Namal Rajapaksa sponsors rugby workshop in Jammu and Kashmir

A delegation of Sri Lankan rugby coaches headed by former President Rajapaksa's son Namal will hold a seven-day training workshop for the girl's rugby team of Jammu and Kashmir. 

According to WION News the  delegation is sponsored by  Namal Rajapaksa who after hearing of the teams story  had got in touch with the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council to organise the workshop.

Namal  will be travelling to Srinagar city on April 21st to join the delegation to train the rugby team of Jammu and Kashmir.  

"The ground is full of excited people today. All players are excited. You can see it is visible on the ground. The coaches who have come from Sri Lanka have a whole new and different level of skills. They have coached the teams at the international level. They have so many achievements and their achievements are inspiring us and we have that thrill to play and make our game better,"  Muskan Latif, a young player was quoted as saying. 

Another player Shabeena Khan said that the training is totally different with the Sri Lankan coaches. "Their way of training is different, their skills are much better. That might be lacking in our game, we will try out best to train with them," she said. 

While Rajapaksa joined active politics in Sri Lanka after quitting rugby in 2014, his love for the game hasn't waned. Last month speaking to WION, Namal Rajapaksa had said a country like India is widely popular for cricket and football. 

"When you all of a sudden you see kids get together to play rugby and that too girls it gives me great joy," Rajapaksa said. 

"I can feel they love the game, both girls and boys love the game. They need to improve their skills and we are here to help them with that. They invited us to help them to make the game better through our MP Namal Rajapaksa, so we thought to come and help this rugby team," said Ronny Ibrahim, the Sri Lankan coach.