Confident Sri Lanka aim for Youth Asian Sevens Cup in Hong Kong

By Shamseer Jaleel

Sri Lanka Youth rugby players led by Peterite Kevin Dixon will be going all out to finish top in the second leg of the Youth Asian Rugby Sevens which will be worked off in Kings Park, Hong Kong on 21 and 22 August.

Sri Lanka who finished second behind Hong Kong in the first leg in Malaysia a week earlier have included Lasindu Ishan and Asitha Punchiheva for this tournament. Sri Lanka, is coached by Colin Dinesh, will meet UAE (SL Time 9:06 am), China (SL 11:24 am) and Malaysia (SL 1:42 am) in their group encounters. Hong Kong, Thailand, Taipei and Kazakhstan will play in group A.

Meanwhile the Junior Rugby Asiad, which is known as the Junior World Rugby Tournament (JWRT) Division I, will be worked off in Singapore in early December with 4 teams participating.