Asian Rugby Football Union has selected former Royal College ruggerite Aaqil Jamaldeen to blow the whistle and former Vidyartha College ruggerite Anil Jayasinghe as the technical Zone Manager for the 2018 Asian Games rugby tournament which will be held over three days from today 30 August to 1 September.
Aaqil is the only Sri Lankan referee to be invited, so he will be in action from today. The Sri Lanka national team is also taking part.
Twenty-two-year-old Aaqil Jamaldeen represented his school senior rugger team in 2013 and 2014 as a fly half and scrum half. He had earlier toured Durham to attend a training program and was appointed to referee the Durham Schools final in 2017. He also toured Malaysia to referee in the Malaysia 7’s and attended a training/workshop in Singapore last year. He is presently a World Rugby qualified (accredited) Level 2 Match Official.
This young up and coming referee started refereeing in 2015 when he was only 19 years. He is following in his father’s footsteps Nizam Jamaldeen who was one of the top class referees in the country having played for Police for many years.
Anil Jayasinghe who is the Referees Manager in Sri Lanka and had his education at Vidyartha College, where he excelled in rugby and cricket, and led both teams. At rugby he was an outstanding player for the school, Outstation Schools, Combined Schools, Kandy Sports Club and Up-Country. He was also in the national pool and had the privilege of leading both Kandy Sports Club and Up-Country. He has made a great contribution to uplift the standard of the game in the hills, by his involvement in the fields of refereeing, coaching and administration.
This tournament is going to be the sixth appearance of rugby sevens at the Asian Games. The Games was planned to be held at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Bekasi finally moved to Rugby D field in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Indonesia.
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