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Ananda College, Colombo is the leading Buddhist school in the country which has contributed immensely towards the success of Education while unearthing sportsmen excelling in various sporting disciplines, where some of them reached the pinnacle by representing the country at International tournaments. Yugantha Karunarathne who had an illustrious rugby career was one of the finest products of Ananda who brought honour and fame to his school and country wearing the National jersey.
Yugantha, better known as ‘Yuga’ in rugby circles, was born in 1975 in Colombo. His father was late Lt. H.K. Karunaratne who served in the Sri Lanka Army and a former Olympic and, Asian Gold Medallist and an Army Boxer. Nimala Athukorala was his mother, a housewife while he also had a brother Rohana.