Asian Sevens Series Colombo Leg

A glimmer of hope for Sri Lanka By Shamzeer Jaleel / Photo Credit - Lahiru Hirushan.

Sri Lanka under the leadership of Srinarth Sooriyabandara will be taking the field with lot of expectation from the home crowd on October 13 at the third and the last leg of the Asian Sevens Series 2018 at the Racecourse rugby grounds.

Writing is on the wall as Sri Lanka had no way of becoming number 1 beating Japan and Hong Kong that is reality a number three position is on the card. But this means we could be left out of the Hong Kong Sevens 2019 with the top 2 only booking their berth.

Coming in the third leg Sri Lanka were number 3 in Hong Kong but dropped badly to 6 in South Korea even losing out to the Philippines in the plate final which is really hard to believe. Coming into the third leg return of Ranjan, Gayan and Kavindu could do a world of difference for the team experience holding wealth of sevens experience in the Asian Region. Sri Lanka will need to get the better of Taipei and China and Hong Kong battle will decide the semi-final opponent. Hong Kong always a tough outfit and we have hardly beaten them in sevens or fifteens but a good opportunity to bring them to earth with a win in Colombo this weekend in the group encounter.

Both Sri Lanka Men's and Women's outfit trained at the CR & FC grounds both in the morning and evening.

Photo Credit to Lahiru Harshana