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The Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) is the governing body for rugby union in Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

Western Province, Sri Lanka Province in Sri Lanka

The Western Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. The province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.

Sri Lanka Island country in South Asia

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.

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Rugby union in Sri Lanka is mainly played at a semi-professional and recreational level. It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. In 2012, according to International Rugby Board figures, there were over 103,000 registered rugby union players in Sri Lanka, making it the second largest rugby-playing nation in Asia, behind Japan.

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  1. W. A. Silva
  2. W. A. de Silva
  3. W. B. Ekanayake
  4. W. C. Gibson
  5. W. C. S. Ingles
  6. W. D. Amaradeva
  7. W. D. L. Fernando
  8. W. D. Lakshman
  9. W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena
  10. W. E. Banks
  11. W. G. B. Dickson
  12. W. G. Beauchamp
  13. W. G. Rockwood
  14. W. Gamini Epa
  15. W. H. Ravenscroft
  16. W. I. M. Seneviratne
  17. W. J. M. Lokubandara
  18. W. Jayasiri
  19. W. Kumara
  20. W. L. H. Skeen
  21. W. L. Jeyasingham
  22. W. L. Siriwardhana
  23. W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
  24. W. P. A. Soundarapandian Nadar
  25. W. R. Varadarajan
  26. W. S. Karunaratne
  27. W. S. Senior
  28. W. T. I. Alagaratnam
  29. W. W. Ladden
  30. W. Wickremasinghe
  31. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  32. WIPO Convention
  33. WSO2
  34. WT1190F
  35. Wa Kyun
  36. Wabalakananke
  37. Wada Bari Tarzan Mathisabayata
  38. Wadagolla
  39. Wadakahamada
  40. Wadawala
  41. Wadawalakanda
  42. Waddar language
  43. Wadduwa
  44. Wademada
  45. Wadiya
  46. Wadiya, Eastern Province
  47. Wadiyagoda
  48. Wadiyagoda, Eastern Province
  49. Waduborala
  50. Wadud Bhuiyan
  51. Wadugegoda
  52. Wadumulla
  53. Waduwadeniya
  54. Waduweliwitiya
  55. Waga
  56. Wagegoda
  57. Wagugoda
  58. Wahacotte
  59. Wahala
  60. Waharakgoda
  61. Wahedpur Giri Dham
  62. Wahiduddin Ahmed
  63. Wahidul Alam
  64. Wahugepitiya
  65. Wahumpura
  66. Wahunkoha
  67. Wahunkoho
  68. Wahupitiya
  69. Waikkal
  70. Waipathe
  71. Waithilingam Duraiswamy
  72. Wakwella Bridge
  73. Walagama
  74. Walagedara
  75. Walakumbura
  76. Walala Megodagammedda
  77. Walala, Eastern Province
  78. Walalawela
  79. Walallavita Divisional Secretariat
  80. Walapane
  81. Walapane Divisional Secretariat
  82. Walapane Electoral District
  83. Walapatala
  84. Walasgala
  85. Walasmulla Divisional Secretariat
  86. Walaswewa
  87. Walatalawa
  88. Walauwa
  89. Walawe
  90. Walawela
  91. Waldeniya
  92. Wales Park
  93. Walgama
  94. Walgampaya
  95. Walgovuwagoda
  96. Walgowagoda
  97. Wali Khan Mosque
  98. Walisinghe Harischandra
  99. Walkaway (film)
  100. Walkers Tours
  101. Wallago attu
  102. Wallahagoda
  103. Walliwela
  104. Wally Bastian
  105. Walmoruwa
  106. Walpola
  107. Walpola Rahula
  108. Walpoladeniya
  109. Walpolamulla
  110. Walsura gardneri
  111. Walter Edward Davidson
  112. Walter Jayawardena
  113. Walter Kalasooriya
  114. Walter Philps
  115. Walter Shaw (judge)
  116. Walter Terence Stace
  117. Walter Wesché
  118. Walugama
  119. Walwin de Silva
  120. Wanduradeniya
  121. Wanduramulla
  122. Wanidu Hasaranga
  123. Wannipola
  124. Wanniyala
  125. Wanniyala agrabopath
  126. Wanniyala hakgala
  127. Wanted
  128. Waqar Younis
