The Union
The OTRFU was formed on the 25th Mar 1997 by the late Mr. Nihal (Baila) Samarasinghe (1957 – 1960) Capt., 1960, Mr. Arjun Dharmadasa (1971 – 1972) and Mr. Shanaka De Livera (1976 – 1979) V. Capt, 1979, who first met at the Orient Club, together with the late Mr. Lal Kumarasinghe (Master in Charge – Rugby) & Mr. Niroshan Samarasinghe (1994-1995) with the intension of engaging the Thomian Rugby fraternity and supporting the rugby program at S.Thomas’ College, Mount-Lavinia.
The Inaugural meeting was held on 29th June 1997 at the Orient Club Colombo. The following were in attendance.
- Mr. Nihal Samarasinghe
- Mr. Niroshan Samarasinghe
- Mr. Arjun Dharmadasa
- Mr. Sarath De Zoysa
- Mr. Shanaka R. De Livera
- Mr. Ananda Welikala
- Mr. Lal Kumarasingha
- Mr. Michael Jayasekara
- Mr. Niroshan samarasingha
- Mr. Saavantha R. S. De Saram
- Mr. R. Renganathan
- Mr. S. Prabash S. DE Saram
- Mr. S. B. L. Perera
- Mr. R. Tissa Molligoda
- Mr. Ravi Mendis
- Mr. Devaka Wickramasuriya
- Mr. Sean Dwight
- Mr. W. Flamer Caldera
- Mr. Charya R. S. De Saram
- Mr. Michael Sproule
- Mr. C. Jordashe
- Mr. Asanga Seneviratne
- Mr. Suresh Fernando
Affiliate Members
- Mr. Quentin Israel 1992 (Late)
- Dr. Manjula Karunaratne 1992.