Touring squad of 26 will be named on 4 December

Sri Lanka Under 19 Rugby squad under Thulaib Hassen will leave for Chongqing, China, on 8 December. Sri Lanka will play China on 11 December. The outfit will consist of 26 players selected in two days with Viper (Jnr) Gunaratne appointed head coach and Rajiv Perera operating as a forwards coach. Rohitha Rajapakse will be the three quarter coach of the youth outfit.

Sri Lanka will need to win both their matches in order to get their promotion to Top 4 in Asian Under 19 Rugby for 2020 in order to work their way through for the 2021 Youth Rugby World Cup. Only once has Sri Lanka qualified for the Youth World Cup in its entire history, which occurred two decades ago in Chile.

Selected squad of 34 players

Royal College – Thulaib Hassen (captain), Tuan Dilshan Jayah, Kalindu Nandila, Fadhil Adahan, Lahiru Thillakaratne

Kingswood College – Hirusha Sampath, Milan Weerasinghe, Dinal Ekanayake, Asiri Seneviratne, Thuwan Dilshan

Trinity College – Nimesh Ekanayake, Mecan Yashwanth, Janidu Rathnayake, Reshan Bandaranayake, Warren Weerakoon

St. Peter’s College – Nizran Nilar, Raveen Fernando, Lankesh Perera, Janindu Yasas Fernando

St. Joseph’s College – Theeraka Santhush, Gershom Thangiah, Santhush Algama, Shehan Eranda

Isipathana College – Manilka Ruberu, Manula Rathnayake, Janith Serasinghe, Tharindu Kapuwatte

Wesley College – Tharindu Walpitage, Mursheed Zubair, Samuel Ogbebor

St. Thomas’ College – Adeesha Hadunpathirana

St. Anthony’s College – Suhail Waseem

Science College – Sanjula Rohan

Lumbini College – Sameera Piumal

 

December 11

Thailand vs Philippines

Sri Lanka vs China

 

December 14

Third place playoff 

(both losers)

Final (both winners)