By Shamseer Jaleel
The Sri Lankan rugby outfit will be out for the first team’s medal at the Asian Games 2018, which commenced in Indonesia last week-end.
Sri Lanka will lock horns with South Korea, UAE and Afghanistan in Pool C. There will be 12 Men’s and 8 Women’s teams in action, but unfortunately Sri Lanka Rugby administrators were late in registering the Women’s team, which left them in the lurch for this tournament.
Men’s
Pool A Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Pakistan
Pool B Japan, Malaysia, Taipei, Indonesia
Pool C South Korea, Sri Lanka, UAE, Afghanistan
Women’s
Pool D China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea
Pool e Japan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Indonesia
August 30
Sri Lanka vs. UAE 1/26 pm
Sri Lanka vs. South Korea 5/28 pm
August 31
Sri Lanka vs. Afghanistan 2/10 pm
Sri Lanka Squad:
Sudarshana Muthuthanthri, Danushka Ranjan, Jason Dissanayake, Danushka Dyan, Srinath Sooriyabandara, Kavindu Perera, Sudam Sooriyarachchi, Gayan Weeraratne, Tharinda Ratwatte, Buddhima Piyarathane, Reza Raffaideen, Rehan Silva
Head Coach: Peter Woods (New Zealand)
Be the first to comment