This posting is an updated list of captain's who led St. Peter's College in Rugby Football.

Many Peterite rugby players represented leading clubs after leaving school and a few reached the top of the hill by donning the 'Ceylon or Sri Lanka' Cap in Rugby.

Players like Archibald Perera, Ago Paiva, Percy Perera, Terry Williams, Ephraims Brothers, Didacus de Almeida, Jeyer Rodrigues, Hamzee Hameed, Frank Hubert, Patternott Brothers (Aubrey, Rodney & Hemish), Darrel Wimalaratne, Rowen Gunasekara, Dilanka Wijesekara, Poornaka Delpachitra, Jeffrey de Jong, Rohan Paulus, Dilan Abeygoonewardena, Danushka Ranjan and many others emerged as Rugby players of great repute who brought honour to the school and to the sport.

Mission Statement

“To set our own standard of Rugby Excellence at St Peter’s where every player is encouraged to develop and maximize his individual skills & character ( mental and physical )  in an environment where team building is carried out through a structured system ”

Objective

“To be the champions in all age groups in competitive Schools Rugby by having a stable and practical structure in place”.

RUGBY CAPTAIN'S LIST

2014 – Shenal Aponso

2013 – Shan Weerakkody (all island 7s winners)
2012 – Danushka Ranjan (a current Sri Lanka cap)
2011 – Banuka Nanauakkara (all island Western Province 7s winners)
2010 – Keith Gurusinghe – (unbeaten triple Champions – 7s, league and knockout champions)
2009 – Dilshan Paul (Carlton 7s Winners)
2008 – Poornaka Delpachitra (President’s Trophy winners)
2007 – Ranuka Jayasinghe (official unbeaten Champions)
2006 – Harendra Ariyawardena (official Schools’ A Division and knockout champions)
2005 – Sajith Adikari
2004 – Mohamed Rinaz
2003 -Rumaiz Ishaq
2002 – Dilanka Wijesekera (official Schools’ A Division rugby champions)
2001 – Dilan Abeygooneardena (Singer 7s winners)
2000 – Gladwin Georgesz
1999 -Gavin Ludowyke
1998 – Rajeev Perera
1997 – Achala Silva
1996 – Kirk Williams
1995 – Sanjeewa Abeygoonawardena (won the Premadasa trophy for the 1st time)
1994 – Roshara Alles
1993 – Leonard De Zilva
1992 – R D Fredricks
1991 – Manoj Bakshani
1990 – Harendra Wijesena
1989 – Colin Denish Peter
1988 – Shadwell De Silva
1987 – Rohan Ekanayake
1986 – Rowen Gunasekera
1985 – Rajith Abeygoonawardena (beat Trinity after 44 long years)
1984 – Viraj Fernando
1983 – Prasanna Wimalasena
1982 – Rohan Paulus
1981 – Keith Nugegoda
1980 – Ainsley F Baldsing
1979 – Hussain Didi
1978 – Jeremy Gomez
1977 – Angelo Wickremaratne
1976 – Roshan Deen
1975 – Frank Hubert
1974 – Nimal Jayasuriya
1973 – Rohan Wiratunga (unofficial rugby champions)
1972 – Jeffery de Jong (unofficial rugby champions)
1971 – Jizwi Nizar
1970 – Hamish Patternott (also captained cricket)
1969 – Sunil Perera (son of Archibald Perera)
1968 – Ronnie Gunaratne
1967 – Rodney Patternott
1966 – Hamzi Hameed (unofficial rugby champions)
1965 – Darrel Wimalaratne (unofficial rugby champions. Wimalaratne also captained cricket in 1966 and was a Ceylon cap)
1964 – Rohan Abeysundera
1963 – Stephen Alagaratnam
1962 – Jeyer Rodriguesz
1961 – Didacus de Almeida
1960 – Tony Johnson
1959 – Adiel Anghie (Anghie also captained cricket in 1961)
1958 – M Salih
1957 – Jayantha Fernando (Fernando was also the cricket captain in the year)
1956 – Lakshman Serasinghe
1955 – Desmond Ephraims
1854 – G Tharmaratnam
1953 – Terry Williams
1952 – G Garnier
1951 – Ago Paiva
1950 – A W H Perera (Perera was Sri Lanka Navy Commander – 1979-1983)
1949 – Ken Ariyaraja
1948 – Harold de Silva
1942 – 1947 – No rugger due to World War II
1941 – W A Chandrasena
1940 – Kenneth Silva (schools’ rugby champions for the year)
1939 – Vernon Peiris (schools’ rugby champions for the year)
1938 – Percy Perera (invincible rugby champions. Percy Perera also captained the cricket team in 1938)
1937 – Percy Perera (schools’ rugby champions for the year)
1936 – Archibald Perera (invincible rugby champions for the first time and he was one among the few Ceylonese to represent All Ceylon. He was subsequently a legendary coach from 1956 to 1982)
1935 – Fred Kellar (beat Trinity for the 1st time and declared joint champions with Trinity)
1934 – Shirley de S Illesinghe (Peterites record their first ever win. Against Royal – 5-0. Illesinghe was also the cricket captain in 1934 & 1935)
1933 – J E F Pereira
1932 – Lim Bilimoria