Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Kandy's ruggerites are proud of Priyantha Ekanayake, who became a top class ruggerite. It can be said that the best rugby forward to come out of St. Anthony's College, Katugastota is Priyantha Ekanayake. Priyantha Ekanayake is the first Antonian to captain the Sri Lanka rugby team, and that too for a record ten consecutive years. He has led the country at four Rugby Asiads from1990 to 1996.
He is a double International at rugger and basketball. He moved to the Katugastota school from Rikilagaskanda Central. He was guided in the correct way at rugby by his coach Kaluarachchi 'Kalu' Perera. At the start his pet sport was basketball where he was a good point scorer and ball handler, and represented the country at the 7th...