Selectors name 25-member pool

Asia Rugby Sevens 2019

By Shamseer Jaleel

Sri Lanka National selectors named an initial pool of 25 players for the Asia Rugby Sevens 2019 which will be worked off in South Korea, China and Sri Lanka.

Thilina Wijesinghe  surprise  ommission

The squad was named after conclusion of the recently-concluded Mercantile Rugby Sevens 2019 which was used as a yardstick for the National Sevens selections. Gemunu Cheethiya, Janidu Dilshan, Vishwa Ranaraja, Ishara Liyanage, Kavinda Keshan and Ravindu Anjula, all junior Sri Lanka Under 20 players in the Asian sevens event in 2018, caught the selectors’ eyes.

Surprisingly the player of the final, Thilina Wijesinghe, was in the initial pool named by Rohan Abeykkoon and his team.

Each Asian leg event will consist of 12 players with three officials.

Pool

Sachith Silva (Police), Srinath Sooriyabandara (Kandy SC), Sudharaka Dikkumbura (Army), Tharinda Ratwatte (Kandy), Thilina Bandara (Air Force), Vishwa Ranaraja (CR and FC), Adeesha Weerathunga (Navy SC), Anuradha Herath (CH and FC), Anurudha Wilwara (Kandy SC), Buddhima Piyaratne (Navy), Danushka Dyan (Kandy SC), Danushka Ranjan (Kandy SC), Dinuk Amarasinghe (Havelocks), Gemunu Chethiya (CR and FC), Ishara Liyanage (Havelocks), Janidu Dilshan (CR and FC), Jason Dissanayake (Kandy SC), Kevin Dixon (CR and FC), Kavindu Perera (Kandy SC), Kavinda Keshan (St. Joseph’s), Mithun Hapugoda (Havelock), Nigel Ratwatte (Kandy SC), Nishon Perera (CH and FC), Ravindu Anjula (Isipathana), Reza Raffaideen (CR and FC).