ALL- CEYLON RUGBY XV – 1961 LED BY PETER SAWDY (CH&FC). Source : Scontent  “As years go by, we realize that memories are perhaps the greatest and most priceless of treasures one can possibly possess ……” ALL-CEYLON RUGBY XV – 1961 LED BY PETER SAWDY (CH&FC). Standing Left to Right are: Frankie David, the next three are R. Bourne, John Legyt, M. Stevens, Eric Roles, Maurice Silva, Nimal Maralande and Dickie Jayatilleke. Seated Left to Right are: Chris Bean, Lionel Almeida, John Banks, Peter Swady (Capt.), Ashey Cader, John Burrows and Franklyn Jacob. Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Nihal Gunewardene for providing the team names. ...

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Memories of Oman – Lankans upset fancied team in Gulf Sevens – By Clifford Lazarus   Rugby in the Arabian Peninsula was first played by British military and expatriate oil workers in Kuwait in the 1940’s. Following the accession of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 1970, several expatriates arrived in Oman to work on various Government projects. Three of these: Hamish Donald, Brian Fawcett and Tony Jenkins contacted a number of individuals they thought may be interested in their beloved rugby and on July 26th 1971 The Muscat Rugby Football Club was founded and His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said accepted to be Patron of the Club.  Around that time, rugby clubs had also been established in UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah), Saudi Arabia (Dhahran), Qatar (Doha), and Bahrain culminating in the formation of the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union. A site in Wattayah was allocated to the ...

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