The Junior Tuskers departed the island last night to Johor Bahru, Malaysia to compete in Asia sevens series. The team will play the first leg on 15th & 16th in Malaysia and will leave to Hong Kong to play in the second leg on the following weekend.
The draw initially was to play Malaysia and Chinese Taipei, however Korea pulled out of the initial nine teams and now the three groups divided in in to two, as a result Sri Lanka will play the first match of the tournament along Thailand (SL time 9.44 am), Hong Kong in a much challenging game at (SL time 11.24 am) and the last group game against Chinese Taipei at (SL time 1.20 pm).
(ARFU)
Before the departure Coach Collin Denish shared his view point to ThePapare.Com saying that this team trained hard in the last two weeks and he is looking forward to the challenge. He further justified the reason of selecting Kevin Dixon as the captain staying that he has led junior Tuskers previously in the U18 national youth sevens which was held in China in 2013.
Little Dixon also said that although two weeks training is not enough, they are in a good form after playing the club sevens. He further stated that the coaching staff were helpful, as they know the strength and weaknesses of our players well, ‘hopefully we will make mother Lanka proud’.
The touring squad
1.Kevin Dixon (St. Peter’s College / Havelocks SC)
2.Omalka Gunarathne (Isipathana College)
3.Nishon Perera (St. Peter’s College / Havelocks SC)
4.Shamri Burah (St. Peter’s College / Havelocks SC)
5.Reeza Raffaideen (Kingswood College/ Police FC)
6.Prince Chamara (Science College / CR&FC)
7.Rehan Silva (Isipathana College)
8.Buddhima Piyarathna (D.S.Senanayake College)
9.Sajith Silva (Science College)
10.Supun Dilshan (Science College)
11.Sithum Pieris (Wesley College / CR & FC)
12.Chamika Kusal (Wesley College)
