Doha vice-captain Brooke Tremayne spearheaded a remarkable 40-14 victory for hosts on Friday night against the Sri Lanka’s Navy team at the Doha Rugby Football Centre. 
The hosts, who narrowly lost to Colombo 15-17 two weeks ago, led 19-9 at half time thanks to two early and brilliant tries from full back Pita Tuliaga and workhorse Wade Lotter. Tremayne landed two goals from three to give his side a 10-point buffer at the break.  
Not to be written off, the Navy opened the second half with much vigour, courage and aggression. When Mushin Faleel’s try was converted by Captain Thilina Weerasinghe – it not only trimmed the score line to 19-14 but awakened the Sri Lankan crowds and the supporting band. 
The fight-back, however, proved to be futile with Doha firing back in an explosive fashion scoring three converted tries and 21 unanswered points. Tremayne led the onslaught with a diving try under the sticks before replacements Bader Bakaddouri and Ravisi Lasaqa crossed over giving the inside centre two stress-free conversions and a personal tally of 22 personal points.
“It’s a great turn around for our club from a few weeks back. Our plan was to hold onto the ball and go forward and we executed that effectively,” Tremayne said after the match.
“It wasn’t easy. The score is not a reflection of the game, Navy were extremely tough; they drove at us all night. They are super fit and made us work for our points.”
Though Navy were at times rapid in attack and impervious in defense, when pushed to the end, they lacked concentration at crucial moments and their failure to turn pressure into points was a frustrating factor. Missed tackles, spilled balls, unwarranted penalties and needless off loads were all part of a bad night the team and the Lanka supporters would rather forget.
While Doha never looked in trouble they did enjoy the rub of the green together with some contentious refereeing decisions in their favour. 
Reflecting on the game, dissatisfied Navy coach Mothilal Jayathilake said, “Am I disappointed? Yes. Not about the loss but the refereeing decisions that were against us, I’m not happy with that.
“It was a very good experience. Doha were very strong and it was not what we excepted. It was a totally different side that played against CH and their high profile Fijians caused us many problems.
“I was happy with our boys they defended very well and it wasn’t until the last quarter that the game was turned.”
The Navy team will head back to Sri Lanka today for their first Dialog League clash against the Police Club on November 9 while Doha have a hard week at training in preparation for Gulf Conference match against Muscat on November 15.