Mako returns to New Zealand

Ranjeeva Seneviratne

Sri Lanka's Rugby Sevens coach Rawiri Mako has gone back to New Zealand after completing his assignment of coaching the Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens team which took part in the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens from March 28 to 30, 2008.

"Rawiri was contracted for a period of one month to coach the Sri Lanka Sevens Rugby team and he has returned to New Zealand after finishing his task" said the President of the SLRRU DIG Nimal Lewke.

He said that the Rugby Union will recruit a new foreign coach to train the Sri Lanka team for the Singer-SriLankan Rugby Sevens in September, and Asian Division One Tournament in Chinese Taipei in October.

Lewke said that he was disappointed with the performance of Rawiri Mako who failed to produce a strong team for the Hong Kong Sevens after coaching them for more then three weeks.

He also blamed the national selectors for not selecting a balanced team.

"They should have picked at least four specialist forwards for the Hong Kong Sevens instead of two and also should have not selected players who were not fully fit" said Lewke.