The Dialog club rugby league will kick off next Friday the 20th November and six referees have been named by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union Referees Committee.
The below squad of six were selected by the SLRFU referees consultant Garratt Williamson, SLRFU referee committee chairman Chula Dharmadasa and the Referee coach Dilroy Fernando.
Irshad Cader, Priyantha Gunarathne, Dinka Peiris and Aruna Rankothge are the senior men on duty whilst Rohan Fernando and S.B. Madugalle have been included for the first time in the top tier after their performances in the school’s B division U 20 and the club 7s.
Irshad Cader is the only one who represented Sri Lanka for Asia Rugby Divisional matches out of the country in 2015 and also the Asia club rugby championship in Qatar/UAE. The rest of them have plenty of experience under their whistle and to deliver their best.
Garratt Williamson stated that “While we educate these squad we also will visit the clubs and educate them with the modern laws.” Moreover, during the coming week referees will be retested with their fitness level and the key areas will be discussed among them.
