Rugby sevens great Waisale Serevi for Isipatana Sevens Tourney?

RUGBY: One of the world's greatest Sevens rugby players -Fijian legend Waisale Serevi could be in Sri Lanka to grace an International Sevens Rugby Tournament in 2009, if practical modalities could be finalised to hold such a tournament, by one of the leading rugby playing schools in the country, Isipathana Maha Vidyalaya (MV), sources attached to the school told Sunday Observer.

If the tournament becomes a reality the Havelock Town based school will make arrangements to have the tournament on the same lines that they staged tourneys in 2001 and 2004 respectively.

Sunday Observer reliably learns that Isipathana MV which has produced the largest number of national caps by a singal school in the annals of local rugby, numbering over 50, is seriously considering the possibility of inviting the legendary Fijian to further enhance the growing image and popularity of Sri Lanka rugby. Isipathana MV, sources said, they are yet to finalise the actual number of teams and the countries they will be inviting but stressed that they will certainly get down the former Fiji Sevens wizard if the tournament was to see the light of day. Serevi was a household name in international rugby and more so in the Sevens version for over 15 years during which time he had fans spelbound the world over with his gifted talents.

J.K.