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The ceremony of foundation laying of Thurstan College rugby grounds was held on the 4th of December at Thurstan grounds, Colombo. The Minister of Sports and Public Recreation Gamini Lokuge, Mr. Namal Rajapaksa, Chairman, Tharunyata Hetak and DIG Upali Hewage, member of the Interin Committee of Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union graced this occasion. .
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SL rugby coaches now armed with Level 1 certificates
Sri Lanka rugby received a boost when the country’s coaches successfully completed the IRB Level 1 certificate course which was conducted last Sunday at the Royal College Sports Complex.
Rugby coaching in the island is a lucrative occupation, but most of the coaches employed by schools and clubs didn’t possess any form of certification until this course was conducted.
Nihal Guneratne (fondly known as ‘Viper’) who conducted the course told ‘The Island’ that he believed rugby coaches should not only be proud of the money they earn, they should be proud of the qualifications they possess as coaches.
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Carlton Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens 2009:
Japan win Asian Title;
Fiji takes I’ntl Trophy
Japan propelled by four scintillating tries by skipper Koji Wada clinched the Asian Sevens Title of the Carlton Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens 2009 by beating Malaysia by 26 points (three goals, one try) to 7 (one goal) in the final played under floodlights at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday after trailing 5-7 at the breather.
The tournament was organized by the Tharunyata Hetak Organization in collaboration with the Interim Committee of the SLRFU.
The Malaysians opened scoring in the second minute through a try by Miho Nazri Hamid which was converted by Semi Seruvacula to give them a seven-nil lead.
Just before the breather Japan reduced the deficit when skipper Koji Wada scampered through to score an unconverted try (7-5).
The Japanese dominated play after resumption and scored three more tries. In the second minute after resumption Koji Wada burst through to touch down mid left. Fly half Kenji Shomen added the extra points to make it 12-7.
Peterites win schools 7's title
St. Peter's College, Colombo, bagged the schools title at the Carlton Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens with a thrilling 17 points (1 goal, 2 tries) to 14 (two goals) win over Royal College Colombo in the finals after leading 12-0 at half time.
Peterites opened scoring when Rizwan Meedin scored by the corner flag. Nanayakkara missed the conversion 5-0. Just before the breather the Peterites increased the lead through Shenal Dias who powered his way to score by the corner flag. Banuka Nanayakkara added the extra points (12-0). Soon after resumption the Peterites went ahead further when Banuka Nanayakkara fell over for unconverted try (17-0).
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Carlton 7s Match Schedule
Please click here to see the match schedule of Carlton 7s Sri Lanka 2009.
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Navy down Army, grabs title
In a hard fought encounter, the marauding Navy ruggerites recorded an exciting 16 to 15 win against Army to win the Defence Services Rugby Championship 2009 at Welisara yesterday.
Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe who is also the Chairman of Defence Services Sports Committee was in attendance to witness the final match which drew a large crowd including many Navy and Army officers and other personnel.
Navy kicked off in style with a fine display of skill and talent and their 16 points came through two tries and two penalties.
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Carlton Rugby 7’s on Nov 27
The sixth and final leg of the Asian Sevens rugby series organized jointly by the Tharunyata Hetak Foundation and the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) titled ‘Carlton Sevens’ is set to kick off on Nov 27 at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo.
The tournament has been divided into four groups with rugby powerhouse Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran forming group ‘A’, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Jordan being in group ‘B’, China, Malaysia, Brunei from group ‘C’ and hosts Sri Lanka, South Korea and Pakistan filling up group ‘D’.
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Top rugby nations on Sri Lanka Sevens parade
For the first time in the annals of Sri Lanka rugby, six teams from New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Fiji, Western Samoa and Papua New Guinea will play in a showpiece event in the island from November 27 to 29 alongside the Carlton SriLankan Sevens at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
Foreign refs for Carlton Sevens
Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) under whose flagship the forthcoming Carlton Sevens tournament is to be staged in Colombo later this month is set to assign foreign referees for the tournament with three local referees in the fray, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU), Lasitha Guneratne told LAKBIMAnEWS.
The tournament is to be held from Nov 27-29 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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Airmen through by a whisker
Air Force edged out the much fancied Navy team in a hard fought affair by 6 (Two penalties) points to 5 (Unconverted try) in their encounter at the Inter Service Rugby Football Tournament 2009 held at the Army Grounds, yesterday.
