Seth BURKETT FROM STAMFORD TO SRI LANKA

UNITED WE STAND: Before the game I got chatting to some of my opponents from the wartorn city of Kilinochchi

WE HEAD north on the familiar A9, the infamous road that much of the civil war played out on. At the height of their strength, the Tamil Tigers controlled almost a third of the area it covers. Today’s opponents, Kiliyoor Kings, are based in Kilinochchi, a city just south of Jaffna that’s synonymous with the Tigers.
It was here that they built their training base, teaching recruits how to fight. It was here that they saw the fu...