Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to award a prize of US$ 30,000 to the Sri Lanka National Rugby Team who won the championship by defeating Kazakhstan in the final of the first division of the Asian Rugby Championship in Colombo.
Sri Lanka Cricket President Shammi Silva and the Executive Committee have decided to honor the Rugby players and coaches involved in this great achievement, according to the procedure implemented by Sri Lanka Cricket to evaluate sporting excellence in the country.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Institute expresses great satisfaction over this victory and says that this victory has lifted the national rugby team to the highest level in the Asian rugby circle. .