Priyaraj Lakmal Munasinghe, (also known as PL) is a Sri Lankanrugby player.
Priyaraj Lakmal Munasinghe
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Occupation(s)
Accountant, company executive
Known for
Rugby Centre Three quarter
Centre Three-quarters PL Munasinghe, Wilhelm Bogstra in support as wing three quarter Devaka Fernando collects a grubber during The Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975.
Munasinghe was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mt LaviniaSri Lanka, where as Head Prefect he was awarded the Victoria Jubilee Gold Medal, winning colours in rugby and athletics. He played in the rugby first XV in 1973, 1974, captained the school in 1975, and played in 1976. He placed second in the under-19 100 metres (described in the school magazine by athletics captain WR Gunasena as a "lion hearted run")[citation needed] at the Public Schools Athletics meet in 1974 and was part of a successful 4x100 metres relay team.[1]
The Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975edit
Under his leadership at the Royal Thomian rugby match in July 1975, his team came from behind to beat the favourites 8–3[2] to win the Michael Gunaratne Trophy. Sharm De Alwis has described his two tries as a "spectacular sensation" where he "sliced through the entire defence to score under the posts" not once but twice (it must be assumed that he sidestepped and cut inside, as De Alwis refers to him paralysing the opposing stand off - also referred to as fly half or No 10).[3][4][5]
Leading from the front he not only scored the two match winning tries but marshalled a defence which the Ceylon Daily Mirror described as:
the virtual stone wall erected by the Thomian back division who tackled as if their life depended on it. Particularly impressive in this department was full back (Shane) Pinder, skipper Munasinghe and wing three quarter Devaka Fernando who tackled their opponents to a virtual standstill.",[6][7] Mahesa Abeynayake describes their team spirit.[8]
Club and National Rugbyedit
Munasinghe went on to captain the Sri Lanka schools against the Combined clubs side and subsequently represented Havelock Sports Club and Sri Lanka.[9][10] Munasinghe has been listed among the best three quarters to play rugby between 1968 and 1982.[11] His career was cut short by a knee injury during a practice game.[12]
He was a director in Carpenters Fiji Ltd[13] and is currently chief executive officer of Courts (Fiji) Ltd.[14][15][16] In November 2016 he was listed as the chairman of the Water Authority of Fiji.[17]
Referencesedit
^S Thomas College School Magazines Term 2 and Term 3 1974, Term 2 and 3 1975
^Ceylon Daily News Lake House Newspapers 12 July 1975
^. Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2011. Royal-Thomian clash for Guneratne Trophy on 26 July Tuesday, Daily News on line 22 July 2003, accessed 26 November 2011
^"WAF Board Members". waterauthority.com. Water Authority of Fiji. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources P L Munasinghe news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Priyaraj Lakmal Munasinghe also known as PL is a Sri Lankan rugby player Priyaraj Lakmal MunasingheNationalitySri LankanOccupation s Accountant company executiveKnown forRugby Centre Three quarter Centre Three quarters PL Munasinghe Wilhelm Bogstra in support as wing three quarter Devaka Fernando collects a grubber during The Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975 Contents 1 Education 1 1 The Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975 2 Club and National Rugby 3 Professional 4 ReferencesEducation editMunasinghe was educated at S Thomas College Mt Lavinia Sri Lanka where as Head Prefect he was awarded the Victoria Jubilee Gold Medal winning colours in rugby and athletics He played in the rugby first XV in 1973 1974 captained the school in 1975 and played in 1976 He placed second in the under 19 100 metres described in the school magazine by athletics captain WR Gunasena as a lion hearted run citation needed at the Public Schools Athletics meet in 1974 and was part of a successful 4x100 metres relay team 1 The Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975 edit Under his leadership at the Royal Thomian rugby match in July 1975 his team came from behind to beat the favourites 8 3 2 to win the Michael Gunaratne Trophy Sharm De Alwis has described his two tries as a spectacular sensation where he sliced through the entire defence to score under the posts not once but twice it must be assumed that he sidestepped and cut inside as De Alwis refers to him paralysing the opposing stand off also referred to as fly half or No 10 3 4 5 Leading from the front he not only scored the two match winning tries but marshalled a defence which the Ceylon Daily Mirror described as the virtual stone wall erected by the Thomian back division who tackled as if their life depended on it Particularly impressive in this department was full back Shane Pinder skipper Munasinghe and wing three quarter Devaka Fernando who tackled their opponents to a virtual standstill 6 7 Mahesa Abeynayake describes their team spirit 8 Club and National Rugby editMunasinghe went on to captain the Sri Lanka schools against the Combined clubs side and subsequently represented Havelock Sports Club and Sri Lanka 9 10 Munasinghe has been listed among the best three quarters to play rugby between 1968 and 1982 11 His career was cut short by a knee injury during a practice game 12 Professional editMunasinghe is a chartered accountant a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK He was a director in Carpenters Fiji Ltd 13 and is currently chief executive officer of Courts Fiji Ltd 14 15 16 In November 2016 he was listed as the chairman of the Water Authority of Fiji 17 References edit S Thomas College School Magazines Term 2 and Term 3 1974 Term 2 and 3 1975 Ceylon Daily News Lake House Newspapers 12 July 1975 http www thesundayleader lk 2010 06 27 a brief overview of thomian rugby Sharm De Alwis A brief overview of Thomian rugby accessed 28 May 2011 http sundaytimes lk 040620 sports 4 html Havies rugby has hit a new low By Bernie Wijesekera accessed 26 November 2011 Online edition of Daily News Sports Archived from the original on 26 January 2005 Retrieved 27 November 2011 Royal Thomian clash for Guneratne Trophy on 26 July Tuesday Daily News on line 22 July 2003 accessed 26 November 2011 Daily Mirror 12 July 1975 http www island lk 2007 06 16 sports3 html Reminiscing Royal Thomian annual rugby clash by Rukshan Razak accessed 26 November 2011 https mahesaabey wordpress com 2013 08 16 the glory days of st thomas rugby The Glory days of Thomian Rugby Mahesa Abeynayake accessed 26 November 2013 http www tops lk article4108 when the thomians let loose dogs of war html When the Thomians let loose the dogs of war Courtesy DailyNewsPosted on Wednesday 20 May 2009 10 33 44 LKT by SaNDun accessed 26 November 2011 Sri Lanka s Number one Sports Website www thepapare com A Brief Overview of Thomian Rugby History Archived from the original on 9 March 2011 Retrieved 19 May 2011 http www island lk 2008 06 03 sports6 html Rugby supermen 1968 1982 Rohan Muttiah Island on line http www dailynews lk 2005 11 05 spo09 htm Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Four rugby super heroes BY SHARM de Alwis Ceylon Daily News 5 November 2005 Carpenters Fiji Pte Limited over 150 Years of Trading in Fiji http www fijisun com fj main page view asp id 54353 The Sun Courts names new CEO accessed 28 May 2011 http www fijisun com fj main page view asp id 54509 permanent dead link Courts welcomes new CEO writer KERESI NAUWAKARAWA 24 March 2011 accessed 28 May 2011 https www courts com fj about us executive directors html Archived 21 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine PL Munasinghe Chief Executive Officer1 accessed 28 November 2011 WAF Board Members waterauthority com Water Authority of Fiji Retrieved 30 March 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title P L Munasinghe amp oldid 1190485291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
