Rugby: Sri Lanka pick Initial rugby pool for Rio Olympics qualifiers

Sri Lanka have put up a strong initial rugby pool of 20 players for the upcoming Rio Olympics 2016. 

Sri Lanka are placed in pool 'B', along with Canada, Germany and Uruguay. 

They will face a tough competition in their pool games, especially from Canada. 

Matt Turner has been assigned as the head coach of Sri Lanka rugby sevens team to Monaco. 

The players are put through their paces under the close scrutiny of Turner.   

The Men's Olympic Sevens qualifier will be worked out in Monaco on June 18 and 19.

The Women's Seven qualifications will be worked out in Dublin, Ireland on June 25 and 26. 

Both events will book the berth for Rio Rugby Sevens in Brazil. 

Seven players each from league champions Kandy SC and runners-up Havelock SC are included into the rugby pool.

Sri Lanka Sevens squad: Roshan Weeraratne, Fazil Marija, Suhiru Anthony, Srinath Sooriyabandara, Richard Darmapala, Danushka Dayan, Vishvamithra Jayasinghe, Sudarshana Muthutanthri, Danushka Ranjan, Hirantha Perera, Sandun Herath, Rehan Thyagaraja, Nishon Perera, Kevin Dixon, Jason Dissanayake, Lochana Hettiarachchi, Kavindu Perera, Kanchana Ramanayake, Omalka Guneratne, Reeza Raffaideen.
 
Monaco 7s Men's teams: 

Pool A: Samoa, Zimbabwe, Tonga, Ireland 

Pool B: Canada, Germany, Uruguay, Sri Lanka 

Pool C: Russia, Chile, Morocco, Tunisia 

Pool D: Hong Kong, Spain, Mexico, South Korea