Air Force Men’s Rugby Team secured the Plate Championship of the Nippon Paints Rugby League 2022/2023 against Police SC yesterday (17 February 2023) at Police Park Grounds Colombo. At the final whistle the Airmen closed the game 11 points to 05 against the hosts.

The 11 points by the Airmen were divided amongst Rumesh Ramdas with one try and Nuwan Perera sealed the game with two penalties.

This is the second consecutive Championship for the Airmen and they have excelled in both 7s and 15s formats of Rugby. Throughout the league the team was able to score over 260 points and currently top the score board of the tournament. Also Air Force Rugby team was able to secure 9 bonus points which records the highest number of bonus points scored by a single team. Air Force fly half Nuwan Perera currently tops the highest point scorer of the tournament with 115 points scored individually which includes 02 tries, 24 conversions, 18 penalties, and 01 drop goal.