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.

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