In2000Thurstan reached the semifinals of president trophy again beating Isipathana in the quarter finals, and lost St.Thomas in the semifinals. 28385 The most exciting time of a rugby player's career is the Schools' Rugby League. Next year Kieth Gurusingas side remain unbeaten right throughout the season winning the triple. Rugby packages, tours, weekends away, and hospitality options with tickets for English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish rugby fans to experience the Six Nations live. He was named Wisden. At the 2013 Division tournament held in Colombo, Sri Lanka were successful in winning all three of its matches earning a promotion to the Asian Five Nations. Read more about this topic: List Of Trinity College, Kandy Alumni, Dilip Kumar - former Chairman NSW Rugby Union, Former Chairman Australian Rugby Union, Member of International Rugby Board & SANZAR Board (Athletics Lion in 1969), Lt Gen. Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain and Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in 1974 (Trinity Rugger Captain and Lion in 1959, Trinity 1st XV rugby coach of 967, 1968 and 1969. Police in South Korea have started an investigation after the Sri Lanka Women's Rugby Captain Dulani Pallikondage disappeared shortly after the Asia Rugby Sevens Series second leg in Incheon, South Korea on Sunday. Habarana, a biodiversity hotspot and a sensitive environment for elephants an, 40 years ago on February 13, 1983, a privately owned Lear jet flew out of Mal, The ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka had hampered his marketing job and t, *Velayuthan and his family live next to the Kinthusity Cemetery in Kalaimathy, 01 Mar 2023 FIXTURES & RESULTS | STATS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS. St. Peters College, a recognized hallmark of education was established on 18 January 1922 by Rev. Chaminda Samaranyake who played for Thurstan from 1889 to 1992, Played for CR&FC and latter for Police SC before injury kept him away from professional rugby. The 2002 Bradby encounter was the highest scoring encounter for Royal, led by Zulki Hamid, winning with a record (39-00) in the first leg held in Colombo and winning the second leg (44-00) in Kandy, thus winning the Bradby Shield with a record aggregate of 83 - 00. With Sri Lanka a fading force after the retirement of several all-time greats in the previous decade, there was only one favourite for this Test series. Wales will . All Rights Reserved. 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It was also the champion of the President's Trophy Knockout Tournament in 1977, 1983, 19901994 and 2007. Nishantha Welagedara the present captain of the Police SC is also a product of Thurstan. Serasingha warming up before a game earlier this year However, St Peters came back strongly to win the inaugural Presidents Trophy. Kadirgamar was also the winner of the Senior batting Prize in 1948 and Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold Medalist in 1950. National Rugby Historic Clifford Cup returns sans Kandy SC & CH&FC. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. A historic day for Kane Williamson helped New Zealand set England 258 to win the second Test at Wellington's Basin Reserve. 2023 Welcome to Thurstan College Colombo 07 Sri Lanka, Visit www.ThurstanCollege.com for more latest information's, Welcome to Thurstan College - Colombo 07 - Sri Lanka. Jump to. To Surath Wickremasinghe goes the honor of leading the first Thurstan Rugby team. The under 24 open rugby 7s championship, organized by the Western Province Rugby Football Union was held at the Police Park on 11th September 2022. Sri Lanka is a top cricket playing nation, and is a full member of ICC. The Isipathana College Rugby Management & Development Committee has handed over leadership duties of their 1st XV Rugby team to 3rd year coloursman and Flanker, Janith Serasinghe, for the upcoming 2019 Schools Rugby season. By. Chandimal led his team Ananda to 13 outright victories in 2008/09 season. Pride The 2019 3rd leg of the Asia Rugby 7s was everything and more. 19 February, 2023 Former Sri Lanka rugby captain at the 1974 Colombo Asiad Indrajith Coomaraswamy (right) and Sandun Hapugoda (Master Card Country Manager, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) stand astride the rugby World Cup that arrived in Sri Lanka from France yesterday on an awareness raising sojourn. [4] The professional All Blacks won the match 33-6. They, through all these years, kept faith with Peterite Rugby vision and helped tirelessly to mould both Junior and Senior Rugby squads. Power. Unfortunately, due to some lackluster recordkeeping we have no means to corroborate the details above. Speaking at the event of the launching the season, Chairperson of Royal College Rugby Match Organizing Committee, Athula Munasinghe stated It is a special year for Royal College Rugby to celebrate 100 years of the game that we all have come to love. In an attempt to highlight the prestigious history and years of tradition within the Sri Lankas schools rugby community, ThePapare.com compiled and published this list of former champions in the schools rugby league some time ago. Played his first Club rugger match for CR & FC as a Trinity schoolboy, scrum half and Lion which was a CR- Police Clifford Cup Final which CR won 22/3). D.J Nicholas Perera. Sri Lanka won Division One of the 2010 Divisional tournament beating Singapore (23-16) in the final, thereby winning promotion to the 2011 Asian Five Nations for the first time.