Ruggerite Heshan Jansen a proud product of Kingswood

Twenty Three year old, Heshan Jansen, an Old Boy of Kingswood College,Kandy was a student of the school from Grade One onwards and started his Rugby Career at the age of Nine years under the Coaching of M. Saleem and Rohitha Mendis. When he started playing in the School First Fifteen team he was coached by Ananda Kasthuriarachchi and he played for the First Fifteen team for Four years and Captained the team in the year 2017.

In 2018 he was selected to the Under Twenty Sri Lanka Rugby team and his Team was placed third at the Hongkong Sevens Series and he was awarded Sri Lanka colours in the year 2019.

During his School Rugby Career he played along with outstanding players like Lakshitha Ranaweera, Tharindu Malithge at Kingswood College. Heshan left School after getting through his G.C.E.(A/L) Examination in the Language Stream and joined Kandy Sports Club and his first Coach was Sean Wijesinghe after which he was coached by Fazil Marija. Heshan has represented the Kandy SC for the last Five years and during this period his team has won both Clifford Cup and became League Champions under Richard Dharmapala in 2016, Under Roshan Weeraratne in 2017 and later on under the captaincy of Nigel Ratwatte.

Heshan is a Level One IRB Coach and his intention is to continue playing for the Kandy SC as long as he is in a position to do so.