Asia Rugby Division 1 Championship 2024 will kick off the Asia Rugby season with Sri Lanka back in action in what promises to be a very exciting tournament with Sri Lanka hosting Qatar, Kazakhstan and India. With a rich legacy spanning over 150 years, Sri Lanka stands as one of …
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Former Rugby players of CH & FC hosted a night of fellowship for the past Captains and ruggerites who represented the Club from 1964-2000. Here are the photos from the event as exclusively covered by Quadrangle Photography by Peter de Croos. The pictures posted here have been restricted from sharing …
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An appeal to school rugby coaches: please don’t bridle brilliance! By Kavan Rambukwella This article was originally published in the Sunday Times, on 24th March 1996 https://www.sundaytimes.lk/960324/sportm.html I have always accepted the wonderful story of William Webb Ellis who picked up the ball in a game of football at Rugby …
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When the All-Blacks played in Colombo in 1907 By Neil Wijeratne The first rugby team from parts beyond the seas to play in Sri Lanka, as per the recorded history of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (now Sri Lanka Rugby), was the “All Blacks” Northern Union team. They arrived …
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Geoff Garnier By Neville Athukorala It has been our good fortune to be associated for 51 long years and now write about a thoroughbred Peterite in Geoffrey Aubrey Garnier affectionately known by us all, as the one and only ‘Geoff’. Born on the 24th of May 1932, he received …
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The secret’s out …. Did you know that the first school rugby team was formed as far back as 1891? From that year, the game has developed a rich history, with great contests and all the traditions of key inter-school encounters. Quadrangle writers Lohit Ranasinghe and Sujith Silva spent countless …
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RUGBY HITS OF THE ’70S Blue & Gold magic: the Champion Royal XV of ’78 By Sujith Silva The 1970s was a remarkable decade for Royal rugby. In this period, the Reid Avenue college managed to revive its fortunes against traditional hill-country opponent, Trinity College in the annual Bradby Shield. An …
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From the 3rd edition of Quadrangle, published in 2015. It was such a joy and honour to meet up with an active living legend, Summa Navaratnam, at the Royal College Sports Complex in Colombo recently. Still brisk and bright and actively involved in a Junior Rugby Academy he set up at Royal. …
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BY Ken de Joodt As a mere introduction to this write-up, Trinity College, Kandy, was always known as the Cradle of Rugby in schools – since this great game of rugby had its beginnings at Trinity in 1906, when Rev. A.G. Fraser was the Principal. In fact, the first match Trinity played was against Kingswood College, …
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If someone was looking for a complete package, a complete Sri Lankan sportsman with brains and brawn and of course smart looks to go with it and an unassuming personality to win the hearts of all his admirers and opponents, if any, then one person stands out. He is none …
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