  129. War and Love
  130. Wara Dhammaraza
  131. Waradiwala
  132. Waragashinna
  133. Warakadeniya
  134. Warakagoda
  135. Warakagoda (name)
  136. Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero
  137. Warakalawita
  138. Warakamure
  139. Warakapola Divisional Secretariat
  140. Warakawa
  141. Waralaggama
  142. Warana Raja Maha Vihara
  143. Warapitiya
  144. Ward executive council of Ceylon
  145. WarigaPojja
  146. Wariyapola
  147. Wariyapola Divisional Secretariat
  148. Wariyapola Electoral District
  149. Wariyapola Sri Sumangala
  150. Wariyapola Sri Sumangala College
  151. Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
  152. Warnasena Rasaputra
  153. Warne–Muralidaran Trophy
  154. Warsaw Convention
  155. Waruna Lakshan
  156. Waruna Shantha
  157. Wasana
  158. Wasantha
  159. Wasantha Aluwihare
  160. Wasantha Karannagoda
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  162. Wasantha Soysa
  163. Wascoroni Ahmed
  164. Waseluddin Ahmed
  165. Wasfia Nazreen
  166. Wasgamuwa National Park
  167. Washermanpet
  168. Wasim (actor)
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  170. Wassane Senehasa
  171. Wat Chalong
  172. Wata Rauma
  173. Wataddora
  174. Watadeniya
  175. Watagoda
  176. Watalappam
  177. Watapana, Eastern Province
  178. Watapuluwa
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  180. Water
  181. Wathumulla
  182. Wattahena
  183. Wattala
  184. Wattala Divisional Secretariat
  185. Wattala Electoral District
  186. Wattappola
  187. Wattegama
  188. Wattegama Central College
  189. Wattegama Electoral District
  190. Wattegammedda
  191. Wattegedara
  192. Wattehena
  193. Watuliyadda
  194. Watumulla
  195. Watupola
  196. Waturakumbura
  197. Watuwala, Eastern Province
  198. Waulpane
  199. Wave
  200. Wavinna
  201. Wawinna
  202. Waxed paper roses
  203. Wayamba Province Rugby Football Union
  204. Wayamba United
  205. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
  206. Wayamba cricket team
  207. Wayanad Chetti language
  208. Wayikkal
  209. Wayne Parnell
  210. Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
  211. Wazirabad barrage
  212. Wazwan
  213. We Have a Romeo
  214. Weda Beri Tarzan
  215. Wedagolla
  216. Wedigammedda
  217. Weekend
  218. Weekly Rest Convention, 1957
  219. Weera Keppetipola Central College, Akuramboda
  220. Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
  221. Weeraketiya
  222. Weeraketiya Divisional Secretariat
  223. Weerakumara Dissanayake
  224. Weerambugedara Divisional Secretariat
  225. Weeraratne
  226. Weerasekara
  227. Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
  228. Weerasinghe de Silva
  229. Weeratunge Edward Perera
  230. Weerawansa
  231. Weerawarna
  232. Weerawila Airport
  233. Weerodara Vibhushanaya
  234. Wegala
  235. Wegama
  236. Wegama Lower
  237. Wegiriya
  238. Wegodapola
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  240. Wehera
  241. Wehigala East
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  245. Welagama
  246. Welagedara Stadium
  247. Welaihala Udugoda
  248. Welamboda
  249. Welampe
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  254. Welbore Ellis Doyle
  255. Welcome to Central Jail
  256. Welcome to Kodaikanal
  257. Welegedara
  258. Welemulla
  259. Welgahawadiya
  260. Weli Oya
  261. Weligalla
  262. Weligama
  263. Weligama Divisional Secretariat
  264. Weligama Electoral District
  265. Weligama Sri Sumangala
  266. Weligama Urban Council
  267. Weliganwala
  268. Weligepola Divisional Secretariat
  269. Weligodapola
  270. Welikada
  271. Welikada Prison
  272. Welikada prison massacre
  273. Welikadawatte
  274. Welikanda
