2016–17 Dialog Rugby League season

The 2016–17 Dialog Rugby League was the 66th season of the top flight of Sri Lankan domestic rugby union competition. The competition is sponsored and broadcast by Dialog TV.

2016–17 Dialog Rugby League
Countries Sri Lanka
Date4 November 2016 – 11 March 2017
ChampionsKandy SC
Runners-upHavelock SC
Matches played56

The league consists of 8 clubs playing in a home-and-away double round robin. The standings at the end of the season determine the seedings for the 2017 edition of the Clifford Cup playoffs held in the spring.

The reigning champions of both last year's regular season and the 2016 Clifford Cup is Kandy SC, who claimed their 17th league title after finishing the 2015-2016 season undefeated, two games clear of runners up Havelock SC.

The 2016-17 season was the first season that the SLRFU introduced a Television Match Official (TMO) for selected domestic games.[1]

Kandy SC began the season in dominant form defeating CH&FC 96 to nil in their opening game before losing to Air Force SC the following week in a close game 24 to 21. Before the mid season break at the end of the year Kandy SC lost a second game, this time to Navy SC 32-37. Havelock SC commenced the year with a six-game winning streak, which ended with a 30-39 loss to Kandy SC on 18 December 2016.

In the second half of the season both Kandy SC and Havelock SC continued their respective unbeaten runs, with the title race coming down to the second last game of the season. The resultant win by Kandy SC 26-11 virtually secured the club the title, as whilst both clubs have the same number of wins for the season Kandy SC have more bonus points due to the size of their winning margins over the season. In the final round of the season Kandy SC finished in the same manner as they started by comprehensively defeating CH&FC 59-3, thereby retaining their League title for the 3rd year in a row.

Teams

Division 'A' clubs
Colours Club Established City Stadium Capacity* Titles (Last)**
Air Force Sports Club - Ratmalana Air Force Ground Ratmalana - -
Army Sports Club 1962 Panagoda Sri Lanka Army Rugby Ground Panagoda - 2 (1975)
Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club 1922 Colombo Longdon Place 5,550 13 (2002)
Colombo Hockey and Football Club 1892 Colombo Colombo Racecourse 40,000 10 (2000)
Havelock Sports Club 1915 Havelock Town Havelock Park - 14 (2012)
Kandy Sports Club 1888 Kandy Nittawela Rugby Stadium 25,000 17 (2016)
Navy Sports Club - Welisara Welisara Navy ground - 1 (2014)
Police Sports Club 1926 Bambalapitiya Police Park - 9 (1991)

League table

Table standings updated through 12 February 2017[2][3]

Season champions
Place Club Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1Kandy SC141202633257+3761575
2Havelock SC141202470210+260969
3Navy SC141003463336+127757
4CR & FC14607454338+1161247
5Air Force SC14607333411−78540
6Army SC14508359383−24934
7Police SC143010289389-100722
8CH & FC140013149796-64722
Points are awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 5 points
Draw - 2 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

Try and Points scorers

Leading Try Scorer[4]
Player Club Tries
Danushka Ranjun Kandy SC 16
Richard Dharmapala Kandy SC 12
Dulanjan Wijesinghe Navy SC 11
Leading Points Scorer[5]
Player Club Points
Dulaj Perera Havelock SC 171
Thilina Weerasinghe Navy SC 154
Thilina Wijesinghe Kandy SC 118

League Season

Week 1

4 November 2016 Police 8-29 Navy Police Park  
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5 November 2016 Air Force 5-29 Havelock Ratmalana Ground  
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5 November 2016 CH & FC 0-96 Kandy Nittawela Ground  
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6 November 2016 Army 24-25 CR & FC Colombo Racecourse  
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Week 2

12 November 2016 Police 12-37 Havelock Police Park  
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12 November 2016 Air Force 24-21 Kandy Ratmalana Ground  
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12 November 2016 CH & FC 12-39 Army Colombo Racecourse  
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13 November 2016 Navy 21-13 CR & FC Welisara  
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Week 3

18 November 2016 Police 12-22 Air Force Police Park  
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18 November 2016 Army 10-34 Kandy Colombo Racecourse  
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19 November 2016 Havelock 10-6 CR & FC Havelock Park  
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20 November 2016 Navy 55-3 CH & FC Welisara  
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Week 4

25 November 2016 Havelock 48-5 CH & FC Havelock Park  
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26 November 2016 Army 24-25 Navy Army Ground  
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26 November 2016 Kandy 34-9 Police Nittawela  
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27 November 2016 CR & FC 57-20 Air Force Longdon Place  
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Week 5

2 December 2016 CH & FC 12-26 Air Force CH & FC Ground  
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3 December 2016 CR & FC 31-26 Police Langdon Place  
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4 December 2016 Havelock 37-26 Army Havelock Park  
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4 December 2016 Navy 37-32 Kandy Welisara  
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Week 6

10 December 2016 CH & FC 26-45 Police Colombo Racecourse  
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10 December 2016 Air Force 32-29 Army Ratmalana  
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11 December 2016 Kandy 53-29 CR & FC Nittawala  
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11 December 2016 Havelock 26-19 Navy Havelock Park  
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Week 7

16 December 2016 Air Force 8-22 Navy Ratamalana  
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17 December 2016 CR & FC 83-13 CH & FC Colombo Racecourse  
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17 December 2016 Police 24-27 Army Police Park  
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18 December 2016 Kandy 39-30 Havelock Nittawala  
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Week 8

29 December 2016 CH & FC 3-80 Havelock CH & FC Ground  
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30 December 2016 Navy 41-28 Police Welisara  
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30 December 2016 Air Force 22-34 CR & FC Ratmalana  
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31 December 2016 Kandy 50-19 Army Nittawala  
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Week 9

6 January 2017 Havelock 29-13 Police Havelock Park  
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7 January 2017 Navy 29-21 Air Force Welisara  
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7 January 2017 CR & FC 27-32 Kandy Longdon Place  
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8 January 2017 Army 43-3 CH & FC Army Ground  
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Week 10

13 January 2017 Air Force 15-13 Police Ratmalana  
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14 January 2017 CH & FC 3-62 CR & FC Longdon Place  
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15 January 2017 Army 17-29 Havelock Ratmalana  
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15 January 2017 Kandy 50-22 Navy Nittawala  
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Week 11

21 January 2017 Havelock 37-29 Air Force Havelock Park  
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21 January 2017 Police 23-34 Kandy Police Park  
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21 January 2017 CH & FC 23-81 Navy Longdon Place  
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22 January 2017 CR & FC 20-24 Army Longdon Place  
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Week 12

28 January 2017 CR & FC 10-31 Havelock Longdon Place  
16:00 report
28 January 2017 Navy 17-30 Army Welisara  
16:00 report
29 January 2017 Kandy 73-13 Air Force Nittawela  
16:00 report
29 January 2017 Police 26-21 CH & FC Police Park  
16:00 report

Week 13

3 February 2017 Air Force 53-17 CH & FC Ratmalana  
16:00 scorecard
3 February 2017 CR & FC 34-37 Navy Longdon  
16:00 scorecard
5 February 2017 Army 21-27 Police Army Ground  
16:00 scorecard
5 February 2017 Havelock 11-26 Kandy Havelock Park  
18:30 scorecard

Week 14

11 February 2017 CH & FC 3-59 Kandy CH & FC Ground  
16:00 report
11 February 2017 Police 22-23 CR & FC Police Park  
16:00 report
11 February 2017 Army 26-43 Air Force Army Ground  
16:00
12 February 2017 Navy 28-36 Havelock Welisara  
16:00

References

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