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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Thursday, December 2, 2010

A PROFILE OF TRINITY’S NEW HEAD COACH OF RUGBY, MR. NEIL FOOTE

Neil Foote, 41, A New Zealander, has been involved in rugby as both a player and a coach. Neil has played rugby at club, provincial and international level. 

Upon completing his playing career, he commenced coaching in 2002. He has been involved in coaching teams in grades ranging from under 6 to senior representative level and has also worked on development of coaches. In 2006, Neil underwent the International Rugby Academy New Zealand (IRANZ) high performance coaching course.

Neil is the present Wairarapa Bush Heartland Team NPC Division One Assistant Coach, a position he has been holding since 2008. His other major coaching assignments include: Barbarians Assistant Coach vs. Portugal National Side – 2009, Cascais Rugby Club Portugal : Head Coach Senior Side and Coaching Development Officer, Wairarapa Bush Colts Head Coach (Hurricanes under 20 Division two Champions 2007), San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club Assistant Coach (Runners up USA Super League 2004), Marist Rugby Club Senior “A” Coach 
(Senior A Championship Final 2003).

As a Player, Neil has represented many teams at the highest level. Some noteworthy representations are : Classic All Blacks - Bermuda RWC – 2008, New Zealand Marist 2003, Wellington XV vs French selection 1997, Wairarapa Bush 1992-1999 (70 first class games, Captain 1997-1998), Wairarapa Bush Sevens 1992-1998 and Sevens Captain 1994-1998, New Zealand Police Rugby 1996-1997, London Harlequins 1990-1991, Twickenham Rugby Club 1989 and New Zealand Marist Colts 1988. 

Neil has also been involved in organising touch football tournaments in both New Zealand and Portugal. In 2008, he founded the New Zealand Police mixed touch National Tournament which is now in its 3rd year with up to 200 players in attendance. 
Apart from Rugby, Neil professionally is a Police Detective Sergeant attached to the Masterton Police, New Zeland. Neil enjoys the opportunities to develop and identify youth talent and create environments for them to progress and succeed.
He will come in to the Trinity side this year as their head coach while former Kingswood College coach Nilufer Ibrahim will hold the assistant coach position. 
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