Dansha Dayan

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Dansha Dayan
Date of birth (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)
Rugby union career
Position(s) fullback
Senior career
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2012-2022 Kandy SC ()
2022-present Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club ()
International career
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– Sri Lanka
National sevens team
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Sri Lanka

Dansha Dayan Chandradas also known as Dansha Chandradas (born 21 January 1993) is a Sri Lankan rugby union and rugby sevens player who currently plays as a fullback. [1] [2]

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Career

He played a pivotal and integral role for Kandy SC club for nearly 10 years from 2012 to 2022. He joined Kandy SC as a schoolboy in 2012.

He was named in Sri Lankan men's rugby sevens squads for both the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Asian Games. [3] [4] [5] Sri Lanka would eventually finish at fourth position in men's rugby sevens tournament during the 2018 Asian Games thereby narrowly missing out on a bronze medal after going down 36–14 to South Korea in bronze medal 3rd place match while Sri Lanka finished at fifteenth position in men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [6]

He was appointed as the captain of the Sri Lankan rugby sevens team for the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series. [7] [8] The COVID-19 pandemic took an enormous heavy toll in his professional career especially he missed out the opportunity of representing Sri Lanka at the 2021 Asian Rugby Sevens Championship in UAE due to the fact that Kandy SC had failed to participate in selection trials at that time. [9] He also went onto start on a welding business alongside his father. He faced discrimination and ill-treatment during his stint with Kandy SC and he parted ways with the club in 2022 after a decade. [10]

He was included in 110 member Sri Lankan contingent for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dansha Chandradas". Birmingham. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Dansha Dayan - Player Stats | HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Rugby, Asia (24 August 2018). "Sri Lanka want to strike gold at 2018 Asian Games". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Sevens | Athlete Profile: Dansha Chandradas - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ↑ bugsbunny (25 August 2018). "Sri Lanka want to strike gold at 2018 Asian Games". Colombo Gazette. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Rugby Sevens | Results Men's Pool Round - Pool D - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka Tuskers aiming to bounce back on home turf". www.news.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sri Lanka Tuskers leave home soil for Asia Sevens China leg | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "How 'new normal' affecting professional sports". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Disillusioned rugby star Dansha Dayan quits Kandy SC with a heavy heart". Sunday Observer. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Soori Leads Tuskers to Commonwealth Games". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sri Lanka rugby squad announced for Commonwealth and Asian Games". The Morning - Sri Lanka News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Sri Lanka rugby Sevens team for Commonwealth Games". Sunday Observer. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Sri Lanka rugby teams keep cool despite hot challenge ahead".
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