Thirty member rugby pool for Asian Five-Nation Tournament

by Ranjan ANANDAPPA

The Sri Lanka National Rugby Selectors have named a pool of 30 players in preparation for the HSBC Asian Five Nation Division One Tournament which is scheduled to be held in Manila, Philippines from April 14 to 22, 2012.

Sri Lanka, Singapore and Chinese Taipei will be participating at this year's tournament and the winners will be promoted to the Asian Five Nation top five. Chairman Selection Committee Chadrishan Perera informed that the Selection Committee will watch the progress of these players and may add new players to the pool based on the injuries and the availability of the players.

The players who have been selected to the National Rugby Pool from the following clubs CR&FC, Havelock SC, SL Navy, SL Army, SL Police and SL Air Force are kindly requested to be present at the Havelocks Sports Club on Wednesday January 26, 2012 at 5.00 pm to meet the Team Manager and the Fitness Trainer and collect their training schedule. A date for the fitness tests will be notified by the team Manager.

The players selected from Kandy SC and Upcountry Lions should be present at the Kandy SC grounds, Nittawela on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 5.00 pm to meet the Team Manager and the Fitness Trainer and collect their training schedule. A date for the fitness tests will be notified by the Team Manager.

For further information please contact the Team Manager Group Captain Leonard Rodrigo Mobile 071-4282788. Trainer Mothilal Jayathileka, Mobile 077-5967487.

Sri Lanka National Rugby Pool for the HSBC Five Nation Division One Tournament to be held in Manila, Philippines from April 14 to 22.

Shenal Dias, Pubudu Kodagoda, Charith Seneviratne, Priyantha Ekanayake, Gemunu Indrachapa, (All Air Force), Saliya Handapangoda, Nushal Meepage (Army), Ishan Noor, Terrence Henry, Ashan Karthelis, Lasintha de Costa, Shabeer Mohamed, Mohamed Sherif, Ashan de Costa, Heshan Gunaratne, Dushan Lewke, Reza Mubarak, Mohamed Rizwan, Dinusha Chaturanga, (All from CR&FC), Anuruddha Wilwara, Amjad Buksh, Diren Warnakulasuriya, Sudarshan Muthuthanthri (Havelock SC). Sean Wijesinghe, Fazil Marija, Kishore Jehan, Dinesh Sanjeeva, Achala Perera, Senaka Bandara, Sajith Saranga (All from Kandy SC).