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Malik Samarawickrema rugby promoter par excellence-by Hafiz Marikar Malik Samarawickrema Source:Dailynews Malik Samarawickrema has played a major role in promoting rugby in Kandy and Sri Lanka. He, was educated at Royal College where he played rugger as a scrum half and after leaving school played for CR & FC, Low Country in the Capper Cup game against Up-Country and for the Sri Lanka Presidents XV. During his playing days at Royal from 1966 to 1968.he made his Bradby Shield debut under the captaincy of Mousey Thurairatnam in the Second Leg in 1966 and went on to play for his school with distinction under Brian Lieversz in 1967 and under C.R. De Silva in 1968. ...

Jul 3, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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Hooker Ansar Buksh did Kandy SC and Sri Lanka proud-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews The game of rugby which is played globally is a tough body contact game. Some of the players who played in the past took to the game because their friends and relatives handled the oval shaped ball. Mohamed Ansar Buksh was one of them who hailed from a family of ruggerites, who played the game for the love and passion reaching great heights. Ansar had two nicknames as his family called him ‘Anchu’ and the rest called him ‘Anju’ especially in his normal life and in sporting circles. He was born in 1977, Allowdeen Buksh was his father who passed away in 2007 and mother is Doreen Buksh and has three siblings. His father was an old boy of Zahira College, Gampola and played hockey there. He joined the Sri Lanka Navy as a Chief Engineer later ...

Mar 10, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Lasitha Attanagoda ruggerite par excellence-by Upananda Jayasundera Lasitha Maduranga Attanagoda in action. Picture by Upananda Jayasundera, Kandy Sports Spl.Corr Source:Dailynews Lasitha Maduranga Attanagoda is an old boy of St.Sylvester’sCollege,Kandy who started schooling from Grade.I of the School and he started playing rugby at the age of eleven years. At that time the Under 12 rugby team was coached by Nimal Fernando and Dulip Mettananda. His Under 13 rugby coach was Gihan Chandrika Silva and Under 16 coaches were Jagath Gunawardena and Sampath Silva. Lasitha’s senior level coaches were S.A. Niyadigala, Prasad Indunil, Aruna Rankothge and G.Gunadasa. All these coaches of St.Sylvester’s made him a Rugby Star and he was in the School Rugby team from the start. ...

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Kapila Silva fine ruggerite and administrator-by Upananda Jayasundera Kapila Silva Source:Dailynews Kapila Silva, an Old Boy of Isipathana Vidyalaya, Colombo is a National Rugby player and Administrator. He started his Rugby career under the guidance of Kelum Gunaratne, a veteran Rugby Coach. Kapila Silva’s team- mates were Vajira Hewage, Amith Rasanga and Shamly Nawaz to name a few. While in School he played as second row forward and played for CH and FC in two matches. Before joining Kandy Sports Club in 2000 he played for CR & FC for two years and from 2000 to 2008 he played for the victorious Kandy SC as Flanker and Second Row forward. He played along with outstanding Sri Lanka Rugby players like Asoka Jayasena, Pradeep Basnayake, Indrajith Bandaranayake, Nalaka Weerakkody and Sajith Mallikarachchi to name a few. During his Rugby playing days he represented Sri Lanka Rugby team as well as Sri ...

Oct 17, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , Comments 0
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