Sri Lanka, Oct. 7 -- One man has found the guts to speak out against a monopoly in rugby as some schools are causing heartburn and promoting the win-at-any-cost syndrome

Zahira College's Chairman of the Board of Governors, Fouzul Hameed, has issued a passionate warning against what he described as a growing "school rugby mafia", accusing a handful of elite schools of monopolising the sport, poaching players, showing no ethics, no values and focusing only on winning trophies - destroying the true purpose of school sports.

"We have been pushed to a corner for decades - in education, in politics, in opportunities. Only through sports can we build peace, harmony and friendship," said Hameed in a forthright interview with the Daily Mirror. ...