Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team

Current Squad

Tournament history

References

Summer Olympics

Asian Games

Commonwealth Games

Hong Kong Sevens

Sri Lanka Rugby 7's

1998 Asian Games

2002 Asian Games

2006 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

2014 Asian Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

2014 Commonwealth Games

1984 Hong Kong Sevens

2007 Hong Kong Sevens

2008 Hong Kong Sevens

2009 Hong Kong Sevens

2014 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool C

Sri Lanka Sevens
World Cup Sevens

Union	Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Coach(es)	Mathew Turner^[1]
Captain(s)	Fazil Marija^[2]
Appearances	no

Australia playing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team has competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.^[3] In 1989, veteran rugby commentator Bill McLaren mentions them in an article on the Hong Kong Sevens, saying that their team had players such as Kothalawala, Ekanayake and Lakshantha.^[4]

Squad to 2014 Commonwealth Games:

Shenal Dias
Sudharshana Muthuthantri
Anuruddha Wilwara
Lawang Perera
Danuska Ranjan
Sandun Herath
Shehan Pathirana
Dinusha Chathuranga
Richard Dharmapala
Fazil Marija
Srinath Sooriyabandara
Mithun Hapugoda

Olympics Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Did Not Qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-

Main article: Rugby union at the Asian Games

Main article: Rugby union at the 1998 Asian Games

Group A matches -

7 December


South Korea	56 – 0	Kazakhstan
Chinese Taipei	28 – 12	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	14 – 17	Kazakhstan
South Korea	28 – 12	Chinese Taipei
South Korea	29 – 0	Sri Lanka
Chinese Taipei	38 – 14	Kazakhstan

Main article: Rugby union at the 2002 Asian Games

Group A matches -

30 September


South Korea	31 – 5	Malaysia
Thailand	26 – 7	Sri Lanka
Malaysia	5 – 24	Thailand
South Korea	49 – 7	Sri Lanka
South Korea	35 – 12	Thailand
Malaysia	14 – 19	Sri Lanka

1 October - 5th place match


Sri Lanka	14 – 24	China

Main article: Rugby union at the 2006 Asian Games

Group B matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
China	6	2	2	0	72	5
Sri Lanka	4	2	1	1	53	31
India	2	2	0	2	0	89

10 December


China	41 – 0	India
Sri Lanka	48 – 0	India
China	31 – 5	Sri Lanka

11 December


Hong Kong	35 – 5	Sri Lanka

Main article: Rugby union at the 2010 Asian Games

Group B matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	99	10	+89	9
South Korea	3	2	1	91	17	+74	7
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	47	81	−34	5
India	3	0	3	17	146	−129	3

21 November


South Korea	43 – 5	India
China	26 – 5	Sri Lanka

22 November


China	61 – 0	India
Sri Lanka	42 – 12	India
South Korea	5 – 12	China

23 November


Hong Kong	19 – 14	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	21 – 17	Thailand
Malaysia	27 – 7	Sri Lanka

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Asian Games – Men

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	94	31	+63	9
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	90	28	+62	7
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	73	64	+9	5
Lebanon	3	0	3	12	146	−134	3

30 September


South Korea	38 – 7	Lebanon
Sri Lanka	24 – 7	Chinese Taipei
South Korea	35 – 12	Chinese Taipei
Sri Lanka	54 – 0	Lebanon

1 October


South Korea	21 – 12	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	24 – 19	China

2 October


Japan	40 – 0	Sri Lanka
South Korea	17 – 14	Sri Lanka

Main article: Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

Main article: Rugby Sevens at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Group C matches -

16 March


England	35 – 5	Cook Islands
Australia	73 – 0	Sri Lanka
England	61 – 0	Sri Lanka
Australia	28 – 19	Cook Islands
Cook Islands	47 – 0	Sri Lanka
England	14 – 12	Australia

17 March - Bowl Quarter-Finals


Uganda	24 – 12	Sri Lanka

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Group D matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	135	26	+109	9
Australia	3	2	1	94	26	+68	7
Uganda	3	1	2	35	93	−58	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	17	136	−119	3

11 October


England	59 – 0	Uganda
Australia	42 – 5	Sri Lanka
England	59 – 7	Sri Lanka
Australia	33 – 0	Uganda
Uganda	35 – 5	Sri Lanka
England	21 – 19	Australia

12 October - Bowl Quarter-Finals


Papua New Guinea	26 – 12	Sri Lanka

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Group D matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	120	19	101	9
England	3	2	1	104	15	89	7
Uganda	3	1	2	22	97	-75	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	21	136	-115	3

