Sri Lankan rugby outfit to claim first Asian Games medal

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)