  275. Welikanda Divisional Secretariat
  276. Welikathara
  277. Weliketiya
  278. Welimada
  279. Welimada Divisional Secretariat
  280. Welimada Electoral District
  281. Welioya Divisional Secretariat
  282. Welipitiya Divisional Secretariat
  283. Welivitiya-Divithura Divisional Secretariat
  284. Welivitta
  285. Weliwaranagolla
  286. Weliwita
  287. Weliwita Ihalagama
  288. Weliwita Pahalagama
  289. Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero
  290. Wellagiriya
  291. Wellangolla
  292. Wellatota
  293. Wellawa Central College
  294. Wellawatte
  295. Wellawatte-Galkissa Electoral District
  296. Wellawaya
  297. Wellawaya Divisional Secretariat
  298. Wellawaya Electoral District
  299. Welletota Kadaweediya
  300. Welpanala
  301. Wennappuwa
  302. Wennappuwa Divisional Secretariat
  303. Wennappuwa Electoral District
  304. Wenura Caldera
  305. Wepatana
  306. Weragalawatta
  307. Weragama
  308. Weragamtota
  309. Weragantota
  310. Werakonkanda
  311. Weralanda
  312. Weralugastenna
  313. Werapitiya
  314. Werapitiya Ihalagama
  315. Werapitiya Pahalagammedda
  316. Weras Ganga Park
  317. Werawala
  318. Werella
  319. Werellagama
  320. Wesley Ariarajah
  321. Wesley Barresi
  322. Wesley College, Colombo
  323. Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon
  324. West Baratang Group
  325. West Bengal
  326. West Indian cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1966–67
  327. West Indian cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1978–79
  328. West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1948–49
  329. West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1974–75
  330. West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993–94
  331. West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02
  332. West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005
  333. West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010–11
  334. West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015–16
  335. West Indies A cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005
  336. West Is West
  337. West Island
  338. West Sister Island
  339. West Watta
  340. Western Chalukya literature in Kannada
  341. Western Ganga literature
  342. Western Hospital
  343. Western Marine Shipyard
  344. Western Province bus routes
  345. Western Province City cricket team
  346. Western Province Rugby Football Union
  347. Western Province Suburbs cricket team
  348. Western Province cricket team
  349. Western Province, Sri Lanka
  350. Western Region Megapolis
  351. Western Yamuna Canal
  352. Western purple-faced langur
  353. Westminster House
  354. Wetagepota
  355. Wetakedeniya
  356. Wetakepotha
  357. Wetalawa
  358. Wetasseyaya
  359. Weteggama
  360. Wettehena
  361. Wettewa
  362. Wewagammedda
  363. Wewakele
  364. Wewala
  365. Wewatenna
  366. Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero
  367. Wewelmada
  368. Wewelobe
  369. What's Cooking?
  370. Wheeler Senate Hall
  371. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
  372. Whist Bungalow
  373. Whistle
  374. White Flag case
  375. White Flag incident
  376. White Flowers for the Dead
  377. White Mischief (liquor)
  378. White Van Stories
  379. White-bellied drongo
  380. White-faced starling
  381. Why This Kolaveri Di
  382. Whykong Union
  383. Whyte & Mackay
  384. Wickrama Bogoda
  385. Wickramabahu Central College
  386. Wickramasinghe Archchilage Chandrawathi
  387. Wickramasinghepura
  388. Wickramasinhapura
  389. Wickrema Weerasooria
  390. Wickremasinghe
  391. Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa
  392. Wide Awake
  393. Wiguhumpola
  394. Wijaya Dahanayake
