Sri Lanka national rugby union team (sevens)

Sri Lanka Sevens

Union	Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Captain(s)	Fazil Marija[1]
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	no

Australia playing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Sri Lanka national rugby union sevens is a national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.^[2] In 1989, veteran rugby commentator Bill McLaren mentions them in an article on the Hong Kong Sevens, saying that their team had players such as Kothalawala, Ekanayake and Lakshantha, and that he was grateful that he did not have to broadcast all the names, as he had trouble pronouncing them correctly.^[3]

Current Squad

Squad to 2014 Commonwealth Games:

• Shenal Dias
• Sudharshana Muthuthantri
• Anuruddha Wilwara
• Lawang Perera
• Danuska Ranjan
• Sandun Herath
• Shehan Pathirana
• Dinusha Chathuranga
• Richard Dharmapala
• Fazil Marija
• Srinath Sooriyabandara
• Mithun Hapugoda

Tournament history

Asian Games

1998 Asian Games Main article: Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games Group A matches - Team Pts Pld W L PF PA  South Korea 9 3 3 0 113 12  Chinese Taipei 7 3 2 1 78 54  Kazakhstan 5 3 1 2 31 108  Sri Lanka 3 3 0 3 26 74 7 December South Korea  56 – 0  Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei  28 – 12  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  14 – 17  Kazakhstan South Korea  28 – 12  Chinese Taipei South Korea  29 – 0  Sri Lanka Chinese Taipei  38 – 14  Kazakhstan 2002 Asian Games Main article: Rugby union at the 2002 Asian Games Group A matches - Team Pts Pld W L PF PA  South Korea 9 3 3 0 115 24  Thailand 7 3 2 1 62 47  Sri Lanka 5 3 1 2 33 89  Malaysia 3 3 0 3 24 74 30 September South Korea  31 – 5  Malaysia Thailand  26 – 7  Sri Lanka Malaysia  5 – 24  Thailand South Korea  49 – 7  Sri Lanka South Korea  35 – 12  Thailand Malaysia  14 – 19  Sri Lanka 1 October - 5th place match Sri Lanka  14 – 24  China

2006 Asian Games Group B matches - Team Pts Pld W L PF PA  China 6 2 2 0 72 5  Sri Lanka 4 2 1 1 53 31  India 2 2 0 2 0 89 10 December China  41 – 0  India Sri Lanka  48 – 0  India China  31 – 5  Sri Lanka 2010 Asian Games Group B matches - Team Pts Pld W L PF PA  South Korea 0  China 0  Sri Lanka 0  India 0

Commonwealth Games

2006 Commonwealth Games Group C matches - Team Pts Pld W L PF PA  England 9 3 3 0 110 17  Australia 7 3 2 1 113 33  Cook Islands 5 3 1 2 71 63  Sri Lanka 3 3 0 3 0 181 16 March England  35 – 5  Cook Islands Australia  73 – 0  Sri Lanka England  61 – 0  Sri Lanka Australia  28 – 19  Cook Islands Cook Islands  47 – 0  Sri Lanka England  14 – 12  Australia

2010 Commonwealth Games Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Group D matches - Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 October England  –  Uganda Australia  –  Sri Lanka England  –  Sri Lanka Australia  –  Uganda Uganda  –  Sri Lanka England  –  Australia

Hong Kong Sevens

1984 Hong Kong Sevens

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl
		Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner
1984 Details	Government Stadium	Fiji	26-0	New Zealand	Australia	Sri Lanka

2007 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2007 Hong Kong Sevens Pool A matches - Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL  Fiji 3 3 0 0 99 7 9  Scotland 3 2 0 1 84 54 7  Portugal 3 1 0 2 61 66 5  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 28 145 3 Fiji 45 - 0 Sri Lanka Scotland 31 - 7 Portugal Scotland 53 - 21 Sri Lanka Fiji 28 - 7 Portugal Portugal 47 - 7 Sri Lanka Fiji 26 - 0 Scotland 2008 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2008 Hong Kong Sevens Pool B matches - Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 3 3 0 0 78 24 +54 9  Samoa 3 2 0 1 76 26 +50 7  Canada 3 1 0 2 77 60 +17 5  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 14 135 -121 3 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008  Samoa 35 - 7  Sri Lanka March 28, 2008  England 24 - 12  Canada March 29, 2008  England 47 - 7  Sri Lanka March 29, 2008  Samoa 36 - 12  Canada March 29, 2008  Canada 53 - 0  Sri Lanka March 29, 2008  Samoa 5 - 7  England

2009 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2009 Hong Kong Sevens Pool C matches - Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand </s:Envelope> viceType> <se9'  Australia 3 2 0 1 94 34 +60 7  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 38 99 -61 5  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 26 148 -122 3 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-03-27  New Zealand 59 - 0  Sri Lanka 2009-03-27  Australia 33 - 5  Zimbabwe 2009-03-28  Australia 56 - 12  Sri Lanka 2009-03-28  New Zealand 52 - 0  Zimbabwe 2009-03-28  Zimbabwe 33 - 14  Sri Lanka 2009-03-28  New Zealand 17 - 5  Australia

Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's

Year	Cup	Plate	Bowl
1999	South Korea	Malaysia	India
2000	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Thailand
2001	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Czech Republic
2002	Portugal	South Korea	Hong Kong
2003	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2004	Japan	Sri Lanka	Kazakhstan
2005	Japan	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2006	South Korea	Thailand	Malaysia
2007	Hong Kong	China	India
2008	Malaysia	Kazakhstan	Singapore
2009	Japan	Thailand	Pakistan
2010	Fiji Barbarians	New Zealand Legends	Germany

See also

• Sri Lanka national rugby union team

References

• McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)

1. ↑ http://sundaytimes.lk/sport/rugby-sri-lanka-sevens-team-faces-tough-task-commonwealth-games.html
2. ↑ McLaren, p70
3. ↑ McLaren, p74

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