The former England sevens skipper, who is the all-time record points scorer in international sevens rugby with 2,652 points from 70 tournaments, was appointed to the role by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union in August 2012.

The 33-year-old was tasked with guiding the nation to qualification for the 2013 International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup Sevens held in Moscow earlier this year.

At the time of taking on the role, the man from Cornwall was confident he had the players to mould a side that could challenge for qualification.

"I think there is a lot of potential; the boys have got some great skills, I think it's just a matter of trying to help them with those skills and understand what they are trying to do on the field and give them some form of a game plan and work a bit on their fitness," said Gollings, who played international sevens rugby for 11 years.

Ben Gollings is the record points scorer in international rugby sevens
history with 2,625 points