Iswan and Harris Omar the only father and son who led Kandy Sports Club-By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews In the history of Kandy Sports Club rugby, late Iswan Omar and Harris Omar are the only father and son duo who led the Nittawela club at rugby. Both hail from a sporting family. Iswans father A.H.K. Omar was a fine cricketer and led St. Anthonys College in 1928 and later played for Kandy Sports Club and Central Province. He was a fine all-rounder, a medium pace bowler and a hard-hitting batsman. He was also a superb cover point fielder. Iswan started his rugby at Trinity College under the guidance of Hilary Abeyratne and first played for the under 15 side as a prop forward and as a second-row forward for the under 17. He then played till 1969 for the senior team. For the senior side he started off as a ˜prop ...

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Nimal Malagamuwa was a top class scrum half-By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Nimal Malagamuwa was a ruggerite, cricketer, athlete and boxer. In rugby he played scrum half for Vidyartha College, St. Anthony’s College, Outstation Schools, Combined Schools, Kandy SC, Up-Country and Sri Lanka. During his career he gave his best. Nimal was best known for his trademark ‘sniping runs’ and played the game well, often scoring tries from ‘tap and go’ penalties. At cricket he was a fine opening batsman, first played for Vidyartha College, then for St. Anthony’s College, Central Province Schools and Combined Schools ...

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Irwin Howie was one of the finest fly halves-by Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Having started his career as a scrum half, Irwin Howie developed into one of the finest fly halves in the history of Kandy and Sri Lanka rugby with a reputation as an elusive runner and the playmaker of the backline. He is the man who steered Kandy Sports Club to the Cup final under his leadership after nine long years in 1978 where they lost to Havelock SC under Anton Benedict by 4-10 Irwin Howie was a dynamic and cheerful rugby player.Fans in the late 1960s and 1970s were amazed at the brilliant performances Irwin produced. He started rugby at Trinity College and played in all age groups.He started as a scrum-half at the age of 15 and ended as one of the best fly halves.. At senior level, he was well known for his kicking. He used ...

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