  395. Wijaya Godakumbura
  396. Wijayaba Kollaya
  397. Wijayapala Mendis
  398. Wijayaratnam Hindu Central College
  399. Wijebahukanda
  400. Wijepala Hettiarachchi
  401. Wijeratne
  402. Wijeratne Warakagoda
  403. Wijesuriya
  404. Wijetunga cabinet
  405. Wijewardene
  406. Wijeya Newspapers
  407. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
  408. Wijeyananda Dahanayake
  409. Wilawala
  410. Wild boar
  411. Wildlife of Sri Lanka
  412. Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch
  413. Wilfred Senanayake
  414. Wilfred de Soysa
  415. Wilfrid Wentworth Woods
  416. Wilgamuwa Divisional Secretariat
  417. Wilgomuwa
  418. Wilhelm Woutersz
  419. Willem Jacob van de Graaf
  420. Willem Jacobszoon Coster
  421. Willem Maurits Bruyninck
  422. William
  423. William Alfred Dimoline
  424. William Alfred Tilleke
  425. William Anson McCleverty
  426. William Brindley
  427. William Carey (missionary)
  428. William Carpenter Rowe
  429. William Coke
  430. William Douglass
  431. William Driscoll Gosset
  432. William Ellawala
  433. William Ferguson
  434. William Francis Dawson
  435. William Gopallawa
  436. William Granville
  437. William Hackett (judge)
  438. William Harvie Christie
  439. William Henry Drew
  440. William Henry Gregory
  441. William Howard Wriggins
  442. William Leake (cricketer)
  443. William Lindsay Murphy
  444. William Manning
  445. William Norris (judge)
  446. William Ogle Carr
  447. William Porterfield
  448. William Reeve (missionary)
  449. William Reierson Arbuthnot
  450. William Smelt
  451. William Taylor (bishop)
  452. William Thomas Taylor
  453. William Tolfrey
  454. William Wilby
  455. William Wright Beling II
  456. William de Alwis
  457. William de Silva
  458. Willughbeia cirrhifera
  459. Willwind Wind Farm
  460. Wilmot A. Perera
  461. Wilmot-Horton executive council of Ceylon
  462. Wilpattu National Park
  463. Wilpita rasbora
  464. Wilson Island
  465. Wilwala
  466. Wimal
  467. Wimal Kumara de Costa
  468. Wimal Weerawansa
  469. Wimalaratne Kumaragama
  470. Wimalasena Perera
  471. Wimalaweera Dissanayake
  472. Wimarshana Wijesuriya
  473. Winds of Sinhala
  474. Wing commander (rank)
  475. Winston Van Cuylenburg
  476. Winter
  477. Wirantha Fernando
  478. Wisut Tangwittayaporn
  479. Wiswa Warnapala
  480. Witiyala Seewalie Thera
  481. Witness
  482. Wiyanamulla
  483. Wolf Dittus
  484. Wolvendaal Church
  485. Women in the Sri Lankan Parliament
  486. Woolly horseshoe bat
  487. Worawut Namvech
  488. Work Weather Wife
  489. Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971
  490. Workmen's Compensation Convention, 1925
  491. World Bank in Sri Lanka
  492. World Capital Centre
  493. World Cricket Tsunami Appeal
  494. World Fellowship of Buddhists
  495. World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka
  496. World Tamil Conference
  497. World Tamil Movement
  498. World Telugu Conference
  499. World Trade Center (Colombo)
  500. World Trade Center Chittagong
  501. World War I
  502. World War II
  503. World's End, Sri Lanka
  504. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
  505. Woshantha Silva
  506. Wow! Momo
  507. Wrap roti
  508. Wretches & Jabberers
  509. Wrightia angustifolia
  510. Wrightia flavorosea
  511. Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat
  512. Wunna Maung Lwin
  513. Wycherley International School
  514. X. M. Sellathambu
  515. Xacuti
  516. Xavier Thaninayagam
  517. Xenobolus carnifex
  518. Xestaspis kandy
  519. Xestaspis paulina
  520. Xestaspis sublaevis
  521. Xylocopa ruficornis
  522. Xylopia championii
  523. Xylopia nigricans

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