Monday Sep 20, 2021
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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)
