Dushan Lewke -- Coach

The feeling is great, we have been working towards this for three years now, to see it finally work out is fantastic. The team's performance has been really impressive. The players were disciplined, following our plan and team patterns.

As a player, I couldn't win the league for CR, but with Kandy I have succeeded. I'm very happy that I could contribute as a coach to the club's success. We started with only 11 contracted players when I took over, and I'm pleased with how we worked together to overcome all obstacles.

The CR Rugby Board had faith in me and supported me, all officials, support staff, were great contributors to this historic win.

The biggest contributors were captain Suhiru Anthony, former skipper Kavindu de Costa, Murshid Subair, Gemunu Chethiya, Lasindu Ishan, and Adeesha Weeratunga. I'm also really pleased with the schoolboys, especially Rinesh Silva, Naveen Marasinghe, Kushan Tharindu, and Randul Senanayake. They are still 19 but they adapted well and played like seasoned campaigners.

Kandy SC is a champion team, they have quality players. We expected a tough game and we faced it. Last Sunday's match was the best of the year. Kandy will undoubtedly regroup and come back stronger, which is good for the sport. As a coach, I aim to maintain CR's performance next season as well. I want to thank the sponsors Valvoline and First Capital, the players' families, CR fans, and all rugby followers for supporting us this season.

The feeling is great, we have been working towards this for three years now, to see it work out ultimately, is fantastic. The performance of the team has been really good. The boys were well disciplined, following our plan and team patterns.