India women's national rugby sevens team

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India Women's Sevens Team
Union Rugby India
Coach(es) Waisale Serevi [1]
Captain(s) Shikha Yadav
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

The India women's national sevens rugby union team is India's national representative in Rugby sevens.

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History

Sevens was first played in India in 1886 at the Khajjiar Gymkhana. [2]

They played their first international sevens rugby at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where they finished seventh. India competed at the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in the Trophy division and placed second overall. [3] [4]

India were runners-up at the 2023 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament in Dubai. [5] [6] They finished as runners up again in the same competition in 2024 this time held in Kathmandu. [7]

Players

Previous squad

Squad to Squad at 2010 Asian Games [8]

  • Sitara Indramohan
  • V. Boman Bharucha
  • Niharika Bal
  • Bhagyalaxmi Barik
  • Neha Pardeshi
  • Surabhi Date
  • Tapasi Nandi
  • Sutapa Das
  • Kalpana Das
  • Sheetal Maurya
  • Annapurna Bothate
  • Yogita Marathe

Tournament history

Asian Championship

Asian Games

Asian Games
YearPositionPWLDPFPAPD
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010 7th615026206-180
Flag of South Korea.svg 2014 Did not compete
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2018 Did not compete
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 7th40407122-115
Total1/31019033328-295

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby India appoints Waisale Serevi as head coach for men's and women's team".
  2. ↑ "Scotland to India: the spread of Sevens". June 2, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Indian Rugby sevens teams all set for Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". Asia Rugby. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ↑ "'The fairy tale has just begun' - Indian women on a high after Asian sevens silver". ESPN.com. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ↑ Nag, Utathya (2023-11-05). "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2023: Indian women win silver, men finish fifth". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Indian women's rugby team finishes runners-up at Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". thebridge.in. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  7. ↑ "Formidable: Indian women's team clinch silver in Asia Rugby Sevens in Kathmandu".
  8. ↑ Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (2009). "Team Members". Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (2009). "Team Members". Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2012.


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