India women's national rugby sevens team

Summary

The India women's national sevens rugby union team is India's national representative in Rugby sevens. 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.[1][2]

India Women's Sevens Team
UnionRugby India

Sevens was first played in India in 1886 at the Khajjiar Gymkhana.[3]

Players edit

Previous squad edit

Squad to Squad at 2010 Asian Games[4]

  • 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 edit

Asian Games edit

Asian Games
Year Round Position P W L D
  2010 7th-8th Placing 7th 6 1 5 0
  2014 Did not compete
  2018 Did not compete
  2022 6th-7th placing 7th 4 0 4 0
Total 0 Title 1/3 10 1 9 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Indian Rugby sevens teams all set for Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". Asia Rugby. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ^ "'The fairy tale has just begun' - Indian women on a high after Asian sevens silver". ESPN.com. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. ^ "Scotland to India: the spread of Sevens". June 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (2009). "Team Members". Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2012.