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Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union yesterday announced the squads for the forthcoming rugby encounters between Western and Central Provinces, which will serve as a trial to pick the Sri Lanka national squad for the forthcoming four-nation Asian IRB Rugby Union Test series qualifiers. The selection of squads were made after trials held during the weekend in Colombo and Kandy.

The first leg of the annual rugby encounter between the Western Province and Central Province will be played at CR & FC grounds, Longden Place in Colombo on Saturday (5). It will serve as a trial to pick the Sri Lanka squad for the forthcoming IRB Asian Quadrangular matches against Japan, Arabian Gulf and Hong Kong from later next month.

The new chairman of selectors, Dr. Maiya Gunasekera and his committee will keep a close watch on the promising players when Western Province scrums down with the Central Province, which should turn out to be a keen tussle for supremacy. The second leg encounter between the two teams will be played on April 12 at Nittawela, Kandy.

The Central Province team, managed by Saman Kotellawela, will be guided by veteran George Simpkin. They will commence practices from today at Nittawela from 4 p.m.

Central Province squad: Jewa Galgamuwa, Saranath Hettiarachchi, P. Duminda, Indika Jayaratne, Mohaned Buksh, Malith Silva, Pradeep Basanayake, Asoka Jayasena, Kavinda Jayasena, Nirangan Ranasinghe, Sean Wijesinghe, Dilip Selvam, Nalin Wijesinghe, Kapila Silva, Navin Pulukuttiarachchi, Amjad Buksh, Sajith Mallikarachchi, Nelufar Ibrahim, Chamara Withanage, Udaya Hettiarachchi, Indrajith Bandaranayake, Radika Hettiarachchi, Pradeep Liyanage, S. Niyadagala, Dhanushka Pushpakumara, Nalaka Weerakkody.

The Western Province squad will be managed by Rizly Illyas and coached by Tony Amit. They too will train from today at CR & FC grounds from 4 p.m.

Western Province squad: Hassen Mohamed, M. Kudus, Hettiarachchi, Lakmal Areyasooriya, Shantha Rohana, Sameera Wijeyasekera, Anuranga Walpola, Sumedha Jayasinghe, S. Wilson, Dushan Lewke, Senaka Bandara, Berty Jayasekera, Shamile Nawaz, T. D. Herath, N. D. Welagedera, S. Pulaendran, Champika Nishantha (Captain), Zulki Hamid, Harsha Wijeweera, Asanga Rodrigo, Rajitha Jayasundera, B. D. N. Fernando, Dilan Abeygunawardena, Kishan Musafer, Wekedapola, Z. Halim Deen, Saldin, Diluk de S. Wijeratne. (D.W.)

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