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Three schoolboys in Sri Lanka ‘Sevens’ rugby pool
Three outstanding schoolboy ruggerites have been included in the Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens pool in preparation for the Carlton International Rugby Sevens which will be worked off at the Sugathadasa Stadium on November 28 and 29, 2009.
Dharmaraja’s Darshana Etipola and Kingswood’s Roshan Weeraratne both of whom excelled in the Youth Rugby Asiad in Hong Kong and Isipathana winger Vishwamithra Jayasinghe who missed the Youth Rugby Asiad due to injury have bene included in the pool along with four other new players - Nuwan Chamara and Dinusha Chathuranga (CR and FC) and Kandy SC’s Buddhika Thalagampola and Sameera Silva.
Seven new faces in Sevens pool
Seven more new players including three schoolboys has been taken into the Sri Lanka Sevens pool for the Carlton Rugby Sevens, an IRB Asian regional series, scheduled to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on November 28 and 29.
S. Thalagampola (Kandy), Sameera Silva (Kandy), Nuwan Chamara (CR), Dinusha Chathuranga (CR), Wishamithra Jayasinghe (Isipathana), Roshan Weerarathne (Kingswood) and D. Etipola (Dharamaraja) are the new faces.
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Navy beats Army 10 - 8
Continuing their dominance in local rugby, Sri Lanka Navy beat Sri Lanka Army 10 points to eight in a Defence Services match played at Air Force Ground, Ratmalana on Tuesday. A large gathering of rugby fans thronged the ground to see the splendid performance displayed by the Navy during this encounter.
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Yoshitha and Navy win top awards
Rugby: Navy SC captain Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his team was voted as the Most Popular Ruggerite and Most Popular Team 2009 respectively at the end of the final count (13) of the Sunday Observer organised and Caltex Lubricants sponsored contests.
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Rugby AGM in January assures Maiya
“We are hoping to have the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for rugby by the first week of January. The likely President is Asanga Seneviratne who is also part of the Interim Committee. As such he will be attending the International Rugby Board (IRB) meeting to be held on November 30 in Dublin, Ireland,” said Chairman of the Interim Committee for Rugby, Dr. Maiya Gunasekera.
Minister of Sports Gamini Lokuge speaking to the Sunday Times said; “Yes we plan on having the AGM as soon as possible. There are some changes that have been made to the constitution which have to be ratified by the Attorney General. Once we receive his report, we will hold the AGM.”
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President’s Trophy win a boost for Defence rugby
The presence of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the SLRFU XV vs The Defence Services rugby game for the President's Trophy at the newly furbished Rugby Grounds at Welisara last week came as a boost to the game. It was however sad to note that no Kandy SC players were included in the SLRFU XV. If some Kandy SC players had made their way to the SLRFU side perhaps the result could have been reversed.
The Defence Services won the game 15-6. Some of the leading rugby players mentioned in the following interview with rugby coach M.D. Ifthikar featured prominently in this game.
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President Rajapaksa to grace historic rugby match today
The inaugural President Rajapaksa trophy rugby match between Defense Services and Sri Lanka Rugby Union XV will be played today at Navy rugby grounds, Welisara with kick off at 4.30 pm.
This fixture will become an annual encounter and will be in the SLRFU tournament calendar from this year onwards. According to the CEO of SLRFU Lasitha Gunaratne, this would provide an opportunity for Sri Lankan rugby players to develop their skills during the off season.
Defence Service team will be captained by President’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa and coached by Ronny Ibrahim.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who has donated the Trophy for the fixture would be the Chief Guest at today’s match.
SLRFU XV is coached by Sanath Martis.
39th Mercantile Rugby 7s from Oct: 16
Thirty one teams from the Mercantile Sector will scrum down, when the Mercantile Rugby Association conducts the 39th Mercantile Rugby “Sevens”, sponsored by Dialog Satellite TV for the 3rd successive year, on October 16, 17 and 18 at CR& FC grounds, Longdon Place.
Marauding Kandy stamp rugby authority
The combined brilliance of fly half Fazil Marija and full back Saliya Kumara ensured that the champion Kandy SC team retained the Clifford Cup at the expense of a fighting CR&FC side by 10 points (1 goal, 1 penalty) to six (2 penalties) at Nittawela yesterday.
