Sri Lanka rugby stalwart Policemen Nizam Jamaldeen has been promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent.
One of the top rugby place kickers, he was a record breaking goal kicker and played for the Police and country. He was attached to former Prime Minister Ranil Wickemasinghe’s security and is currently with his security division.
Jamaldeen was one time big boss of the Sri Lanka Rugby Referees’ Society and one of the few referees who had public acceptance. He was also an IRB Referee.
He is a product of Isipathana College where he learnt and polished his rugby and later enrolled at the Police department where he excelled in goal kicking. His goal kicking from any position helped both Issipathana College and Police to win several games. He joined the Police force in 1985 and was a regular member of it till 1995.
He contributed over 100 points every season and once slammed a personal best of 248 points.
Jamaldeen had the rare honor of representing Sri Lanka in five Asiads and several international Sevens tournaments. His best performance for the country came at the 1990 Rugby Asiad held in Colombo, when he fired across three 40 metre penalties in the opening game against Hong Kong, where Sri Lanka went down fighting.
In the next game against Chinese Taipei, he fired across a penalty and added the extra points to the solitary try scored to give Sri Lanka a historic 9-6 win.
As a coach, he gave his best for St. Joseph’s College and later for Royal College. His two sons Arshad and Aaqil played for Royal College. Aaqil is currently a knowledgeable referee.
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