also known amongst its members as the “Gladiator Family” is a rugby team playing in the Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournaments.
This exciting tournament attracts the world’s best sevens players and highlights the best of Sri Lankan talent. The Northern Gladiator franchise is owned and managed by Cargills (Ceylon) Plc.
To its members, The Northern Gladiators is more than a team, it is a family. This family spirit is nurtured by the team management, coaches, physio and carried on by the players on the field. The rugby played by this team displays a lot of hard work and heart. The big hearts of the Gladiators and its style of play is what make them a team to be reckoned with in these tournaments. It is this quality of not giving up against seemingly
insurmountable odds that draws the spectators to cheer for them. Like the gladiators of old, the Northern Gladiators display all their training, skill and courage, on the rugby field of The Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament.
This year, The Northern Gladiators gave a stellar display of top class rugby in both the Local and International Carlton Super Sevens tournaments. In the Carlton Super Sevens Local tournament they recorded only one loss in the final of the first leg and were completely unbeaten in the second leg becoming Joint Champions of the Local Tournament of The Carlton Super Sevens.
In the Carlton Super Sevens International Tournament, the team became champions of the Colombo Leg after winning an exciting final. Against the odds, facing a formidable opponent and thrilling all those who witnessed the game. It was a wonderful achievement for the team to win the final of this prestigious tournament at the Colombo Race Course Grounds. A moment which will be cherished by the whole team.
