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Danushka Ranjan (born 2 June 1993) is a Sri Lankan rugby sevens player.[1]

Career

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He pursued an interest in rugby while studying at St. Peter's College in Bambalapitiya.[2] He was appointed as the captain of the Sri Lankan national youth rugby sevens team in the rugby sevens tournament during the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.[3][4]

He made his Asian Games debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Asian Games and took part in the men's rugby sevens tournament.[5] Danushka also eventually made his Commonwealth Games debut representing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and competed with the national rugby sevens outfit in the men's rugby sevens tournament.[6]

Danushka was named as the captain of the Sri Lankan rugby sevens side for the 2016 Hong Kong Asian Sevens replacing the regular Sudarshana Muthuthanthri who was sidelined from the national squad due to injury concerns.[7][8] Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka lost the final by the barest of all margins with a scoreline of 22–17 in favor of Hong Kong and Sri Lanka had an outside chance during the final of the 2016 Hong Kong Asian Sevens to nearly pull of a memorable victory as the chances were propelled by Jason Dissanayake's valiant efforts in crossing the try scoring line on 4 occasions.[9][10][11]

He was named in the Sri Lankan squad for the Monaco Olympic Qualifier Sevens series which was conducted as an Olympic Repachage Tournament by World Rugby to determine the last slot for the 12 team men's rugby sevens tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[12][13][14]

In March 2017, he was appointed as the skipper of the Sri Lanka Tuskers squad ahead of the 2017 World Series Qualifiers in Hong Kong.[15][16][17] He was relinquished from captaincy duties ahead of the 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series as Sudarshana Muthuthanthri returned to the team from an injury layoff to lead Sri Lanka Tuskers.[18]

He also represented Sri Lanka at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was part of the Sri Lanka Tuskers squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament and he ended up the tournament as the top try scorer for Sri Lanka with four tries in three matches.[19][20]

He was initially included in the Sri Lankan contingent at the 2018 Asian Games for the men's rugby sevens tournament.[21][22][23] However, he was withdrawn from the 2018 Asian Games prior to the start of the competition due to an hamstring injury.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Danushka Ranjan | ThePapare Stats Center Rugby". stats.thepapare.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Dhanushka the athlete turned ruggerite". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ^ Marikar, Hafiz. "Jason Dissanayake one of the finest ruggerites". Daily News. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  4. ^ "Danushka Ranjan to lead Under 18 Youth Rugby Team". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  5. ^ "26 member sevens squad | The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka". Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  6. ^ Wasala, Chinthana (27 June 2014). "Nishanthe Piyasena appointed Chef-de Mission". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  7. ^ Cader, Saabir (2016-08-29). "Danushka Ranjan to lead Sri Lanka for Asia Sevens". ThePapare. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  8. ^ Welagedara, Indika. "Danushka leads Sevens team to Hong Kong". Daily News. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong spoils a Tusker party | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka". Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  10. ^ "Rugby: Sri Lanka emerge Asian 7s runners-up in Hong Kong". Times Online. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  11. ^ Vasudevan, Estelle (2016-09-23). "Jason Dissanayake; from Tiger to Tusker". ThePapare. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  12. ^ "Sri Lanka contest Olympic slot at Monaco Sevens | Sri Lanka Foundation". www.srilankafoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  13. ^ "Rugby: Sri Lanka 7s to take on Germany, Canada and Uruguay in Monaco". Times Online. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  14. ^ Caffoor, Inshaf (2016-06-09). "Tuskers opt for experience at Monaco Sevens". ThePapare. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  15. ^ "Ranjan leads Sri Lanka for World Rugby Sevens Hong Kong qualifier | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  16. ^ Rugby, Asia (2017-04-07). "Sri Lanka Tuskers left the island early morning ahead of the World Series Qualifiers in Hong Kong,". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  17. ^ "Sri Lanka Sevens outfit "well prepared": Dhanushka Ranjan | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  18. ^ Welagedara, By Indika. "Muthuthanthri will lead strong national sevens squad". Daily News. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  19. ^ Rugby, Asia (2018-03-29). "Sri Lanka side named for Gold Coast | #GC2018 | Commonwealth Games". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  20. ^ Rugby, Asia (2018-04-15). "Sri Lanka Tuskers learn valuable lessons from Commonwealth Games". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  21. ^ Caffoor, Inshaf (2018-09-21). "New Developments ahead of the 2nd leg". ThePapare. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  22. ^ Rajapaksha, Kaveenth (9 August 2018). "Sri Lanka name Tuskers squad for Asian Games". www.thepapare.com. Dialog Axiata. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  23. ^ Welagedara, Indika (11 August 2018). "Sri Lanka pick Asian Games rugby sevens squad". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  24. ^ Caffoor, Inshaf (2018-10-06). "Sri Lanka Rugby: Good and Bad news!". ThePapare. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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