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	Roshan Deen
Coach(es)	Tavita Tugalese
Captain(s)	Azmir Fajudeen
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.

Club	Wins	Seasons
Havelock Sports Club	14	1950, 1951, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970‡, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2019

2013[edit]

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 Paula Kaho 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[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Rajive Perera	Hooker	Sri Lanka
Anjula de Silva	Hooker	Sri Lanka
Danushka Perera	Hooker	Sri Lanka
Terrance Henry (c)	Prop	Sri Lanka
Liston Karunanayake	Prop	Sri Lanka
Dushmantha Priyadharshana	Prop	Sri Lanka
Steven Nelson	Prop	Sri Lanka
Ravi Jayasuriya	Lock	Sri Lanka
Kavinda Jayasena	Lock	Sri Lanka
Asela Dissanayake	Lock	Sri Lanka
Chanaka Galappaththi	Lock	Sri Lanka
Sudharshana Muthuthanthri (vc)	Flanker	Sri Lanka
Hale T-Pole	Flanker	Tonga
Dhiran Warnakulasuriya	Flanker	Sri Lanka
Daniel Faleafa	Number 8	Tonga
Paula Kaho	Number 8	Tonga

Player	Position	Union
Andrew Benson	Scrum-half	Sri Lanka
Irsadh Meedin	Scrum-half	Sri Lanka
Niroshan Fernando	Fly-half	Sri Lanka
Prasad Devinda	Fly-half	Sri Lanka
Nimesh Perera	Fly-half	Sri Lanka
Viliami Hakalo	Centre	Tonga
Thusitha Samarathilaka	Centre	Sri Lanka
Aisea Havea	Centre	Japan
Isuru Shantha	Centre	Sri Lanka
Sadun Herath	Wing	Sri Lanka
Chamara Dabare	Wing	Sri Lanka
Mohamed Sheriff	Fullback	Sri Lanka
Methun Hapugodage	Fullback	Sri Lanka