	Qualified for medal competition
	Qualified for bowl competition

11 October


England	40 – 0	Uganda
Australia	62 – 7	Sri Lanka
England	57 – 0	Sri Lanka
Australia	43 – 5	Uganda
Uganda	17 – 14	Sri Lanka
England	7 – 15	Australia

12 October - Bowl Quarter-Finals


Papua New Guinea	17 – 12	Sri Lanka

Main article: Hong Kong Sevens

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl
Year	Venue	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner
1984 Details	Government Stadium	Fiji	26-0	New Zealand	Australia	Sri Lanka

Main article: 2007 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool A matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	TOTAL
Fiji	3	3	0	99	7	9
Scotland	3	2	1	84	54	7
Portugal	3	1	2	61	66	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	28	145	3

Fiji 45 - 0 Sri Lanka
Scotland 31 - 7 Portugal
Scotland 53 - 21 Sri Lanka
Fiji 28 - 7 Portugal
Portugal 47 - 7 Sri Lanka
Fiji 26 - 0 Scotland

Main article: 2008 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool B matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	78	24	+54	9
Samoa	3	2	1	76	26	+50	7
Canada	3	1	2	77	60	+17	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	14	135	-121	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 28, 2008	Samoa	35 - 7	Sri Lanka
March 28, 2008	England	24 - 12	Canada
March 29, 2008	England	47 - 7	Sri Lanka
March 29, 2008	Samoa	36 - 12	Canada
March 29, 2008	Canada	53 - 0	Sri Lanka
March 29, 2008	Samoa	5 - 7	England

Main article: 2009 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool C matches -

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	128	5	+123	9
Australia	3	2	1	94	34	+60	7
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	38	99	-61	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	26	148	-122	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-03-27	New Zealand	59 - 0	Sri Lanka
2009-03-27	Australia	33 - 5	Zimbabwe
2009-03-28	Australia	56 - 12	Sri Lanka
2009-03-28	New Zealand	52 - 0	Zimbabwe
2009-03-28	Zimbabwe	33 - 14	Sri Lanka
2009-03-28	New Zealand	17 - 5	Australia

Main article: 2014 Hong Kong Sevens

Pool A matches -

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	141	12	+129	9
Wales	3	2	1	64	61	+3	7
Kenya	3	1	2	53	53	+0	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	12	144	−132	3

Kenya 41 - 0 Sri Lanka
Fiji 42 - 7 Wales
Fiji 56 - 0 Sri Lanka
Kenya 7 - 10 Wales
Wales 47 - 12 Sri Lanka
Fiji 43 - 5 Kenya

Main article: Sri Lanka Sevens

Year	Cup	Plate	Bowl
1999	South Korea	Malaysia	India
2000	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Thailand
2001	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Czech Republic
2002	Portugal	South Korea	Hong Kong
2003	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2004	Japan	Sri Lanka	Kazakhstan
2005	Japan	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2006	South Korea	Thailand	Malaysia
2007	Hong Kong	China	India
2008	Malaysia	Kazakhstan	Singapore
2009	Japan	Thailand	Pakistan
2010	Fiji Barbarians	New Zealand Legends	Germany
2015	Japan	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
2016	Hong Kong	Japan	-

South Korea

Chinese Taipei

Kazakhstan

McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)

↑ Cader, Saabir (14 August 2015). "England's Matt Turner to coach the Sri Lanka 7s". The Papare. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
↑ http://sundaytimes.lk/sport/rugby-sri-lanka-sevens-team-faces-tough-task-commonwealth-games.html
↑ McLaren, p70
↑ McLaren, p74

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Olympics Paralympics Commonwealth Games Asian Games

Rugby union in Sri Lanka

Governing body

Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union

Provincial governing bodies

National teams

Men's	Sri Lanka 7's U-20

Women's	Sri Lanka 7's

Domestic teams

Division A	Air Force SC Army SC CR & FC CH & FC Havelock SC Navy SC Kandy SC Police SC

Other	Dickoya Maskeliya Cricket Club Dimbula A&CC Hambantota Sharks Kelani Valley Up Country Lions

Competitions

International	Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series Asian Games Sevens

Club	Dialog Rugby League Clifford Cup

School	Milo President's Trophy President's School League Singer League

Hosted events	Sri Lanka Sevens 2013 Serendib International Cup

Defunct	Asian Rugby Series Carlton Super 7's Singer Sri Lankan 7's

National rugby sevens teams

World Rugby Sevens Series core teams	Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Kenya New Zealand Portugal Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa United States Wales

Other teams (Tier 1 & 2 nations in bold)	American Samoa Andorra Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Nauru Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norway Paraguay Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Thailand Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Wallis and Futuna West Indies Zimbabwe

Defunct	Arabian Gulf Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany USSR Yugoslavia

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