Lahore - Pakistan Army annexed the Pakistan Rugby Union-organised 5th Servis Tyres 15-a-side Rugby League title here at the Pakistan Rugby Academy Sunday.
The final match was contested between Islamabad Jinns and Army, where the former defeated the latter by 11-7, but Army topped the points table with 21 points, thus they were declared title winners while Islamabad Jinns were second with 18 points and Lahore Rugby Football Club third with 15 points. Lahore Hawks Rugby Club were fourth while Lodhran team couldn’t win a single point.
The 15-a-side rugby league continues for six months and 24 teams kept on vying against their respective opponents in three divisions. In Division One, five teams, including Army, Islamabad Jinns, LRFC, Lahore Hawks and Lodhran, played eight matches each and in the end, Army topped the points table, thus declared winners of the league.
PRU patron Lt Gen (r) Ashraf Saleem graced the event as chief guest while PRU chairman Fawzi Khawaja, Servis Tyres GM Marketing Raja Saeed, Tariq Niazi, Yahya Bhatti, Shakeel Ahmad Malik, Faizan, Haji Anwaar and a great number of rugby lovers were also there.