Sri Lanka trounce Singapore 55-nil
Sri Lanka easily defeated Singapore by 55 points (5 goals and 4 tries) to nil in a Junior Rugby Asiad match played in Hong Kong yesterday. Sri Lanka led by 17 points to nil at lemons.
Giants confronts in Clifford Cup spectacular today
“We are the champions,” echoed the ring tone of skipper Pradeep Liyanage when contacted by the ‘Daily Mirror’ on the eve of the Clifford Cup final. Similar sentiments were expressed by the star center three quarter when questioned as to the probable outcome of today’s game. “We are confident of retaining the Cup, a few of the areas in which we have been vulnerable have been sorted out” said Liyanage. The Kandyan rugby empire has not asserted its superiority this season. Yet all silverware would end up in the already glittering clubhouse at Nittawela, barring an exceptional performance. Yes, its’ the Cup final day. The glamour and pageantry of the dominant Kandy sports club would be put to an acid test by the ever-persisting CR & FC, desperate to remove their tag as perennial second best.
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CH scare Kandy and lose
Defending Clifford Cup champions Kandy fluttered and faltered before limping to a 25 points (two goals, one try and two penalties) to 19 (two goals and one try) win over CH and FC in the semi finals at Nittawela yesterday after they led 19-0 at half timeKandy will now meet CR and FC in the final at Nittawela on September 5.
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CR enter final beating Airmen 22-6
An effective second half rally by CR & FC helped them to beat Air Force by 22 points (2 goals, 1 try and a penalty) to 6 (2 penalties) to enter the final of the Clifford Cup in their semi-final match played at Longden Place yesterday. The Airmen led at the breather scoring a solitary penalty 3-0.
The Airman gave a fine display of hard tackling in the first half to keep the 'red shirts' at bay. Air force sprang into the lead just before the short whistle through a spectacular 45 meter kick by Arunashantha.
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Kandy crush Havelocks - 102/3
Kandy Sports Club registered their highest ever total against Havelocks Sports Club when they crushed them by 102 points (11 goals, five tries) to 3 (one penalty) to enter the semi-final of the Caltex Clifford Cup Knock-out Rugby Tournament in the quarter final match played at Nittawela yesterday. At halt time Kandy SC had virtually wrapped up the game leading 52-0.
CH in superb 24-6 win
CH and FC propelled by their power-packed forwards scored a superb 24 points (two goals, two tries) to 6 (two penalties) win over Sri Lanka Army in the quarter-final of the Caltex Knock-out Rugby Tournament for the Clifford Cup played at Longden Place yesterday after leading 7-3 at the breather.
Isipathana defeat Trinity to clinch Under 18 rugby title
Isipathana defeated Trinity by ten points to nil in the final to clinch the Milo All Island under 18 ten a side cup title played at the Royal Sports Complex ground in Reid Avenue yesterday.
Isipathana who came out as favourites stuck to their task after leading 5-0 at the breather. The two finalists earlier recorded convincing wins in the ir semi final encounters over St Joseph’s and giant killers CWW Kannangara MMV.
CWW Kannangara MMV who in the recent past have performed some giant killing efforts, created another major upset in this tournament when they beat the strong Kingswoodians 5-0 in the quarter final. But they were unfortunate being beaten by fancied Trinity.
The Plate category matches were well contested with two of the main games being decided during extra time. In both matches Science was involved of which in one they came out victorious defeating Lumbini MV but lost to Wesley 3-0 in a match which went into extra time.
The Milo All Island under 18 ten a side tournament was conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association and sponsored by Nestle Lanka Ltd with 23 teams participating which was played over two days.
Daily Mirror 24/08/2009
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Kandy S.C. should pile on points against Havies
The defending league champions Kandy Sports Club will begin their quest for yet another title when they take on the lowly placed Havelocks Sports Club in the quarter-finals of the Clifford Cup knock rugby tournament match to be played at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium in Kandy today with kick off at 4.30 p.m.
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CR storm into semi-final
CR and FC stormed into the semi-finals of the Caltex Knock-out Rugby Tournament for the Clifford Cup with a smashing 44 points (four goals, two tries, two penalties) to 22 (one penalty goal, one goal, one try and a drop goal) win over Sri Lanka Police in the quarter-final played at Longden Place yesterday.
