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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skywalker" data-source="post: 1945751" data-attributes="member: 38393">To up-lift the rugby standard in the country the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) has decided to select a 30 member national pool for special training.Sri Lanka has three international fixtures this year which pits the team in the Singer Sri Lankan Sevens in Kandy, the Asiad in Taiwan and the Sevens World Cup qualifying tournament in Hong Kong in October.The SLRFU president Nimal Lewke said the national selectors have been told of the new development and the 30 players would be put on a recommended diet and weight training.“We need to maintain players’ fitness and strength levels and we are also looking at enlisting a foreign trainer as well”, said Lewke.The SLRFU and the selectors met last week following a poor show by the team at last month’s Hong Kong Sevens and several issues were ironed out.It is learnt that there had been differences between the selectors and overseas trainer Keith Roberts prior to the Hong Kong Sevens which had not being to the liking of the SLRFU.“If we cannot take into account fitness reports, there is no point in bringing down foreign experts spending huge amounts of money”, said Lewke.“We need to work together on this to develop rugby in Sri Lanka”, he added.</blockquote>

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