Young “Lions” from the tiny Island of Sri Lanka will be taking the field today with full of confidence to gain promotion to top Five in 2013 against hosts Philippines. Led by dynamic flanker Yoshitha Rajapakse, Lankans got the better of Taipei (36-8) and Singapore (35-10) in the earlier league encounters. Later in the day [...]

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Sri Lanka beat Singapore by 35-10 in the HSBC Asian Five Nations (HSBC A5N) Division I tournament match in Manila on Wednesday, April 18. In their bid to put themselves among the top five Asian Rugby Nations, Si Lanka has now won two games out of two and eager to meet Philippine on Saturday.  The [...]

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Sri Lanka can boast of a high-powered side – probably the only team in the world to field two sons of a ruling president of a country – as they make a bid to win the HSBC Asian Five Nations (HSBC A5N) Division I tournament in Manila. Sri Lanka beat Chinese Taipei by 36-08 in [...]

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The rugby season will kick start with Asian Five Nation Division -1 Tournament scheduled to be held from 14th to 21st April, 2012 in Philippines. The national rugby calendar will feature eight international tournaments including the first and second legs of Carlton Super Sevens in Sri Lanka.   National Rugby Calendar – 2012  March – [...]

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Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been appointed as Sri Lanka captain in the forthcoming Asian five-nations championships to be held in Philipine. Minister of Sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage has granted approval for the appointment of Yoshita Rajapaksa as the Captain of the Sri Lanka National Rugby 15’s Team said Rohan Gunaratne, the Executive [...]

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The national rugby squad will start training for the HSBC Asian Five Nations Tour nament Division I which will take place in Manila, Philipines in April this year. Until a head coach is found Jayathilake will look after the physical for m of the young lads. According to reliable source if available their head coach [...]

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St Peter’s drubbed S. Thomas’ by a whopping 59 points to 7 in their Singer Under-20 'A' Division rugby encounter played at Bambalapitiya on Saturday. This was the seventh win for Bambalapitiya lads in the season. With the win, St. Peters went on to regain the Archibald Perera trophy after a lapse of three years [...]

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The recent drug scandals involving top stars from three sports further widened as three Sri Lanka Rugby players have been tested positive for allegedly taking banned steroid during the concluded Asian Five Nations Rugby Championship. Three players namely Saliya Kumara, Keith Gurusinghe and Eranga Swarnatilake tested positive during the tournament which was hosted by Sri [...]

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Reliable information has surfaced that a United Arab Emirates (UAE) rugby player who represented the cluster region squad at the recently concluded Asian Rugby Five Nations tournament had not sufficed the eligibility criteria as laid down by the International rugby Board (IRB). The player identified as S. Kerr had in fact played the game against [...]

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Centre Alisi Tupuailai scored five tries to give Japan a smashing 90-13 win over Sri Lanka in their Asian Five Nations rugby match at Longden Place yesterday. The Japanese thus ended as the only unbeaten team while Sri Lanka were demoted into the second grade group. The undisputed Japan team run down 14 tries which [...]

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Japan have virtually retained their domain in the Top League of the Asian5Nations but they would not certainly make sure to give Sri Lanka a memorable exit from the group as both teams lock horns in the final showdown of the tournament in Colombo on Saturday. Japan will be looking forward to end their Asian5Nations [...]

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Sri Lanka's dream of remaining in the Asian Five Nations championship next year came to a shattering end in Kazakhstan with a crushing defeat at Almatty over the weekend. Sri Lanka lost the last chance to stay in the top league on Saturday in Almatty after losing to Kazakhstan 34-18 to be placed last in [...]

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Japan pulverised the United Arab Emirates 111-0 to capture the Asian Five Nations for the fourth time in a row and with a game to spare, Japanese rugby officials said on Saturday. The 'Brave Blossoms' exploded for 17 tries in Friday's game in Dubai to make it a perfect three wins from three and move [...]

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Sri Lanka will face off against Kazakhstan where both teams will have a final opportunity of keeping their hopes alive of remaining in the Top League of the Asian5Nations tournament. The match is scheduled to take place at the University ground in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Saturday, May 14. However the Kazakhs who finished up as [...]

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The Sri Lanka team made three changes to their touring squad for a do or die battle in the Asian Five Nation’s rugby fixture against Kazakhstan to be played this Saturday at Almaty. One change has been made in the pack while the other changes are in the backline. Centre Pradeep Liyanage has been left [...]

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Reigning champs Japan grabbed their customary top slot in the points table with 12 points from two consecutive wins against Hong Kong and Kazakhstan and two bonus points for scoring over four tries in each of its matches at the three week old HSBC Asian Five Nation rugby tournament. Japan made it 14 straight wins [...]

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Hong Kongproved their might in the Asian Rugby circuit by beating a gritty Sri Lankan side by 48-3 inthe Asian5Nations top league match played at Longdon Placein Colomboon Saturday.   Hong Kongscored 22 points to 3 inthe first half to maintain an assailing lead as they ran in post seven tries out of which five [...]

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Sri Lanka will be looking for a win to keep its dream of remaining in the Asian Five Nations tournament for 2012 while hosting the highly fancied Hong Kong team today at the Ceylonese Rugby Football Club (CR and FC) ground Longden Place commencing at 3.00 p.m. This will be the third occasion in which [...]

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Sri Lanka will face mighty Hong Kong in their second clash of the Top Division Asian5Nations tournament at Longdon Place in Colombo on Saturday (May 7). The match will kick off at 3.00 pm local time. Hong Kong with a formidable performance so far in this year’s Asian5Nations have won a game out of two. [...]

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At the end of the second week of matches in the on-going Five Nations rugby championship, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took the lead in the points table after registering a comfortable win over visiting Kazakhstan (24-10) in a match played over the weekend in Abu Dhabi. UAE have obtained eight points after winning one [...]

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