Police surged into the lead in the second minute when fly half Wijeweera dropped a goal from 25 metres out. Eight minutes later CR and FC full back Reza Mubarak put over a 35 metre penalty and in the 16th minute Mubarak fired across another 35 metre penalty.
In the 20th minute CR’s fly half Srinath Sooriyabandara made a break and slipped out a pass to centre Lasintha de Costa who scored by the left corner flag. Mubarak made a splendid conversion to make it 13-3.
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Army-CH clash should be a thriller
The confrontation between the formidable Army team and the vastly improved CH and FC in the quarter-final of the Caltex knock-out rugby tournament for the Clifford Cup at Longdon Place tomorrow should be a thriller.
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Coaches cannot referee says Dr. Maiya
Dr. Maiya Gunasekera, the President Rugby Interim Committee said that they have work according to the Sports Law, Constitution and SLRFU code of conduct.
When payments are made for referees and in all other matters we have to adhere to these rules. Somebody misunderstood this and went to courts.
Kiran Atapattu, Secretary of the SLRFU said that 30 referees are now registered with the SLRFU. We decided to pay them reasonable amounts to these referees. Nobody is bigger than the game.
Dr. Maiya Gunasekera added coaches are not permitted to officiate as referees under the Sports Law.
The rugby union appointed a two member committee (Vipula Dharmadasa and Roshan Deen) to grade the Rugby Referees and assign them for matches.
Lasitha Gunarathna, the CEO of Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union also spoke.
Kelani Cables PLC came forward to sponsor the referees for the Clifford Cup tournament.
Daily News 21-08-2009
Hewage in Interim Committee
Deputy Inspector General Upali Hewage has been appointed to the SLRFU Interim Committee by the Minister of Sports Gamini Lokuge. DIG Hewage, a well-known sports personality, is an old boy of Thurstan College and captained the College Rugby team in 1968, and also a member of the athletic team and a senior cadet. Since leaving school he has been involved with the Thurstan Rugby as a Co-ordinator for several decades and at present is the Vice President of the Thurstan Rugby Football Club. Currently he is also heading the development of the new Thurstan Rugby grounds at the Thurstan Park in the Old Racecourse.
During his long and distinguished Police career he was involved in many sports associations and held the positions of Deputy Secretary General, Football Federation of Sri Lanka, Vice President Volleyball Federation, Vice President Government Services Sports Association and President Trincomalee Football Federation.
Daily News 21-08-2009
CR face tough task against Police today
Runners up of the Caltex 'A' Division League CR and FC face the tough task of overcoming a rejuvenated Police outfit in the quarter-final of the Caltex knock-out Rugby Tournament for the Clifford Cup at Longden Place today.
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Niroshan Fernando appointed national youth rugby skipper
Niroshan Fernando of Isipatana College has been appointed as captain of the Sri Lanka junior under 21 national rugby team for the forthcoming junior Rugby Asiad to be held in Hong Kong from September 3-13.
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"Lanka can climb rugby rankings"
Stop-gap Sri Lanka rugby coach, New Zealander John Carrington, says the island-nation can be at least 20 places higher than their current global ranking of 52, in the official International Rugby Board (IRB) world-rankings, if they could have a professional structure and leadership, while eschewing petty squabbles among officials and players, in the aftermath of the HSBC Asian Five Nations Division 1 Qualifier series in Dubai.
Click here to read the full write up appeared in the LakbimaNews Online 20/04//2009.
Ten Sports to Sponsor Sri Lankan Rugby
24th March 2009: Sri Lankan rugby received a welcome boost when Ten Sports, the Sub-continent’s # 1 sports channel, announced it will sponsor the Sri Lankan National Rugby Team for the next one year.
An agreement to this effect was recently signed between Taj Television Limited, owners of Ten Sports, and the Sri Lankan Rugby and Football Union (SLRFU). The contract commences immediately.
Ten Sports will, provide a substantial investment into the SLRFU, which will be used to support the national teams training and travel expense as well as to fund grass-roots development of rugby in Sri Lanka. In return, among other benefits, all national rugby teams of the country (including Sevens and juniors) will sport Ten Sports-branded kit and clothing.
Click here to read the full write up appeared in Daily News
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