Sri Lanka Rugby who invited 70 rugby players from clubs in preparation for the forthcoming Asian Rugby Championship 2017 has brought the squad down to 36.
This tournament is scheduled to take place from the 14 to 20 May in Ipoh, Malaysia. All 36 players are under the watchful eyes of Fijian coach Fereti Verebula.
The teams involved in the division I, with their world rankings in brackets are Sri Lanka (40), Malaysia (54), Philippines (58) and United Arab Emirates (72).
This 2017 edition of the tournament is part of qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. All teams that do not win Division 1 will be eliminated from the World Cup qualification.
Sri Lanka’s matches are on 14 May vs Philippines, on 17 May vs UAE and 20 May vs Malaysia. The Sri Lanka team is expected to leave on 11 May.
SRI LANKA SQUAD
Ganuka Dissanayaka, Suhiru Anthony, Roshan Weeraratna, Fazil Marija, Lavanga Perera, Thilina Wijesinghe, Damith Dissanayaka, Gayan Weeraratne (all Kandy SC) Shane Samaddaperuma Tariq Salih, Banuka Nanayakkara, Shashan Mohamed, Omalka Gunaratna, Gayan Jayamanna (all CR & FC), Sharo Fernando, Sudam Suriyaarchchi, Dushmantha Priyadarshana, Prasad Madushanka, Niroshan Fernando, Nishon Perera, Ashan Darling, Umesh Madushan, (all Havelock SC), Nivanka Prasad, Sajith Saranga, Sathya Ranatunga, Stephan Gregory, Chanaka Chandimal, Richie Dharmapala, Lee Keegal, Dinusha Chathuranga, Thilina Weerasinghe, Lahiru Lakshan (all Navy SC), Joel Perera, Radeesha Senaviratne (both Police SC) , Iranga Ariyapala and Ashoka Jayalal (both Army SC). The team’s high performance Director is Inthi Marikar and Nick Globe the trainer.
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