Sri Lanka Tuskers leave shores for Asia 7s

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Seated from left: S&C trainer Dilan Soysa, physiotherapist Tharaka Vithanage, head coach Mathew Lee, captain Dansha Dayan, SLR President Lasitha Gunaratne, player Srinath Sooriyabandara, Deputy President Rizly Illyas and team manager Rohan Chinthaka

Standing from left: Kevin Dixon, Thulina Wijesinghe, Naveen Hena Kankanamge, Riza Rafaideen, Anuradha Herath, Dinuk Amarasinghe, Jason Dissanayake and Nishon Perera

The 12-member Sevens team left Sri Lankan shores this week to compete at the upcoming first leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series tournament that will kick off on 31 August and 1 September in Incheon, South Korea.

The Tuskers will be led by playmaker Dansha Dayan and will scrum down on Saturday 31 August with China at 11.12 a.m and with Japan at 2.30 p.m Sri Lanka time, and play their last preliminary round match with United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday 1 September at 8.42 a.m Sri Lanka.

In this year’s tourney, teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka will play it out for a top finish in round one.

The National Sevens Rugby Team is sponsored by Dialog Axiata and is also the proud sponsor of the Sri Lankan national cricket, volleyball and netball teams. The company also has a close association with the President’s Gold Cup Volleyball, national junior and senior netball tourneys, Premier Football, schools’ cricket and paralympic sports by powering Army Para Games, National Para Games and the Sri Lankan contingent to the Olympic and World Paralympic Games.