[8]. 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Harris Omar - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Trinity Captain and Rugger Lion 1996), Pradeep Basnayake- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Trinity Vice-Captain and Rugger Lion 1996), Imthie Marikkar - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Winger/ Rugger Lion in Tyrrell Rajapaksas unbeaten team of 1987), Dr KB Sangakkara, Sri Lanka Rugger Captain (Trinity Rugger Captain, Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold Medalist), Dr Willie Ratnavale - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Trinity Rugby Captain), Ajith Abeyaratne Sri Lanka Rugby Coach, Chairman of National Selectors, Captain of the Ceylonese Rugby and & Football Club. Ellie Boatman scored four . After only losing by five points to Malaysia, they would concede 92 more points against the other two teams in the group to finish bottom of the group with no points. After knocking off Malaysia by 22 points in Kuala Lumpur in their opening match, they would be eliminated after losing to Chinese Taipei 31-27 which gave Chinese Taipei the spot into the third round. Cricket Big Match Batting Double (50 & Over in each Inn), Batting Series Aggregate. Press alt + / to open this menu. They were drawn in Group A with Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia. One of the two distinguished Trinity rugby personalities to referee the Bradby along with Lt Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa), Mike de Alwis- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (a member of DN (David) Frank's invincible Trinity XV of 1956 which subsequently produced a record 9 Sri Lanka jerseys and two Sri Lanka captains), Armstrong Nimal Maralande- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain in 1964 (a member of DN (David) Frank's invincible Trinity XV of 1956 which subsequently produced a record 9 Sri Lanka jerseys and two Sri Lanka captains), Y. C. Chang - former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain, Senarath Bandara Pilapitiya- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Rugger Captain in 1946, Rugger and Cricket Double Lion), Irwin Howie- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain-1980 (Rugger Lion in 1971; also Captained Kandy Sports Club). The team created a safe environment that contributed towards. Centre three quarter and Rugby coloursman in 1948 and 1949 where Lakshman Jayakody was the Hooker. Despite a drawn match with United Arab Emirates (13-13), Sri Lanka lost its remaining three matches in the 2011 Asian Five Nations tournament and finished last, resulting in its demotion out of the Asian Five Nations. Peterite Rugby When captain Stokes enforced the follow-on on the third morning, New Zealand were 226 behind and England dominant. Under the able guidance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, Navy athletes have made a number of achievements in recent times as a result of thriving atmosphere in the Navy for the promotion of sports. NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR SFE RETURN TO SPORT-DURING COVID 19. Also Captained Kandy Sports Club and Army SC. India, leading the home series 2-0, need only one more . England slumped to 80-5 chasing 258 for victory on the final day at Wellingtons Basin Reserve, but a sixth-wicket stand of 121 between Joe Root and Ben Stokes got them back on track; Neil Wagners . Sarath Fernando a dashing wing three-quarter who played for CR&FC, Sunil Jayakody a familiar figure in up country rugby who captained Dimbula for many years, Mangala Ratnayake who excelled for Army and later coached the college, Tissa Nanayakkara one of the best forwards (also with a fame for place kicks) produced by Thurstan. Senior Prefect and Ryde Gold Medalist in 1968), Lt. Col. SAB (Bertie) Dias - Sri Lanka National Rugby Coach for the 1974 Colombo Rugby Asiad when Sri Lanka came up to the finals with winners Japan (Rugger and Hockey Double Lionsman), Rohan Abeykoon former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain and Captain of Ceylonese Hockey and Football Club (Trinity Rugger Lion in 1983), RN (Ravi) Balasuriya- Former President of the Ceylonese Rugby and & Football Club (Trinity Rugger Captain and Lion in 1977.Regained the Bradby Shield after three years, won the Philip Buultjens Trophy for Inter-schools Sevens a side Rugby