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The Sri Lanka national rugby union team, known as the Tuskers, represents Sri Lanka in men's international rugby union. The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup . They have the longest tradition of organised club rugby in Asia, dating back to 1879, which was just 8 years after the founding of the world's first rugby union in ...
Pages in category "Sri Lankan rugby union players" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sri Lanka Women's National Rugby Union Sevens Team - the national women's rugby sevens team of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka A – the second-level national rugby union team behind the Tuskers. Sri Lanka National Rugby Union Under 20s Team – an age graded side that competes at under-20 level for the IRB Junior World Championship .
Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. In 2012, according to International Rugby Board figures, there were over 160,000 registered rugby union players in Sri Lanka, making it the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind Japan.
Kandy Sports Club (better known as Kandy SC) is a Division 'A' rugby union team, based in Kandy, Sri Lanka, competing in the Dialog Rugby League.The club has been the most successful Sri Lankan club in the Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, winning 18 league titles in the last twenty years, which is the most wins by any club since the expanded competition commenced in 1950.
Fazil Marija (born 4 December 1985) is a former rugby union player of Sri Lanka. Marija is known as one of Sri Lanka's finest rugby union players and one of Asia's best. [according to whom?] He was the former captain of the Sri Lanka national rugby union team. Marija comes from a sporting family background, with at least 17 members through two ...
Radhika Hettiarachchi (born 14 November 1977) is a Sri Lankan rugby union player and coach. [1] [2] He captained both Sri Lanka national rugby union team and Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team. He is regarded as one of the finest rugby sevens players to have emerged from Sri Lanka and he is also nicknamed as Iron Man of Sri Lanka Rugby. [3] [4]
This was the first official test match between Sri Lanka and an African team. 2013 HSBC Asian Five Nations Main articles: 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments § Division One , and 2015 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification