y. C. Chang, Colombo H&FC secured the league title. The 1972 final was played between Police SC, captained by Anton Benedict, and Colombo H&FC, led by Y. C. Chang, with the eventual league title holders Police SC winning 9–6.
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In 2005 the Navy SC withdrew midway through the competition, due to their members military commitments. The Caltex league competition in 2006 was subsequently expanded to a twelve team competition with the introduction of Dimbula/Dickoya from the Central Province,
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In 2015/16 the league commenced in November 2015 and was contested by eight teams. At the end of the season, in February 2016, Kandy SC were undefeated and clear winners by two games from second placed Havelock SC, securing the league title for the 17th time.
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from the Southern Province. The tournament was split into two grades, with six teams, Kandy SC, Havelock SC, Army SC, CH & FC, CR & FC battling out at the top with the remaining six other teams, Old Zahirians, Police, Air Force in the next tier.
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International Ten-A-side Rugby Tournament. Kandy SC regained the league title, under the leadership of Nalaka Weerakkody. The club dominated the league for the next ten years securing titles under Pradeep Basnayake (2002), Sajith Mallikarachchi (2003),
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In 2008 the competition was scaled back to eight teams, being Kandy SC, Havelocks SC, CH & FC, CR & FC, Police SC, Army SC, Air Force and Old Zahirians. The league champions once again were Kandy SC, with Air Force SC securing the Plate.
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Kandy Sports Club were successful in 2010, clinching the rugby double, by winning both the Caltex League championship and the Clifford Cup, with Ceylonese R&FC coming second and Police SC securing the Plate championship over Havelock SC.
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In 1959 Ceylonese R&FC, captained by Ago Paiva, shared the league title with Dimbula A&CC, led by Ken McPherson. The following year Colombo H&FC, skippered by Jeremy Lloyd, were triumphant defeating Dimbulla A&CC.
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withdrew from the league competition before the second round commenced, although Colombo H&FC subsequently rejoined, resulting in the second round being contested between the eight remaining teams. The 2014/15 champion was
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with two matches remaining in the season. In 2024 Ceylonese R&FC secured the championship title for the first time in 26 years, by defeating the defending champions, Kandy SC, in the last match of the season.
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new sponsorship deal with Nippon Paint Lanka was announced six weeks into the season. Kandy SC were declared the champions for 2022, although the competition was halted due to the
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were the eventual 2012 champions, breaking Kandy's dominance of the league, by defeating them 50–9. It was Havelocks' first league title in thirty-one years.
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In 1985 the rugby league competition was renamed the John Player "Gold Leaf" Rugby Championships, following a sponsorship deal with British Tobacco Company,
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In 1982 Colombo H&FC, led by N. H. Karunasena, successfully secured the league title for the first time in twenty years. As a result of the outbreak of
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In 1984 Police SC, captained by Upali Vidanage, clinched the 'A' Division League title, going on to win for a further five successive years until 1989.
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In 2014/15 the Up Country Lions withdrew from the league after only competing for two years, with the majority of their players signing with
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were promoted to the Caltex League, after finishing third in the 'B' division in 2000, the same year as the club won the
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2016/17 league commenced with 8 teams, with Kandy SC taking the title again, winning 12 games out of 14 in the season.
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in 1983, Police SC withdrew from the league competition, that year the title was again won by Colombo H&FC.
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league season the best eight teams competed in a knock-out tournament for the Clifford Cup.
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In 2011 the Caltex League commenced in the 1st week of June, a week after Sri Lanka's
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rugby triple, securing the league title, the sevens and the knockout tournament.
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The DRL 2020/21 is set to kick-start in the first week of February 2021.
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was converted to an inter-club competition played amongst eight clubs,
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club competition, held between the top Division 'A' rugby sides, in
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Jayaratne (1987), Ajantha Samarakoon (1988) and M. H. Marso (1989).
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History of a Hundred Years of Rugby Football in Sri Lanka 1879-1979
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In 2012 the competition was renamed the Dialog League after
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Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club
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The first league competition commenced in 1950. when the
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2022–pres. Nippon Paint League Rugby Championships
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Between 2000 and 2011 the competition was sponsored by
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emerging triumphant defeating Air Force SC 4–3.
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In 1990 Police SC withdrew from competition when the
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1996–1999 Carlsberg League Rugby Championships
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Index


Rugby union
Sri Lanka
SLRFU
Ceylonese R&FC
Clifford Cup
rugby union
Sri Lanka
Clifford Cup
Kandy Sports Club
Dimbula Athletic & Cricket Club
Dickoya Maskeliya Cricket Club
Uva Gymkhana Club
Kelani Valley Club
Havelock Sports Club
Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club
Colombo Hockey and Football Club
Havelock Sports Club
Mahes Rodrigo
Police SC
Army
Air Force
Navy
civil war
John Player
Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Police SC
second civil war
Carlsberg
Ceylonese R & FC

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