for the third year running which was the last occasion that Trinity won it. 19071908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain, 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, 1999 Rugby World Cup Asia qualification, 2003 Rugby World Cup Asia qualification, 2007 Rugby World Cup Asia qualification, 2008 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, 2009 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, 2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, 2011 Rugby World Cup Asia qualification, 2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, 2015 Asian Rugby Championship Division Tournaments, 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division Tournaments, List of Sri Lanka national rugby union team results, "Sri Lanka end UAE's dreams of Asia Rugby Championship glory - Sport360 News", Sri Lanka to host Rugby Asiad in November this year, "Sri Lanka is Asia's newest Top 5 team after winning HSBC Final", "(Rugby) Malaysia upset Sri Lanka in Asian Rugby Championships", Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union official web site, List and results of all IRB sanctioned international rugby games played by Sri Lanka, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_national_rugby_union_team&oldid=1134938565, This page was last edited on 21 January 2023, at 16:26. Copyright 2022 Sri Lanka Navy | Designed and maintained by the Directorate of Naval Information Technology. He was able to attract some of the best coaching talent like Vipula Dharmadasa, his brother Chula Dharmadasa, National Coach Ajith Abeyrathne, Nanayakkara brothers Tissa and Sisira, Senaka Kumarasinghe and Ajith Fernando. January - February 2026 (TBC) . During this period Thurstan won against St Thomas Mt lavinia for the first time and defeated Royal in 1991 under Asela Weerasignhea (a nippy scrum half who played for Havelocks but gave up prematurely) and in 1992 under Ruwan Sirisena. Sri Lanka could sneak into the WTC final if they whitewash New Zealand and if Australia are swept by India in the ongoing four-Test series. Seated from left: Nilfer Ibrahaim (coach), Dansha Dayan, Deshappriya Hettiarachchi (vice president Sri Lanka Rugby), Rizly Illyas (president Sri Lanka Rugby), Srinath Suriyabandara (captain), Hamza Hidayathullah (executive director Sri Lanka Rugby) and Rohan Chintaka (team manager) Unfancied Police SC dash hopes of Park Club with 21-19 win: CR & FC has had a number of its players play for the Sri Lanka national rugby union team. Restaurant Secretary, Mr. Gyan Amarasinghe Hony. The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is one of the oldest Test venues in the country while CH and FC was founded in 1892 and is the oldest rugby club in the country but plays its home matches at Racecourse ground due to the clash of the cricket and rugby seasons at the same time. Arjuna has served as a captain in 14 of the victories that came in a total of 87 matches. After retirement from active playing he coached Thurstan for several years. The under 24 open rugby 7s championship, organized by the Western Province Rugby Football Union was held at the Police Park on 11th September 2022. Janister Perera-20/02/2023. He also oversaw an unbroken last-wicket stand of 78 with Vishwa Fernando where the last man made a gutsy six not out off 27 balls faced. The first captain was L. O. Weinman, and the vice-captain was Rajah Hewavitharana. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Sri Lanka's women were no match for the rampaging England who powered their way for a 57-0 (half time 33-0) scoring nine tries and three conversions in a women's pool A clash. The first party to introduce Rugby to Sri Lanka is Kingswood College in Kandy, with the first club, Colombo Football Club, being established on 28 June 1879. Hony. Social & Entertainment Secretary, Mr. Dyan Dunuwille Hony. "He is a great cricketer in Sri Lanka. Isipathana College leads the winners tally with 18 title wins followed by Royal College with 11 wins. With a history expanding over 3000years, Sri Lanka holds some of world's ancient cities including Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Digamadulla; their once glorious townships, palaces, temples, monasteries, hospitals and theaters intricately carved and modeled out of stone lay and abandoned and forgotten with time amidst the soaring . The occasion was also attended by Director General Services, Rear Admiral Neville Ubayasiri, Chairman of Navy Rugby, Commodore Sanath Pitigala, Secretary of Navy Rugby, Captain Thusitha Abesundara and a group of naval personnel from the Rugby Pool. - 8 - 2280, 28 Feb 2023 Thurstan was the second government school to take to rugby and from the inception started playing with all leading teams. Meanwhile, there was tough competition for the Plate segment among Navy SC, Army SC, Air Force SC and CR and FC division one sports clubs, in the Nippon Paint Rugby League 2021/2022 organized by Sri Lanka Rugby. Taking on rugby as early as 1916, the first match was played with arch rivals Trinity College, Kandy in 1920. Their nickname is the Red Shirts. St. Peters College has produced many brilliant rugby players in her 90 year old Rugby history feeding National teams with high quality players both with skills and discipline coming out of its system in every decade. ( Special thanks to Mr.Sunil Karunanayke for providing with the details of the Thurstan Rugby History), Your email address will not be published. In addition, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) consulted online services from Chris Cracknell of World Rugby (WR), who was the former Fiji Men's and Women's Coach and former England . Commander of the Navy heaped praise on those achievements and wished both teams to make more glories in the time to come. Many Peterites have featured prominently in national or combined teams, be it Combined Schools, All Ceylon, Ceylonese or Sri Lankan XVs or even at 7s. Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 24-28, 2022 [ Test # 2473] Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2022 [ Test # 2472] Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 2nd Test,. SL Women's Rugby Captain Dulani Pallekondage goes missing! We are also thankful to The Rugby Foundation of St. Peters College for its commitment to not merely foster rugby par-excellence beginning at Junior XV level, but also to ensure that all students who pass through the portals of this great institution called St.Peters College, will prove to be men of unparallel honour and ability throughout their lives. He later joined Royal College and captained Royal in the centenary Royal Thomian. Established in 1922, the club has won the Clifford Cup Knockout Tournament twelve times. First Test 42 off 65 balls, 49 off 46 balls Second Test 10 off 6, 14 off 27 balls. Features for members include a billiard room, squash courts, lighted tennis courts, a gymnasium, a swimming pool and an indoor badminton court. St. Peters played their first match against Royal College at home grounds at Bambalapitiya. Facebook. Sri Lanka were all but beaten at 226-9 chasing 304 only for Kusal Perera to lead the tourists to victory with a sensational 153 not out. He latter coached Thurstan with his brother Vipula Dharmadasa. A logo for Royal College Rugby was also launched to represent the rich history of Royal Rugby and to highlight the true commitment towards the sport. . History records that Thurstan began playing rugby in1957. Thurstan was the second government school to take to rugby and from the inception started playing with all leading teams. The brilliant Rugby player and sportsman, Mr. Herbert E Wittahatchy took over the fortunes of Peterite Rugby in the same year, as Prefect of Games. In 1991 Thurstan qualified for the presidents trophy under the leadership of Asela Weerasinghe for the first time, and was unfortunate to loose to Ananada College in the semi finals in the penalty shootout. 2004Thurstan team was captained by Sadun Kumara. Both this occasions Thurstan were unlucky to loose to Isipathana their traditional rivals in the finals. He became the captain of Sri Lankan cricket team in the year 2001 and led Sri Lanka until 2006. Sri Lanka Tuskers Onslaught. Dinesh Chandimal is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer is the former captain of all formats, he is the first captain to lead Sri Lanka in their first day-night test match. Isipathana College leads the winners tally with 18 title wins followed by Royal College with 11 wins. [2] They regularly compete in the Asian Five Nations tournament and are currently in Division I. The fixtures for the team Sri Lanka are all set to be taking place from Oct 18, 2021. Nuwan Kumara was later selected to play for Sri Lanka youth team and also played for CH&FC along with Kokum Senevirathne who ultimately won his Sri Lanka Cap. 07/01/2018. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR SFE RETURN TO SPORT-DURING COVID 19. Ollie Pope - 7. (Trinity Cricket Captain 1974 and 1975, and Cricket Lion in 1975. Asian Five Nations and World Cup qualifying; 2008 was the first year of Asian Five Nations, which replaced the ARFU Asian Rugby Championship and the ARFU Asian Rugby Series. Check the Stats & Records of Records, / , Sri Lanka Women, / , Women's Test matches, / , List of captains Players in Wicket keeper Batting Bowling Observer Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer in 1974. (Trinity captain of Boxing in 1939 and Coloursman in 1940. ), M.G. [2], The club's home ground is CR & FC Grounds. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. The 2008 second leg match was the 150th match between the two schools. They were drawn in Group A with Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia. The scoreboard read 6-0 and this was only in their third attempt. