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Rugby India
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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.
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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]
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State Associations affiliated with the IRFU.[8][9]
State/UT members
Other members
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Coaching staff
- Head coach: Waisale Serevi[10]
- Strength and conditioning coach: Kiano Fourie
- Team Analyst: Fhatuwani Rasivhenge
- Physiotherapist: Wahid Khan, Lizanne Paes
Sponsors
- Government of Odisha
- Société Générale, a financial partner and official bank
- Capgemini - Associate sponsor India Rugby seven teams
- BLK (sportswear) - apparel sponsor
- BLADE India - National team partner
- Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance (ABTP) - Official partner
- Refs-[7][6]
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