Kandy Sports Club (rugby)
Kandy Sports Club (better known as Kandy SC) is a Division 'A' rugby union team, based in Kandy, Sri Lanka, competing in the Dialog Rugby League. The club has been the most successful Sri Lankan club in the Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, winning 18 league titles in the last twenty years, which is the most wins by any club since the expanded competition commenced in 1950. The club has also won twenty Clifford Cups and in the period between 1995 and 2012 the club did not lose a Clifford Cup title, although in 1998 there was no tournament and in 2006 the club withdrew from the tournament. Kandy SC had won the league title for a record nine consecutive years between 2000 and 2009.
| Full name | Kandy Athletic, Boating, Cricket, Football and Dancing Club (formally) | |
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| Union | Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union | |
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Location | Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
| Ground(s) | Bogambara Stadium (until 1939) Nittawela Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 30,000, 25,000) | |
| Chairman | Lasantha Wijesuriya | |
| President | Dr. Sarath Kapuwatte | |
| Coach(es) | Fazil Marija | |
| Captain(s) | Nigel Rathwatte | |
| League(s) | Dialog Rugby League Clifford Cup | |
| 2022 Dialog Rugby League season | 1 | |
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| Official website | ||
| www | ||
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