{"id":69212,"date":"2021-07-17T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T13:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=69212"},"modified":"2021-07-17T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T13:17:30","slug":"former-sl-ruggerite-passes-away-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/former-sl-ruggerite-passes-away-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Former SL ruggerite passes away in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\">Former SL ruggerite passes away in US<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69214 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dharmasiri-Perera-e1626527684259.jpg\" alt=\"Dharmasiri Perera\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">Dharmasiri Perera<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/07\/14\/sports\/253932\/former-sl-ruggerite-passes-away-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Former Police and Sri Lanka scrum half K. D. D. Sunil Dharmasiri Perera who was domiciled in the US, has passed away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">An old boy of St. Aloysius\u2019 College, Ratnapura and Mahabodhi Vidyalaya, Colombo 10, Perera who retired as a Sub-Inspector, represented Sri Lanka at the 1972 Rugby Asiad in Hong Kong along with four of his Police mates Anton Benedict, Nizam Hajireen, late Daya Jayasundara and Bandula Wijesinghe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was a member of the Police Rugby Team led by Benedict which won the Clifford Cup for the first time in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Perera leaves behind his wife Padma, son Hareendra and daughter Nadeeka. His funeral will take place in Washington today. 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