Sri Lanka, Sept. 20 -- Rohitha Rajapaksa, the captain of last season, takes over the team's coaching while Sri Lanka flanker Sudharshana Muthuthanthri will lead a rejuvenated CH and FC at the new inter-club rugby season scheduled to start next month with a Sevens tournament.

Rajapaksa replaces veteran coach Viper Gunaratne after qualifying as the youngest rugby educator in the country having followed a World Rugby course conducted by Sri Lanka Rugby last year in Colombo.

He was assistant coach of the Sri Lanka youth team that won the Junior Asiad last year.

Muthuthanthri captained Havelocks when they ended League runners-up in 2013 and also plays as a Number Eight.

In 2018, he became the first Sri Lankan to be selected to play at the ...