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Lakala Perera excellent ruggerite and coach by Althaf Nawaz source:-dailynews It is rare to find a rugby player who is capable of playing in several positions unless he is a highly skilled person. Lakala Perera was one of them who handled the rugby ball in various positions, after engaging in several sporting disciplines as a schoolboy and later turned out to be a scintillating rugby player and an excellent coach. Lakala was born in 1981 and Susil Perera is his father, a musician by profession who hails from a family involved in professional music. Ruby Grace is his mother who is a housewife. He has three siblings with elder brother Isuru another Peterite was a professional football player representing Saunders Sports Club later donned the National jersey. His elder sister is Erandathi who is a housewife while his younger brother is Maduka another Peterite following the footsteps of his ...

DOWN MEMORY LANE-Havelocks Proud Rugby History-Memories by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Photo Source:Havlocks Sports Club FB Havelock Sports Club will be celebrating their 105th year. A club which has a long and cherished history and rugby is the club’s main sporting activity. The “Havies”, as they are known, is situated in Colombo and the club’s ground is known as Havelock Park. And it is one of the famous and friendliest club’s in the country. This club has produced some excellent ruggerites and Committee members who have given of their best on and off the field. Havelock Sports Club has been playing rugger for well over ninety five years and has a proud history. Not only have they produced champion teams in the early days, they have also served the cause of Sri Lanka rugby. Historically, in fact, success came routinely to the 1915-founded club in rugby, though they played Football, Hockey ...