Lavanga Perera pulls out

Kandy Sports Club Lavanga Perera will not be part of the national XV a side rugby team for the Asia Rugby Division 1 tournament which will take place during the month of May this year.

This tournament will be worked off between hosts, Sri Lanka, India, Qatar and Kazakhstan at the Race Course rugby ground.

The national selectors already named an initial squad of 66 players who will start training early next week after the approval of Head Coach, Sanath Martis by the Sri Lanka Rugby Council which will take place on 6 April. 

According to reliable source more than 10 players already written to SLR on their unavailability.  Dilshard Fareed, Nigel Ratwatte, Tarinda Ratwatte, Heshan Jenson, Wewala Panditha, Jason Dissanayake, Chathuranga Kudaleege, Nigel Ratwatte, Kavindu Perera, Srinarth Sooriyabandara and Dinal Ekanayake are the other Kandy players who are in initial squad.

Thilina Bandara and Dilshard Fareed too are nursing injuries which makes their participation doubtful for this tournament.