Havelock Sports Club

Havelock Sports Club

Union	Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Founded	1915
Location	Sri Lanka
Region	Western Province
Ground(s)	Havelock Park (Capacity: 5,000)
President
Coach(es)	Tavita Tugalese[1]
Captain(s)
League(s)	Dialog Rugby League
2019-20 Dialog Rugby League season	3

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.

Havelocks have won the Clifford Cup a total of 14 times, with the latest cup victory in 2019 after a drought of 37 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 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 Hooker Sri Lanka Hooker Sri Lanka Hooker Sri Lanka (c) Prop Sri Lanka Prop Sri Lanka Prop Sri Lanka Prop Sri Lanka Lock Sri Lanka Lock Sri Lanka Lock Sri Lanka Lock Sri Lanka Sudharshana Muthuthanthri (vc) Flanker Sri Lanka Hale T-Pole Flanker Tonga Flanker Sri Lanka Daniel Faleafa Number 8 Tonga Number 8 Tonga

Player Position Union Scrum-half Sri Lanka Scrum-half Sri Lanka Fly-half Sri Lanka Fly-half Sri Lanka Nimesh Perera Fly-half Sri Lanka Viliami Hakalo Centre Tonga Centre Sri Lanka Centre Japan Centre Sri Lanka Wing Sri Lanka Wing Sri Lanka Fullback Sri Lanka 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.
• - Tonga.
• - Samoa U20 international.
• Joseph Wilson Vaka - 5 caps for Tonga.
• - 5 caps for Fiji

Notable former players[]

• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.
• - Sri Lanka international.

References[]

External links[]

• Sri Lanka RFU Official website
• Provincial Unions
• "Havelock Sports Club - Sri Lanka | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.