Kandy Sports Club (rugby)

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Kandy S.C
Kandy Sport Club Logo.jpg
Full nameKandy Athletic, Boating, Cricket, Football and Dancing Club (formally)
UnionSri Lanka Rugby Football Union
Founded1874; 148 years ago (1874)
LocationKandy, Sri Lanka
Ground(s)Bogambara Stadium (until 1939)
Nittawela Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 30,000, 25,000)
ChairmanLasantha Wijesuriya
PresidentDr. Sarath Kapuwatte
Coach(es)Sean Wijesinghe
Captain(s)Fazil Marija
Roshan Weerarathne (Acting)
League(s)Dialog Rugby League
Clifford Cup
2016-17 Dialog Rugby League season1
Team kit
Official website
www.kandysc.lankapanel.net

Kandy Sports Club (better known as Kandy SC) is a Division 'A' rugby union team, based in Kandy, Sri Lanka, competing in the Dialog Rugby League. The club has been the most successful Sri Lankan club in the Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, winning 18 league titles in the last twenty years, which is the most wins by any club since the expanded competition commenced in 1950. The club has also won twenty Clifford Cups and in the period between 1995 and 2012 the club did not lose a Clifford Cup title, although in 1998 there was no tournament and in 2006 the club withdrew from the tournament.[1] Kandy SC had won the league title for a record nine consecutive years between 2000 and 2009.[2]

History[]

The Kandy Sports Club was founded in 1874 by a group expatriate coffee planters and others working in the plantations sector in and around Kandy, as the Kandy Athletic, Boating, Cricket, Football and Dancing Club.[3] In 1888, 14 years later, the name was changed to Kandy Sports Club when the club also started playing rugby, hockey and polo. The home grounds was Bogambara grounds until 1939 when the British Colonial Army took over during the Second World War. Later the buildings were taken over by the General Hospital to house its offices, however Kandy SC continued to play rugby at the Bogambara grounds without a club house. In 1949 the Municipal Council released the garbage dumping ground area at Nittawela to the club.[4]

From 1997 to 2009 Kandy SC has won every President's Trophy Knockout Tournament with the exception of the 1998 series, where it lost 26-30 in the final round to Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club (CR&FC).[5][6]

On March 10, 2010 the rugby team of the Kandy Sports Club left for a 15-day tour of Dubai and South Africa. The club played one match in Dubai and two in South Africa. This was the first time Kandy SC toured two different countries on one tour.[7]

Colours and name[]

Stadium[]

Players[]

The Kandy Sports Club was founded by a group expatriate coffee planters, however it has mainly had local players coming in from Kandyan school teams, namely Trinity College, Kandy and tradition in Sri Lanka, Kingswood College which was the first school to introduce rugby in Sri Lanka (by L. E. Blaze, an Old-Trinitian), though it gave up the game soon after and St. Anthony’s College which joined in as a progressive force. Other schools like Vidyartha College, Dharmaraja College and St. Sylvester's College have also had a long history in the sport while producing many players.[8]

Current squad[]

The squad as of January 2017:[9]

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
Prop Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Prop Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Prop Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Prop Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Prop Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Hooker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Hooker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Hooker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Hooker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Lock Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Lock Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Lock Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Lock Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Lock Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Flanker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Raveen De Silva Flanker Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Number 8 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Number 8 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Player Position Union
(c) Scrum-half Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Srinath Sooriyabandara Scrum-half Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Fazil Marija Fly-half Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Fly-half Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Centre Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Wing Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Wing Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Wing Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Wing Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Fullback Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Fullback Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Current internationals[]

Notable Foreign Players[]

Chris Cloete

Notable players[]

The Kandy Sports Club has had some notable players including players who have played internationally and internationals who have played for Kandy. Some notable players include: Sri Lanka skipper and dynamic Anthonian with , Indrajith Bandaranayake, , , , , , , , Fijians , , and Viliame Satala.[10]

Out of the key expat players over the years & Viliame Satala have represented Fiji in the World Cup in 1999, Manasa Qoro in 1987, while , & Apisai Nagata have also represented Fiji at the highest level

Coaches[]

  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015/16

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors[]

Period Kit manufacturer Title sponsor
2000– Canterbury of New Zealand Cargills (Ceylon) PLCEtisalat (Sri Lanka)Singer Corporation

Club honours[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.nation.lk/2010/08/08/sports5.htm
  2. ^ "Sports.lk". www.sports.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/02/07/kandy-sc-will-continue-to-dominate-rugby/
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Business".
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Kandy SC - Squad". 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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