Sri Lankan rugby outfit to claim first games Medal

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By Shamseer Jaleel

The Sri Lankan rugby outfit will be out for the first team’s medal at the Asian Games 2018, which commenced in Indonesia last week-end.

Sri Lanka will lock horns with South Korea, UAE and Afghanistan in Pool C. There will be 12 Men’s and 8 Women’s teams in action, but unfortunately Sri Lanka Rugby administrators were late in registering the Women’s team, which left them in the lurch for this tournament.

Men’s

Pool A Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Pakistan

Pool B Japan, Malaysia, Taipei, Indonesia

Pool C South Korea, Sri Lanka, UAE, Afghanistan

Women’s

Pool D China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea

Pool e Japan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Indonesia

August 30

Sri Lanka vs. UAE 1/26 pm

Sri Lanka vs. South Korea 5/28 pm

August 31

Sri Lanka vs. Afghanistan 2/10 pm

Sri Lanka Squad:

Sudarshana Muthuthanthri, Danushka Ranjan, Jason Dissanayake, Danushka Dyan, Srinath Sooriyabandara, Kavindu Perera, Sudam Sooriyarachchi, Gayan Weeraratne, Tharinda Ratwatte, Buddhima Piyarathane, Reza Raffaideen, Rehan Silva

Head Coach: Peter Woods (New Zealand)