Havelock Sports Club

Havelock Sports Club

Union	Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Founded	1915
Location	Sri Lanka
Region	Western Province
Ground(s)	Havelock Park
President	Roshan Deen
Coach(es)	Tavita Tugalese
Captain(s)	Dhiran Warnakulasuriya
League(s)	Dialog Rugby League Clifford Cup
2015/16 Dialog Rugby League season	2

Havelock Sports Club is a Division 'A' rugby union team based in Sri Lanka that plays in the Dialog Rugby League. The Club has a long history and Rugby is the club's main sporting activity. The "Havies", as they are commonly known amongst its members, is situated in Colombo and the club's ground is known as Havelock Park. The club has produced some excellent players over the last few decades including Sri Lankan Nationals such as Michael Jayasekera, Hisham Abdeen, Graham Raux, Sanjeewa Jayasinghe and Rajeev Ganapathy. The club has struggled over the last decade to retain its players with their star performers crossing over to more star-powered clubs.

This has changed with the help of former Sri Lanka, Ceylonese R & FC Fly Half, Asanga Seneviratne, who is the current head of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union. He has changed the face of Havies Rugby over the last year by helping them find sponsors through companies he controls, which has helped lift the standards of the club on-field and off-field. A new stadium has been built with games being played under lights. Havelocks went on to win the league season in 2012 defeating the Kandy Sports Club, who were the champions for the preceding 10 years.

2013

Havies come out in 2013 Rugby Season as one of the favorites to win the title. They were strengthened by the inclusion of some talented school boys and alongside their experienced players from the 2012 year. They contracted the services of 4 Tongan Internationals for the season, namely Number 8 Paula Kaho who acted as player-coach, and who was assisted by fellow internationals Hale T-Pole , Daniel Faleafa and Viliami Hakalo (who played for Havelocks in 2012). All four represented Tonga in 2013.

2013 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Rajive Perera Hooker Sri Lanka Anjula de Silva Hooker Sri Lanka Danushka Perera Hooker Sri Lanka Terrance Henry (c) Prop Sri Lanka Liston Karunanayake Prop Sri Lanka Dushmantha Priyadharshana Prop Sri Lanka Steven Nelson Prop Sri Lanka Ravi Jayasuriya Lock Sri Lanka Kavinda Jayasena Lock Sri Lanka Asela Dissanayake Lock Sri Lanka Chanaka Galappaththi Lock Sri Lanka Sudharshana Muthuthanthri (vc) Flanker Sri Lanka Hale T-Pole Flanker Tonga Dhiran Warnakulasuriya Flanker Sri Lanka Daniel Faleafa Number 8 Tonga Paula Kaho Number 8 Tonga

Player Position Union Andrew Benson Scrum-half Sri Lanka Irsadh Meedin Scrum-half Sri Lanka Niroshan Fernando Fly-half Sri Lanka Prasad Devinda Fly-half Sri Lanka Nimesh Perera Fly-half Sri Lanka Viliami Hakalo Centre Tonga Thusitha Samarathilaka Centre Sri Lanka Aisea Havea Centre Japan Isuru Shantha Centre Sri Lanka Sadun Herath Wing Sri Lanka Chamara Dabare Wing Sri Lanka Mohamed Sheriff Fullback Sri Lanka Methun Hapugodage Fullback Sri Lanka

Notable Expat Players

• Niva Ta'auso - former Connacht (34 games), Chiefs (16 caps) and Highlanders (9 caps) player.
• Viliami Hakalo - 4 caps for Tonga (3 tries). Former Pro D2 player.
• Paula Kaho - Tonga.
• Nissan Aitui - Samoa U20 international.
• Joseph Wilson Vaka - 5 caps for Tonga.
• Jale Sailasa Salusalu - 5 caps for Fiji

Notable Former Players

• Graham Raux - Sri Lanka international.
• Hisham Abdeen - Sri Lanka international.
• Rajeev Ganapathy - Sri Lanka international.
• Hilmy Saheed - Sri Lanka international.
• Sudesh Abheysinghe - Sri Lanka international.
• Chanka Jayaweera - Sri Lanka international.
• Rajive Perera - Sri Lanka international.
• Chamara Vithanage - Sri Lanka international.
• Sanjeewa Jayasinghe - Sri Lanka international.

External links

• Sri Lanka RFU Official website
• Provincial Unions