Lakala Perera Archives

Second row forward Gayan Fernando shone for CR and Sri Lanka-by Althaf Nawaz Gayan Fernando Source:Dailynews A coach plays a pivotal role in identifying the talents and teaching the basics of the game while transforming him to a valuable player in any sporting discipline. The game of rugby too has similar circumstances and Gayan Fernando was no stranger to this as he was influenced and motivated by late Kamal Jayawardena who was instrumental in producing several outstanding players who later represented Sri Lanka. Gayan was born in 1987 in Colombo and was called ‘Gayya’ in rugby circles. His father is Ravindra Fernando a former basketball player of Ananda College and was also a bodybuilder of YMCA, Colombo. He worked in Doha Qatar for quite some time. His mother is Nayana Ranasinghe a housewife. He has one sister Gayani. He started his school career at ...

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 ...