Sri Lanka national rugby sevens team

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	Peter Woods [1]
Captain	Sudharshana Muthuthanthri [2]
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	no

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
2016	Did not qualify
2020
Total	0 Titles	0/2	-	-	-	-

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Group stage	7th	3	0	3	0
2002	Classification	6th	4	1	3	0
2006	Classification	6th	3	1	2	0
2010	Quarter-finalist	6th	6	2	4	0
2014	Semi-finalist	4th	6	3	3	0
2018	Semi-finalist	4th	6	3	3	0
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
1998	Plate Finals	14th	4	0	4	0
2002	Bowl Quarter-finals	=13th	4	0	4	0
2006	Bowl Quarter-finals	=13th	4	0	4	0
2010	Bowl Quarter-finals	=13th	4	0	4	0
2014	Shield Final	13th	6	2	4	0
2018	Pool Stage	15th	3	0	3	0
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

2007 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2007 Hong Kong Sevens Pool A matches - Team Pld W D L F A TOTAL   Fiji 3 3 0 0 99 7 9   Scotland 3 2 0 1 84 54 7   Portugal 3 1 0 2 61 66 5   Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 28 145 3 Fiji 45 - 0 Sri Lanka Scotland 31 - 7 Portugal Scotland 53 - 21 Sri Lanka Fiji 28 - 7 Portugal Portugal 47 - 7 Sri Lanka Fiji 26 - 0 Scotland 2008 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2008 Hong Kong Sevens Pool B matches - Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts   England 3 3 0 0 78 24 +54 9   Samoa 3 2 0 1 76 26 +50 7   Canada 3 1 0 2 77 60 +17 5   Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 14 135 -121 3 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 March 28, 2008   Samoa 35 - 7   Sri Lanka March 28, 2008   England 24 - 12   Canada March 29, 2008   England 47 - 7   Sri Lanka March 29, 2008   Samoa 36 - 12   Canada March 29, 2008   Canada 53 - 0   Sri Lanka March 29, 2008   Samoa 5 - 7   England

2009 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2009 Hong Kong Sevens Pool C matches - Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 128 5 +123 9   Australia 3 2 0 1 94 34 +60 7   Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 38 99 -61 5   Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 26 148 -122 3 Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-03-27   New Zealand 59 - 0   Sri Lanka 2009-03-27   Australia 33 - 5   Zimbabwe 2009-03-28   Australia 56 - 12   Sri Lanka 2009-03-28   New Zealand 52 - 0   Zimbabwe 2009-03-28   Zimbabwe 33 - 14   Sri Lanka 2009-03-28   New Zealand 17 - 5   Australia 2014 Hong Kong Sevens Main article: 2014 Hong Kong Sevens Pool A matches - Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts   Fiji 3 3 0 0 141 12 +129 9   Wales 3 2 0 1 64 61 +3 7   Kenya 3 1 0 2 53 53 +0 5   Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 12 144 −132 3 Kenya 41 - 0 Sri Lanka Fiji 42 - 7 Wales Fiji 56 - 0 Sri Lanka Kenya 7 - 10 Wales Wales 47 - 12 Sri Lanka Fiji 43 - 5 Kenya

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	Arabian Gulf
2004	Japan	Sri Lanka	Kazakhstan
2005	Japan	Sri Lanka	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

• Sri Lanka national rugby union team

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)