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The Griffin Girls Rugby team tours Sri Lanka
On July 6, 2010 Southern California’s Select Side All
Star Girls Rugby Team, the Griffin Girls, arrived in Sri
Lanka on a historical women’s rugby tour.
The group consisted of 20 players, 5 coaches, and 2
chaperones. The Griffin Girls from Southern California
are one of 7 Select Side teams in the USA.
This was the very first time that a rugby team from the
United States visited Sri Lanka and the SriLankan Airlines
office in USA secured the teams travel on “SriLankan
Airlines.
This was also the very first time the Sri Lanka
Women`s Rugby team played a 15-a-side rugby match.
The team played the first leg in Kandy against the Sri
Lanka Women`s Rugby team on July 10, 2010 and
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the second leg was played at the Royal College Sports
Complex on July 18, 2010.
The team also played at the Beach Rugby Sevens in
Heritance Ahungalla on July 15, 2010 where the Sri Lanka
Air Force, Sri Lanka Navy and Slimline also participated.
Chief Guest, one of Sri Lanka`s top Actresses Anarkali
Arkarsha graced the occasion. The Sri Lanka Team won
the tournament and USA were the runners up.
In addition to the matches, the coaches and players
conducted coaching camps for Sri Lankan school children
in Kandy, Galle, and Colombo. All the coaches are IRB
certified and have several years of coaching experience.
SriLankan Airlines was the official airline and a sponsor of
the Griffin Girls Rugby Tour.
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