Etipola named Antonians Backs Coach

By Shamseer Jaleel

Former Dharmaraja rugby skipper of 2009, cracking Kandy SC, and national sevens player, Darshana Etipola, has been named as the Under-19 rugby team’s backs coach and Under-18 head coach of St. Anthony’s College for the 2025 rugby season.

The World Rugby Level 1 and 2 qualified Etipola earlier coached Rajans in several age groups. He is also the Army Gajaba regiment head coach. In the Mercantile segment, Etipola coached MAS, Sampath, and Malwatte Valley Plantations.

Darshana will work under head coach Saliya Kumara.