Home  ⁄  Tag Archives: Chula Dharmadasa

Chula Dharmadasa an outstanding ruggerite-by Althaf Nawaz Chula Dharmadasa Source:Dailynews Thurstan College, Colombo is a school in the forefront, of education as well as sports producing several players, who excelled locally and internationally. Chula Dharmadasa was one of them who had an outstanding career in rugby. Better known as ‘Chula’ in the sporting fields, he is the son of P.L.E. Dharmadasa. He has two brothers and three sisters with younger brother Vipula playing for Royal College and later represented CR and FC in rugby. ...

Oct 3, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , Comments 0
Read More →

C.P. Abeygunawardena one of Sri Lanka’s finest scrum halves-by Althaf Nawaz Chandana Palitha Abeygunawardena Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Rugby has produced some scintillating players who played a pivotal role in keeping the National flag flying at International level bringing honour and fame to the country. Chandana Palitha Abeygunawardena(C.P.) was one of them who turned out to be one of the top class players later becoming a successful coach in the schools, clubs and at National Level. Chandana Palitha Abeygunawardena was a great product of Royal College, Colombo who excelled in Cricket in 1974 under Samuel Lawton and Rugby in 1973 and 1974 at school. Well known as ‘Ceepers’ among sporting circles, C.P. hails from a sports loving family His elder brother Metha Abeyagunawardena was a fine Cricketer and also took part in Rugby and Boxing in the Stubbs Shield, later representing Sri Lanka Schools in the same sport. He had two ...

Sep 23, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments 0
Read More →