Sri Lankan National Rugby Union Team
| Association | Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union | ||
| Trainer | Dawie Snyman | ||
| captain | Pavithra Fernando | ||
| WR abbreviation | SRI | ||
| WR rank | 47th (46.69 points) (as of February 4, 2020) |
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First international match Thailand 18:18 Sri Lanka (January 13, 1970) .svg){kind=small} |
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Biggest win Pakistan 3:75 Sri Lanka (October 7, 2004)  |
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Biggest defeat Japan 129: 6 Sri Lanka (October 8, 2002) |
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World Championship participations: none |
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The Sri Lankan national rugby union team represents Sri Lanka in the sport of rugby union . It belongs to the third class of strength ( third tier ). So far, the team has not yet qualified for a world championship.
history
On January 13, 1970, the Sri Lankan national team played the first official game in its history against Thailand , which ended at 18:18.
In the qualification for the Rugby Union World Cup 1995 , the team lost all three games against Japan with 3:67, Malaysia with 18:23 and Taiwan with 9:25 and was eliminated as a result.
The team finished the first round of qualifying for the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup first, after victories against Thailand with 30:15 and against Singapore with 18:15. In the second round Malaysia was first defeated with 37:15. After the 27:31 defeat against Taiwan and second place, the qualification was over.
In the first qualifying round for the Rugby Union World Cup 2003 , the team had to compete with China and Kazakhstan , with the second game against the Kazakhs lost at 14:20. Thus, the previous 9: 7 win against China could not help the team and the Sri Lankan selection was eliminated.
The team signed up to qualify for the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup . After two wins against Thailand with 48:38 and against Singapore with 34:17, the team was group first. In the decisive comparison against the other group winners Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka came to a 24:12 win and a 19:25 defeat and went on to the next round, although after the win against China with 30-0 and the 14:45 defeat against Hong Kong's qualification was over.
Sri Lanka took part in the first division of the 2008 Asian Five Nations . The team finished third after a draw with Singapore 20:20 and a loss to Taiwan 23:35.
With third place, the selection of Sri Lanka qualified for the first division of the Asian Five Nations 2009 , with the team again in third place after the semi-final defeat against Taiwan with 24:36 and the 51:17 win in the game for third place against Thailand occupied.
Results at world championships
- World Championship 1987 : not participated
- World Championship 1991 : not participated
- 1995 World Cup : not qualified
- World Championship 1999 : not qualified
- World Championship 2003 : not qualified
- World Cup 2007 : 2nd qualifying round
Individual evidence
- ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .
