In the same year the competition was expanded to nine teams with the inclusion of a team from Nawalapitiya, the Up Country Lions, the following year a further team from Hambantota, the Hambantota Sharks was added to form a ten team competition.
In the same year the competition was expanded to nine teams with the inclusion of a team from Nawalapitiya from Hambantota, the Hambantota Sharks was added to form a ten team competition. Nawalapitiya was the Up Country Lions. The Up Country Lions was the following year a further team.