Education
Munasinghe was educated atThe Royal Thomian Rugby Match 1975
Under his leadership at the Royal Thomian rugby match in July 1975, his team came from behind to beat the favourites 8–3 to win the Michael Gunaratne Trophy. Sharm De Alwis has described his two tries as a "spectacular sensation" where he "sliced through the entire defence to score under the posts" not once but twice (it must be assumed that he sidestepped and cut inside, as De Alwis refers to him paralysing the opposing stand off - also referred to as fly half or No 10). Leading from the front he not only scored the two match winning tries but marshalled a defence which thethe virtual stone wall erected by the Thomian back division who tackled as if their life depended on it. Particularly impressive in this department was full back (Shane) Pinder, skipper Munasinghe and wing three quarterDevaka Fernando Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura. Education Fernando was educated at Dean Row Sch ...who tackled their opponents to a virtual standstill.", Mahesa Abeynayake describes their team spirit.
Club and National Rugby
Munasinghe went on to captain the Sri Lanka schools against the Combined clubs side and subsequently representedProfessional
Munasinghe is a chartered accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He was a director in Carpenters Fiji Ltd and is currently chief executive officer of Courts (Fiji) Ltd. In November 2016 he was lised as the chairman of the Water Authority of Fiji.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munasinghe, PL Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia People from Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Sri Lankan rugby union players Sportspeople from Western Province, Sri Lanka