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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
Union Sri 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

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
Total 0 Titles 0/2 - - - -

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 [a] 10th 6 3 3 0
Total Semi-finalist 7/7 34 13 21 0

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
Total 0 Titles 7/7 31 3 28 0

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 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

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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