Nico de Silva was an outstanding ruggerite of Trinity-by Hafiz Marikar Nico de Silva Source:Dailynews   Old Trinitians S.C. Ruggerite Nico de Silva was a knowledgeable rugger player, who played for Trinity College way back in ‘1961 and 1962 as a ‘lock’ and ‘third-row’ forward. In 1961 he played under Jayantha Jayawardena, That is the year he won the rugger colours with N.M. Ameraeekara, A.H.C de Silva, Tyrone Howie and U.M. Weerasinghe and in 1962 played under the leadership of Noel Brohier. Some of the other players who played with him for the school were Tyrone Howie, S.M. Zacky, N.T. Madugalle, C.D. Elhart, Mohan Sahayam, M.T.M. Zarook, Sarath Illangatilake, R.G. Geddes A.R.M. Faizer. Ananda. Piyasena, .Later Nico played for Kandy Sports Club and moved over to the CR & FC in 1964, he also had an opportunity of playing for the Havelocks SC under his friend and teammate of Trinity ...

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