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. In addition Bolt Gear joins Royal College Rugby as Official Clothing Partner, while Lanka Hospitals takes on the role of Official Healthcare Partner along with Vision Care coming in as the Official Optical Partner. [rev_slider dfccrugby728] The first leg of the U19 Asia Rugby Championship which is scheduled to take place on the 10th of December at the Racecourse International Stadium is the biggest opportunity for the Sri Lanka Under 19 team aka the Junior Tuskers to enter the tier two for the Junior Rugby World Cup in 2018. ESPN Scrum.com brings you all the latest rugby news and scores from all 2015 Internationals, Aviva Premiership, European Rugby Champions Cup, RFU Championship, Super Rugby, Six Nations and Top 14. Rohan Perera- President of the Squash Federation of Sri Lanka. Amateur Sports Team. Winner of the Observer Shield. In 1975 Thurstan drew with Isipathana under Tissa Wickramanayakas captaincy. Asiri Perera. SAFE RETURN TO RUGBY - IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; COVID . (Captain), Kanchana Ramanayake, Nishon Perera . Ground & Pavilion Secretary, Mr. Janinda Dunuwille Hony. The only rugby personality of any school in Sri Lanka to play, captain, coach, referee and administer the game. No one dreamed that a glorious history was about to be created. . His co wing forward was Ranjith Jayawardena who was selected to lead the prestigious Colombo Schools team and later went on to represent Havelocks, University & Air force. 2019 was a victorious year with Royal College retaining the Bradby Shield for the 5th consecutive year against Trinity College and emerging as the Schools League Champions for the 3rd consecutive year. (Trinity Cricket Lion in 1987). "We know at present our (CH) rugby team is not performing that great. Lanil Tennakoon- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain, Played for Sri Lanka 1974-1980, member of the Ceylon rugby team that played against Japan at the Rugby Asiad Finals in 1974/Selected to represent 'International Rugby XV' in 1978 / Represented CH&FC,Kandy SC,Havelocks (Triple Champions - 1978), Dickoya,Dimbulla & Uva, Also Captained Upcountry Rugby XV. [5] The Ceylon Rugby Football Union was founded 10 August 1908. For women's sport in general in South Africa to be raised . Copyright 2021 | St.Peters College, Bambalapitiya, Sri Lanka. The team will be looking forward to defend the League Championship as well as the much coveted Bradby this year as well, which is the 76th Bradby Shield encounter. (Malcolm) Wright- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Rugby Lion in 1943. Dilantha Malagamuwa - Sri Lanka's only international racer, Champion of the Malaysian Super-Car Series, Winner of the Aston Martin Asia Cup, Sri Lankan Sports Ambassador in Japan, President of the Sri Lanka Association of Japan. Geff Rutnam undoubtedly takes top billing as a Ceylon Captain (it was under Geffs captaincy that Ceylon scored her first ever international win against the Paris universitys club in 1970) and National Coach, Dushyantha Samarasekera was the secretary SLRFU/Asian Rugby Board and president of CR&FC, Sunil Jayakody National selector and President Dimbula A.C, Chula Dharmadasa National selector and President of CR&FC, Harsha Mayadunne President SLRFU. Had the distinction of being the only Sri Lankan Under 19 batsman to score a century against Australia in Australia. Then in 2018 under Javed Zarook and Kenneth Wimaladasa they clinched the Presidents Trophy and repeated this achievement in 2019 under Bilal Hilmy and emerged runners up in the League. Tikiri Marambe- former Sri Lanka Rugby Captain (Rugger Lion in 1971; also Captained both Air Force and the Defence Services XV. Your email address will not be published. Sections of this page. Rienzie de Silva (Havelocks), Mervyn de Silva, Chula Dharmadasa and SK Karunathileke (CR&FC) with Geff Rutnam being the coach. AAT Sri Lanka was able to release the 2022 July (conducted in August) exam results in 44 days!! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. England and New Zealand trounced Sri Lanka's men's and women's teams in the opening pool matches of the XXII Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens competition at Coventry Stadium yesterday. Wesley College Principal along with the chaplain, first xv rugby captain and vice captains visited Trinity College Principal and met the rugby captain to build up the relationship that both schools had, after the incident that . M.G. - 0 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}, The school that has a proud history with the oval ball is set to tackle its centenary year of playing the game of rugby in 2020. Chula Dharmadasa was a national selector and president of CR&FC. Established in 1922, the club has won the Clifford Cup Knockout Tournament twelve times. Captained Trinity as the first-ever Sri Lankan schoolboy rugby team to be invited for the Asian Schools Rugby Football Championships in Bangkok in 1977. 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