Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team

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]

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.

Current squad

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

Summer Olympics
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020
Total0 Titles0/2----

Asian Games
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[lower-alpha 1]10th6330
TotalSemi-finalist7/73413210

Commonwealth Games
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
Total0 Titles7/7313280

Hong Kong Sevens
Main article: Hong Kong Sevens

1984 Hong Kong Sevens
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
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 LankaCooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
2004 Japan Sri Lanka Kazakhstan
2005 Japan Sri LankaCooperation 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

Notes
  1. Competed as neutrals as Independent Athletes

References
  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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