Rugby India

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Rugby India
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Sport Rugby union
Founded1998;27 years ago (1998)
World Rugby affiliation1999
Asia Rugby affiliation1998
President Rahul Bose [1]
Men's coach Waisale Serevi
Women's coachWaisale Serevi
Website www.rugbyindia.in

The Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU), also known as 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 1998 and it became affiliated to World Rugby in 1999. [3]

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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.

History

Rugby Union in India dates back to a scratch match or two played in Kolkata and Madras during the visit of MS Galatea in 1871. The first recorded match was played on Christmas Day 1872, at CFC Ground in Kolkata, it was played between England and a combined team of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. [4]

In 1998 the India Rugby Football Union was founded and in 1999 the IFRU gained association from the International Rugby Board. In March 2019, former South African player Naas Botha became coach of national team. He accepted the job for short term. [5]

Rugby India (RI) organised Asian under 18 tournament in 2018 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. In the tournament 14 nations participated and India finished on 4th position. [6] Rugby India was founded in 1998. It is sole governing body for rugby in India. It is recognized by Sports ministry of India and affiliated to the World Rugby, the international governing body of the sport in the world. [7]

State Associations

State Associations affiliated with the IRFU. [8] [9]

State/UT members

No.AssociationState/UTPresidentReg. year
1Rugby Football Association Andaman Nicobar Andaman and Nicobar Islands Manju Singh2021
2Andhra Pradesh Rugby Association Andhra Pradesh T. G. Bharath 2016
3Rugby Association of Assam Assam Ramendra Narayan Kalita 2006
4 Rugby Football Association of Bihar Bihar Sanjay Mayukh 2017
5Chandigarh Rugby Football Association Chandigarh Ranjan Sethi2001
6Chhattisgarh Rugby Football Association Chhattisgarh Kedar Nath Kashyap 2004
7Rugby Association of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
8Rugby Association of Delhi Delhi Mithun Gaur2019
9Goa Rugby Union Goa Ashtad Poonawalla2018
10Rugby Football Association of Gujarat Gujarat Ashok Raval2015
11Haryana State Rugby Football Association Haryana 2009
12Himachal Pradesh Rugby Association Himachal Pradesh
13Jammu & Kashmir Rugby Association Jammu and Kashmir Fasil Ali2021
14Jharkhand Rugby football Association Jharkhand Vishnu Kumar Jalan2022
15Karnataka Rugby Football Union Karnataka Sanjith Shetty2006
16State Rugby Association – Kerala Kerala Viju Varma2015
17Rugby Football Association – Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Anand Pandya2020
18Rugby Association of Maharashtra Maharashtra Faisal Siddiqui2010
19Amateur Rugby Association of Manipur Manipur Laipubam Hemochandra Sharma2001
20 Odisha Rugby Football Association Odisha Priyadarshi Mishra1998
21Puducherry Amateur Rugby Football Association Puducherry N. Kichanane2018
22Rugby Association – Punjab Punjab Davinder Singh2015
23Rajasthan Rugby Association Rajasthan P. T. Suresh Mishra2023
24Tamil Nadu Rugby Football Union Tamil Nadu V. V. R. Raj Satyen2000
25Telangana Rugby Association Telangana Raj Pakala2017
26Rugby Football Association Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Rajesh Chand Pal2022
27Uttarakhand Rugby Association Uttarakhand Suryakant Saini2021
28Bengal Rugby-Football Union West Bengal Lav Jhingan2001

Other members

No.AssociationDepartmentPresident
1 Services Sports Control Board Indian Armed Forces Dinesh Suri

Coaching staff

Sponsors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IRFU Board". Rugby India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Rugby India. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Indian rugby's birth pangs". Sportstar. 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Union, Indian Rugby Football. "Indian Rugby Football Union". indiarugby.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Naas Botha accepts coaching position with India". 31 March 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Indian Rugby team partners with Odisha govt, KIIT to support high-performance program".
  7. 1 2 "Indian Rugby Football Union".
  8. ↑ "State Associations affiliated with IRFU". Rugby India. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "IRFU List of Members" (PDF). Rugby India. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Waisale Serevi appointed head coach of Indian rugby sevens teams". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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