Thirty-one member rugby pool for Hong Kong Sevens

Ranjeeva Seneviratne

RUGBY: The National Selection Committee headed by Asanga Seneviratne picked a 31-member rugby pool in preparation for the Cathay Pacific-Hong Kong Bank Rugby Sevens which will be held in Hong Kong from March 30 to April 1, 2007.

The final 12-member squad will be selected after the Radella Sevens which will be worked off on March 3 and 4, 2007 and the Inter-Club Rugby Sevens which will be held at Longden Place on March 17 and 18, 2007.

Kandy SC’s Chamara Vithanage who came up with a marvellous display at the Singer-Sri Lankan Sevens in Kandy in September last year has been picked to lead the Sri Lanka Sevens team in Hong Kong.

The squad: Sajtih Mallikarachi, Ashan Karthelis, Dilanka Wijesekera, Amjad Buksh, Sanjeewa Jayasinghe, Ashan de Costa, Fazil Marija, Anuradha Dharmatillake, Lalindra Rodrigo, Saliya Kumara, Chamara Vithanage (Captain), Mohamed Sheriff, Dinesh Sajeewa, Matheesha Silva, Sajith Bandara, Chanaka Fonseka, Dilan Sanjeewa, Dulip Metruwan, Buddhika Thalagampola, Lakala Perera, Dushantha Lewke, Asanka Perera, Anuja Perera, Aruna Sahntha, Eranda Weerakkody, Dhanushka Perera, Dharushka Pushapkumara, Pradeep Liyange, Rohan Fernando, Tuan Shamrock and C.C.Peters.