Bangladesh women's national rugby union team

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

Bangladesh

Nickname	Green Tigers
Emblem	Green Tigers
Union	Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union
Head coach	Beili Akter
Captain	Ferdous Alam
Home stadium	Bangladesh Army Stadium
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	NR (as of 20 March 2023)
First international
Bangladesh   0–28   Indonesia (at Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 August 2019)
Biggest win
Did not win yet
Biggest defeat
Bangladesh   0–28   Qatar (at Chennai, India, 11 August 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	DNQ

The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team represents Bangladesh in women's international rugby union. ^[1] The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup Women's. ^{[2] [3]} The team participating Asian rugby tournaments. ^[4]

Team image

Nicknames

The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team has been known or nicknamed as "Green Tigers".

Home stadium

The team play its home matches on the Bangladesh Army Stadium and others stadiums.

History

The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team formed on 18 February 2015 and its very young rugby team in Asia. ^[5] The nation yet to qualify in the Asian level rugby tournament also Women's Rugby World Cup. They have participated in 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series which finished ninth position. ^[6]

Players

As of 7 August 2019

The squad were played last 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

S/N	Player	Position	Club
1	Kobita Roy	Hooker	Bangladesh
2	Beli Akter (c)	Hooker	Bangladesh
3	Mst Rupiya Akter	Prop	Bangladesh
4	Mst Rubina Akter	Prop	Bangladesh
5	Runa Akter	Prop	Bangladesh
6	Nisha Akter	Prop	Bangladesh
7	Rumi Akter	Lock	Bangladesh
8	Rekha Akter	Lock	Bangladesh
9	Most Mohosina Akter Lota	Lock	Bangladesh
10	Alisha Islam	Lock	Bangladesh
11	Ariya Islam	Prop	Bangladesh

Results & fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2019

Indonesia was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh .	10 August 2019	Indonesia	28–0	Bangladesh	Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia
	11:14

Laoa was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh.	10 August 2019	Laos	28–0	Bangladesh	Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia
	14:21

South Korea was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh.	11 August 2019	Bangladesh	0–28	South Korea	Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia
	16:44

Qatar was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh.	11 August 2019	Qatar	28–0	Bangladesh	Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia
	11:10

Overall records

The match record against all nations, updated to 11 August 2019, is as follows.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	PF	PA
Qatar	1	0	0	0	0	39
Indonesia	1	0	0	0	0	28
South Korea	1	0	0	0	0	28
Laos	1	0	0	0	0	28
Total	4	0	4	0	0	112

Competitive records

Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
1991	Did not qualify
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2017
2021
2025	To be determined
2029
2033
Total	0/9	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Women's Rugby Championship

Asian Women's Rugby Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
2006	Did not qualify
2007
2008
2010
Total	0/4	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Women's Rugby Seven Series

Asia Rugby Women's Sevens record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
2013	Did not participated
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019	First Round	9th	4	0	0	4	0	112
2021	Did not participated
2022	Did not participated
2023
Total	1/10	0 Titles	4	0	0	4	0	112

References

1. "Bangladesh Rugby team champs of Bowl Group of Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". The New Nation. 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. "Walton Refrigerator Women's rugby: Bangladesh". www.rugbyasia247.com. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
5. "YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE KABITA KEEN TO BE A "ROLE MODEL OF RUGBY" IN BANGLADESH". www.asianrugby.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
6. "Bangladesh footballs first-hat-trick woman now rugby champion". www.dhakatribune.com. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.