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Harris Omar a rugby captain par excellence-Hafiz Marikar Harris Omar Source:Dailynews Harris Omar’s captaincy helped Kandy Sprots Club to win the first sevens title in 1999, it was he who gave a push to make it a champion side, under the guidance of Priyantha Ekanayake. Harris Omar started his rugby at Trinity College and most often played Number 8, but was also versatile enough to play flanker or even lock. His ball handling was arguably his greatest asset. Harris Omar – the Trinity College rugby star came up from the early age of nine years and kept up the tempo for the others to follow. The initial grounding got the best out of Harris and he was in the Sri Lanka rugby team even as he came out of school. He showed fine skill and vigour from the time he was in the under 15 and 17 outfits, and then ...