St. Paul’s College Archives

Full back T. A. Silva was an excellent place kicker-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews St. Paul’s College, Kandy later renamed as Sri Sumangala College, is another leading institution in the hill capital, which has played a pivotal role in the field of education along with sports . Even though they had a long standing history in sports, the game of rugby was reintroduced in the 1990’s and they were able to produce a few talented players to the National team The first player to be unearthed from the school was Bandula Wijesinghe, who played for Police and Sri Lanka with distinction from 1969 to 1975 as a winger . T. Ajith Prasanna de Silva was one of the prolific players who was inculcated with some natural talents in handling the oval shaped ball which earned him several credentials in the game. Better known as T. A. Silva in rugby circles he ...