Fiesta of Rugby for the Tuskers in 2014

After the enthralling Dialog Rugby season and Dialog knockouts, the fans can look forward to a chockfull of international rugby for Sri Lanka.  There is a total of 4 tours for the Sri Lanka national side and the country holds its breath as to what the players would bring in next

Hong Kong 7’s (28-30 March)

Sri Lanka last played in Hong Kong 7’s in 2009 when they were invited by the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU.  However, the tuskers made the history in 1984 winning the Bowl championship beating Thailand 16-10 under Hisham Abdeen. Sri Lanka was a regular team to participate in this tournament since 1976 to late 80’s. Since this event became an IRB 7’s World Series in the 90’s, Sri Lanka had to compete in the qualifiers and be the top 2 in Asia in order to play in this series. However this time Sri Lanka go through as the third Asian nation to directly play in this year’s prestigious Hong Kong 7’s. 

Asian 5 Nations (26th April – 17th May)

Tuskers won the A5Nations Division 1 under the leadership of Yoshitha Rajapakse last year beating the mighty Kazakhstan, Thailand and Singapore. As a result of the promotion this year Tuskers will face a mighty challenge when they take on the Asian top giants.

Commonwealth Games 7’s Glasgow, Scotland (26-27 July) 

Sri Lankan 7’s this time will go to the United Kingdom to compete in the Commonwealth games. Sri Lanka has drawn in pool D and will play against Australia, England and Uganda in the group stage.

Asian 7’s Series Men’s (Aug-Sep-Oct)

Sri Lanka finished 3rd in the 2013 series just behind Japan and Hong Kong. Playing this year’s Hong Kong 7’s and Commonwealth games will be a great experience in order to get to the top in Asia.