Former Kingswood 1st XV Captain , Sri Lanka Under-20 player cum Sri Lanka national Sevens player Reeza Rafaideen has decided to don the jersey of CH and FC during the upcoming inter club rugby season.
Rafaideen was one of the prized products to come out of Kingswood College Kandy whose team he also captained while playing as fly half, centre, winger and full back in 2015.
Rafaideen also had the honour of representing the Sri Lanka Under-20 Sevens team under Kevin Dixon at the Asian Championships and guided them to the Cup championship title for the first time in the island’s rugby history in 2016.
He had the rare distinction of playing as winger in the Sri Lanka team under Omalka Gunaratne in the traditional 15-a-side game which became runners-up to Hong Kong at the Asian Under-20 tournament in 2015.
After leaving school Rafaideen joined Police SC and later crossed over to CR and FC to enhance his career in club rugby where he was vice captain of the CR and FC team in 2019/20 season. He was the captain of CR & FC 7s rugby team which became the inter-club runner up in 2019. He was also adjudged the “Most Valuable Player of the 49th mercantile 7s rugby tournament.
Speaking to Daily News all the way from Kandy the unassuming Rafaideen said: “I am glad to sign up for CH and FC for the upcoming rugby season. As an experienced player I’ll give off my very best for the team along with my entire team mates to achieve success.”
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