Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sri Lanka women's national rugby sevens team.
Sri Lanka Sevens
UnionSri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Coach(es)Peter Woods[1]
Captain(s)Sudharshana Muthuthanthri[2]
World Cup Sevens
Appearancesno
Sri Lanka vs Uganda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Australia playing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team, known as the Tuskers (similar to their counterpart national rugby union team), represents Sri Lanka in men's international rugby sevens. They have 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]

Current squad[edit]

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

Tournament history[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020
Total 0 Titles 0/2 - - - -

Asian Games[edit]

Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Thailand 1998 Group stage 7th 3 0 3 0
South Korea 2002 Classification 6th 4 1 3 0
Qatar 2006 Classification 6th 3 1 2 0
China 2010 Quarter-finalist 6th 6 2 4 0
South Korea 2014 Semi-finalist 4th 6 3 3 0
Indonesia 2018 Semi-finalist 4th 6 3 3 0
China 2022 Classification[a] 10th 6 3 3 0
Total Semi-finalist 7/7 34 13 21 0

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Main article: Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Plate Finals 14th 4 0 4 0
England 2002 Bowl Quarter-finals =13th 4 0 4 0
Australia 2006 Bowl Quarter-finals =13th 4 0 4 0
India 2010 Bowl Quarter-finals =13th 4 0 4 0
Scotland 2014 Shield Final 13th 6 2 4 0
Australia 2018 Pool Stage 15th 3 0 3 0
England 2022 13th Place Playoff 14th 6 1 5 0
Total 0 Titles 7/7 31 3 28 0

Hong Kong Sevens[edit]

Main article: Hong Kong Sevens

1984 Hong Kong Sevens[edit]

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

Sri Lanka Rugby 7s[edit]

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 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
2004  Japan  Sri Lanka  Kazakhstan
2005  Japan  Sri Lanka Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 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 -

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Competed as neutrals as Independent Athletes

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cader, Saabir (14 August 2015). "England's Matt Turner to coach the Sri Lanka 7s". The Papare. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Sunday Times - Rugby: Sudarshana Muthuthanthri reappointed Sri Lanka 7s skipper". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ McLaren, p70
  4. ^ McLaren, p74
  • McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
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