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Centre Avantha played for Sri Lanka with his brother Radhika in 2007 Rugby Asiad-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews The game of rugby is a body contact sport. The players competing in this sport have to maintain a good physique while taking care of their injuries on a regular basis. Some times they suffer serious injuries while playing competitive rugby, resulting in a sad end to their career, while they are at their peak. Udaya Avantha Hettiarachchi is one of the rugby players who hails from a family which was involved in handling the oval shaped ball, who had a sad end to his career with a knee injury which ultimately sidelined him permanently from the game when he was at his peak. Avantha was born in 1980 in the outskirts of the city of Kandy. With a height of over five feet he was a robust player in the field of ...

Kingswood going great guns in rugby – By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kingswood College, Kandy, the first school in the country to play rugger,then known as Kandy Boy’s High School, took to the game due to the efforts of a Trinitian L.E. Blaze , the founder principal of the school in 1891 Subsequently the interest for rugby increased in popularity the first rugger fixture was between Trinity College and Kingswood on 11th day of August 1906 at Bogambara Grounds, and resulted in an exciting 6 all draw. This was the first-ever inter-school rugby game to be played in the country. After a few years after this game Kingswood gave up the game, because of a player dying on the field.,The game was reintroduced to the school in 1965 with an Under 17 team. , so the game went on and in the 1980’s, during the coaching of Z.M. Zarook a product ...