U-19 Rugby: Colombo vs Kandy encounter for Gratian Cup on Friday

The Under-19 provincial rugby encounter between Colombo Blues and Kandy Reds for the Gratian Cup will be played at Nittawela in Kandy on Friday (12).

The match will also serve as a selection trial to pick the Sri Lanka Junior 15s squad for the Asian Championship to be played in December. 

Dushanth Lewke will coach the Colombo Blues while Ananda Kasturiarachchi will be in charge of the Kandy Reds this year. 

Colombo Blues has a fleet of strong players in comparison to Kandy Reds, who are bolstered by the presence of key players from Trinity and St. Anthony's colleges. 

The match will kick off at 4.00pm. 

Colombo Blues (from): 

Maleesha Madumewan, Fadhil Adhan, Ifham Fareed, Hiamantha Hirushan, Nikhil de Silva, Sabith Feroz, Risith Fernando, Mubeen Faleel, Kalindu Nandila, Janidu Dilshan (all from Royal College)

Javidu Fernando, Julian Charles, Abdullah Faiz, Lakshan Uduwana, Kenneth Wimaladasa, Rukshan Madhushanka, Jason Karunaratne, Shenol Shenuka (all from St. Peter’s College) 

Tharindu de Alwis, Shevon Gregory, Shehan Eranda, Gamunu Chethiya, Shan Akila, Kavinda Keshan (all from St. Joseph’s College)

Christian De Lile, Adeesha Handunpathirana, Harith Senanayake (all from S. Thomas’ College) 

Daiyan Sabar, Tharindu Hasith (both from Wesley College)

Ravindu Anjula (Isipathana College)

Tuan Zamil (Lumbini College)

Shamika Milinda (Science College)

Kandy Reds (from):

Tharindu Waligampala, Rashmika Chandrarathna, Janitha Rathnayaka, Ilham Jaleel, Milan Weerasinghe, Tuan Dilshan (all from Kingswood College)

Pravinda Wijethilaka, Vishwa Ranaraja, Avishka Sheikh, Naween Rajaratnam (all from Trinity College)

Ishara Liyanage, Suhail Waseem, Mohommed Shabeer, Janidu Himsara, Kavishka Jayasuriya, Ruvan Weerasinghe (all from St. Anthony's College)

T.R. Rathnayake, K.L. Bandara, C.D. Kotagoda, M.S. Kalugampitiya, T.S. Umayanga, P.U. Jayakody, N.K. Bandara (all from Vidyartha College)

Mohommed Akeel, K.R. Bandara, J. Wikumsekara, K.M. Waligamage (all from Sri Sumangala College)

Manuka Hiripitiya (Dharmaraja College)

Lahiru Daulagala, Lahiru Herath, Kelum Madushan, Malitha Wijesundara, Himanka Dhananjaya (all from Maliyadeva College)