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Rugby union in India is a minor sport. However, it is a fast-growing sport as some Indian sporting clubs are beginning to embrace the game. Rugby union was the second most popular winter sport after association football in India, but now it is played in the shadow of the football team.
India competes annually in the Asia Rugby Championship, which is a rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. India participated in the inaugural 2008 Asian Five Nations (as it was then known) competing in the Second Division , finishing in third place, and missing out on being promoted.
Rugby India is the governing body for sport of rugby union in India. [2] It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The federation was founded in 1995 and it became affiliated to World Rugby in 1999. [3] Rugby India administers all India national teams: men's, women's, men's sevens and women's sevens. It also manages both U20 national teams.
The All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament is an amateur league competition for rugby union football clubs in India. [2] The competition has been played since 1924. [3] In 2017 ten teams took part in the men's edition, with Delhi Hurricanes securing the championship. [4]
Rugby World Cup Sevens — Sponsored by World Rugby, and held every four years, this was the highest prize in the Sevens version of the game before the introduction of sevens to the Olympics in 2016. It was initially planned for the 2013 edition to be the last, but it was later decided to retain the World Cup Sevens and establish a new four ...
B.R.F.C was founded in 1996, by some ex-pats living in the city then. Today it is a club consisting mainly of Indians. They also have an expatriate team associated to them called the "Bangalore Refugees" and started a girls team in 2009, they also have boys u-19 and u-16 teams.
The India women's national rugby union team is the national team representing India in women's international rugby union. They played their first test against Singapore in 2018. [1] They have only played four Tests to date and are ranked 50th by World Rugby. [2]
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