Priyantha Ekanayake to take over as CEO SLRFU

by Indika Welagedara

Priyantha Ekanayake

Former St. Anthony's College Kandy, CH and FC, CR and FC, Kandy SC rugby player cum Sri Lanka national rugby Sevens and Fifteens captain Priyantha Ekanayake will take office as the new CEO of Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) with effect from December 1, 2016.

SLRFU secretary Nazeem Mohamad confirming the appointment told the Sunday Observer that the SLRFU headed by its president Asanga Seneviratne wants to take Sri Lanka rugby to the next level where he wants to bring the right people in the right post to take this mission forward.

"Seneviratne has a vision to meet strategic initiations to achieve high level goals such as to make Sri Lanka the number two in Asian rugby, to win a medal in the Asian Games, qualify for the next Olympic Games and to qualify for the World Seven's rugby series tournament," said Mohamad. "We think to help achieve these targets we need to bring in vastly experienced players like Ekanayake who has lots of contacts with New Zealand and world rugby."