Bangladesh national rugby union team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bangladesh women's national rugby union team.

This article is about the men's team. For the sevens team, see Bangladesh national rugby sevens team.

Bangladesh

Union	Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union
Head coach	Mohammad Abdul Kader
Captain	Md Shahiduzzaman
Home stadium	Bangladesh Army Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Bangladesh   31-7     Nepal (at Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22 June 2022)
Biggest win
Bangladesh   43-12     Nepal (at Kolkata, India, 22 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
India   82–0   Bangladesh (at Kolkata, India, 25 November 2022)
World Cup
Appearances	DNQ

The Bangladesh national rugby union team represents Bangladesh in men's international rugby union. ^[1] The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. ^{[2] [3]} The team participates in Asian rugby tournaments.

History

The Bangladesh national rugby union team represent Bangladesh in the international levels of rugby football game.The team have won bowl round of 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series ^[1] The Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union are organizing several age levels tournament to build strong foundation in their national team. ^[4] In 2022 the federation organized Bangabandhu Bangladesh-Nepal International Rugby Series. Bangladesh won there first Rugby series against Nepal by a 3-0 lead in series. All of the matches took place in Dhaka from 21–22 June 2022. ^[5]

Players

S/N	Player	Position	Club
1	Sim Ferdous Alam	Hooker	Bangladesh
2	Md Nazmul Hasan	Hooker	Bangladesh
3	Paritosh Chakma	Prop	Bangladesh
4	Md Nadim Mahmud	Prop	Bangladesh
5	Jewel Rana	Prop	Bangladesh
6	Md Anowruzzaman	Prop	Bangladesh
7	Md Sohel Rana	Lock	Bangladesh
8	Md Shahiduzzaman (C)	Lock	Bangladesh
9	Md Obaidur Rahman	Lock	Bangladesh
10	Akteruzzaman Talukder	Flanker	Bangladesh
11	Mahabobur Rahman Dinar	Flanker	Bangladesh
12	Mohd Sobuz Ali Biswas	Flanker	Bangladesh

Home stadium

The team plays its home matches at the Bangladesh Army Stadium.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2022

	22 June 2022	Bangladesh	31-7	Nepal	Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka

	22 November 2022	Bangladesh	43-12	Nepal	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

	25 November 2022	Bangladesh	0-82	India	Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

Overall records

Team records

Bangladesh national Rugby union team stats in international year by year.

Year	Match	Won	Lost	Drawn	PF	PA
2022	3	2	1	0	74	101

Head to head

The Test match record against all nations, updated to 30 November 2022, is as follows.

As of 30 November 2022

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	PF	PA
India	1	0	1	0	0	82
Nepal	2	2	0	0	74	19
Total	3	2	1	0	74	101

Competitive records

Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Did not qualify
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	0/9	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asia Rugby Championship

Asia Rugby Championship record
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
2022	Silver	2	1	0	1	43	94

References

1. "Bangladesh Rugby team champs of Bowl Group of Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". The New Nation. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
2. "Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union". www.asiarugby.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
3. "Bangladesh RFU staying true to their pledge". www.asiarugby.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. "Rugby may be popularized in Bangladesh". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
5. "A scene from the first match of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-Nepal International Rugby Series between Bangladesh Rugby team and Nepal Rugby team at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city's Banani on Tuesday. Bangladesh crushed Nepal by 19-0 points in the first match and thrashed Nepal by 20-0 points in the second match to win the series. NN photo". The New Nation. Retrieved 2024-01-16.