Combined Kandy Schools vs Colombo on August 7

www.ThePapare.com together with the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union and proud sponsors Dialog Axiata PLC and Yes FM break new ground bringing Sri Lanka the inaugural all star rugby encounter between Combined Kandy Schools and Combined Colombo Schools on August 7 at CR and FC grounds under the distinguished patronage of the Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetilleke played for ThePapare Yes FM Dialog Challenge Trophy.

In this extraordinary move, the crème de la crème of schools rugby will be on display at one venue giving the already trailblazing rugby season, the perfect finish.

Schools rugby, which has taken a new high lately has been feeding the national grid with talented, dedicated and skilled youngsters proudly waiting to carry on the country's cause!

Rugby's torch bearer www.ThePapare.com which followed the schools rugby season with precision; unprecedented live streaming to a worldwide audience, live updates, previews, reviews, match pictures etc, are excited to bring to you this momentous event.

The Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in its preparation for the Junior Rugby Asiad is more than willing partners to showcase schools rugby thus providing selections, coaches, grounds, practices and infrastructure to this venture, they are an integral part of the event. It will also help serve as a base for the selection of the under-20 squad that will end up representing Sri Lanka at the Junior Rugby Asiad to be worked out in Bangkok from August 20 to 28, 2010.

This event is powered by Dialog, synonymous with rugby and everything important, stepping in at short notice will surely be a reason to escalate the event even further.

The co-sponsors Yes FM always entangled with sport did not hesitate to jump in with the project and provide the media hype required for such an event.

The selection of the teams have been made by the selection committee appointed by the SLRFU for the under-20 tour and players have been gathered after careful scrutiny of all teams from the A and B division of schools rugby. These two teams are already in training and will play as the Kandy Reds vs Colombo Blues. Subsequent to this match the selected from the squad will go into serious training in preparation for the Junior Asiad.

In 2009, Sri Lanka's junior team set alight the 'Hong Kong Stadium' beating Singapore, and the much fancied Korea.

Had they met Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals, they would have made it to the finals against Hong Kong.

Instead they were beaten by the Hong Kong team which was far superior in size carrying many foreign nationals from the English and Australian expatriate community in the team, in the semi-finals. Sri Lanka stood proud, tall and earned the respect of the Hong Kong players and the Asian Rugby circuit.

www.ThePapare.com, SLRFU and sponsors are giving this exhilarating event full coverage ensuring the platform it deserves and to be part of engaging fans and uplifting rugby in Sri Lanka.