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| Nicknames | Tuskers, Brave Elephants[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem | Elephant | ||
| Union | Sri Lanka Rugby | ||
| Head coach | Aaron Dunne | ||
| Captain | Srinath Sooriyabandara | ||
| Most caps | Srinath Sooriyabandara {74} | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current |  40 (as of 22 July 2024) | ||
| Highest | 37 (29 June 2015) | ||
| Lowest | 64 (26 April 2004) | ||
| First international | |||
 All Ceylon 6–33 New Zealand  (12 September 1907) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Sri Lanka 75–3 Pakistan  (27 October 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Japan 129–6 Sri Lanka (8 October 2002) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
The Sri Lanka national rugby union team, known as the Tuskers, represents Sri Lanka in men's international rugby union. The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. They have the longest tradition of organised club rugby in Asia, dating back to 1879, which was just 8 years after the founding of the world's first rugby union in England.[2] They regularly compete in the Asian Five Nations tournament and are currently in Division I. In the 2010 tournament, they made it to the finals beating Chinese Taipei 37 to 7.
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- ^ "Archived copy". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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