Sri Lanka 7's squad...Radhika Hettiarachchi, Chanaka Chandimal, Mithun Chamil, Gayan Iddamalgoda, Fazly Mohamed, Rajitha Sansoni, Charith Seneviratne, Dilan Soysa, Lakith Perera, Prabath Jayalath and Milinda Jayasinghe, Saliya Handapangoda Gayan Ratnayake ,Ashen Karathelis, Dinusha Chaturanga, Ishan Noor, Lasintha De Costa, Reza Mubarak, Vishwa Mithra Jayasinghe, Dhanushka Perera and Srinath Sooriyabandara, Thusitha Somathilake, Pradeep Liyanage, Gayan Weeraratne, Saliya Kumara, Mohamed Sheriff, Sanjeewa Jayasinghe, Fazil Marija, Sajith Saranga, Roshan Weeraratne, Chamara Vithanage, Kasun De Silva, Dilip Selvam and Dharshana Ethipola, Nuwan Hettiarachchi, Niranjan Wickramaratne, Chula Susantha, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Kalana Amarasinghe, Romesh Archirige, Devinda Prasad (Isipathana), Mayura Sanjeewa (St. Josephs) Shenal Dias, Sandun Herath, Dhanushka Ranjan, Banuka Nanayakkara and Keith Gurusinghe (all from St Peters), Anurudhdha Wilwara, Shaveen Kapuwatte, Sudharshana Muthuthantri (S. Thomas’), Shehan Pathirana (Royal) Kanchana Ramanayake (Trinity) Chethiya Wadugodapitiya (Kingswood) Christopher Jordashe will be the manager of this squad whilst Inthi Marikka and George Simpkin share the coaching duties.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Carlton Rugby 7’s Unveiled at Media Conference Today

Tharunyata Hetak-main organizers of the Carlton 7’s together with Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union held their press conference for the tournament  of the year to be held on the 27th and 28th of this month.
Lasitha Guneratne - vice president SLRFU

This mega rugby event which is taking pride of place in the rugby calendar is to accommodate some of the top rugby playing nations. With last year’s champs Fiji, Samoa, new comers Wales, Kenya and New Zealand are some of the top Nations taking part in the tournament.

The head table consisted of Nishantha Wickramasinghe- Chairman of Sri Lankan Airlines, Mr.Lalith Piyum Perera- General Secratary (Tharunyata Hetek), Mr. Lasitha Gunaratne- Vice President, Sri Lanka Rugby Union, Mr. George Simpkin- Tournament Director, Mr. Sanjeewa Perera- Snr. Marketing Manager Etisalat

The prize money for the tournament is as follows
Winners – 25,000$
Runner up – 15,000$
Semi Finalists- 5,000$ each
As mentioned by the vice president of the Sri Lanka rugby football union, this prize money is only second to that of the Hong Kong 7's. This tournament has also received the blessing of the International rugby body and referees will be flown in from the Asian region to officiate this international tournament.
Having this tournament for the second year running is certainly a good thing for Sri Lankan and also Asian rugby as exposes them to international teams. tournament Director stated that one of the main concerns for Asian rugby teams is that they dont get enough international exposure with the top teams in the world and what this tournament does is that it will bridge that gap.
The Pools are as follows
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Fiji
Kenya
Samoa
New Zealand
Spain
Australia
PNG
South Africa
Korea
Germany
Japan
China
Malaysia
Chinese Taipei
Kazakstan
SL
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