All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament

The All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament is an amateur league competition for rugby union football clubs in India. The competition has been played since 1924. In 2017 ten teams took part in the men's edition, with Delhi Hurricanes securing the championship[1]. The 2016 tournament also saw the first women's XVs rugby competition, with six teams participating, and the championship going to the team from the Odisha Rugby Football Association.[2]

All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
Champions Trophy of All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
SportRugby union
Founded1924
No. of teams12
Country India
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion(s)		Delhi Hurricanes (2019)
Most titlesBombay Gymkhana

History

After the Calcutta Cup and rugby union in India became popular the Rugby Football Union decided to give Calcutta Cricket and Football Club a similar cup, which was named the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament. The cup has been played every year since.

In 2011 the tournament started to gain some publicity and soon after the cup began Army Red emerged as champions.[3]

2018 qualifying teams

In 2018 the 85th All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at Bombay Gymkhana grounds between 22 - 29 September with 10 teams competing in the men's category.[4]

Team (Men's) Rank Location
Delhi Hurricanes 1 New Delhi
Army Red 2 Mumbai
Bombay Gymkhana 3 Mumbai
Jungle Crows 4 Kolkata
Calcutta CFC 5 Kolkata
Maharashtra State Police 6 Maharashtra
Magicians 7 Mumbai
Sergeant's Institute 8 Kolkata
Bangalore RFC 9 Bangalore
Bhubaneswar RFC 10 Bhubaneswar

In the women's category there were 8 teams. [4]

Team (Women's) Rank Location
Delhi Hurricanes 1 New Delhi
Odisha 2 Bhubaneswar
Rugby Association of Maharashtra 3 Mumbai
Bihar 4 Patna
Calcutta CFC 5 Kolkata
Adivasi 6 Kolkata
Haryana Bulls 7 Haryana
Magicians 8 Mumbai

2017 qualifying teams
Men's Champion All India Rugby 2017
Women's Champion All India Rugby 2017

In 2017 the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at CCFC between 7 - 14 October with 10 teams competing in the men's category.[1]

Team (Men's) Rank Location
Army Red 1 Mumbai
Delhi Hurricanes 2 New Delhi
Bombay Gymkhana 3 Mumbai
Jungle Crows 4 Kolkata
Maharashtra State Police 5 Maharashtra
Calcutta CFC 6 Kolkata
Sergeant's Institute 7 Kolkata
Magicians 8 Mumbai
Kolkata Police 9 Kolkata
Delhi Rebels 10 Delhi

In the women's category there were 8 teams. [1]

Team (Women's) Rank Location
Odisha 1 Bhubaneswar
Delhi Hurricanes 2 New Delhi
Jungle Crows 3 Kolkata
Calcutta CFC 4 Kolkata
Rugby Association of Maharashtra 5 Mumbai
Bihar 6 Patna
Young Rugby Club 7 Kolkata
Adivasi 8 Kolkata

2016 qualifying teams
2016 Champions Army Red 83rd All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament
Actor and ex rugby player Rahul Bose is introduced to the players before the final of 83rd All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament
A Women's Rugby Match in progress during the All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament

In 2016 the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at CCFC between 17 - 24 September with 12 teams competing in the men's category.[5]

Team (Men's) Rank Location
Army Red 1 Mumbai
Bombay Gymkhana 2 Mumbai
Delhi Hurricanes 3 New Delhi
Maharashtra State Police 4 Maharashtra
Jungle Crows 5 Kolkata
Calcutta CFC 6 Kolkata
Bangalore RFC 7 Bangalore
Bhubaneswar RFC 8 Bhubaneswar
Young Rugby Club 9 Kolkata
Kolkata Police 10 Kolkata
Mumbai Magicians 11 Mumbai
Delhi Lions 12 Mumbai

For the first time women competed in a rugby XVs tournament, with six teams participating.[5]

Team (Women's) Pool Location
Jungle Crows A Kolkata
Young Rugby Club A Kolkata
Odisha A Odisha
Calcutta CFC B Kolkata
Bihar B Bihar
Delhi Lions B New Delhi

2015 qualifying teams
Army Red
Army Green
Maharashtra State Police
Jungle Crows
Calcutta CFC
Young Rugby Club
KISS RFC
Bangalore RFC
Chhattisgarh RFC
2015 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament Teams
Team Location
Army Green Mumbai
Army Red Mumbai
Bombay Gymkhana Mumbai
Calcutta Cricket & Football Club Kolkata
Delhi Hurricanes New Delhi
Jungle Crows Kolkata
KISS RFC Bhubaneswar
Bangalore RFC Bangalore
Maharashtra State Police Maharashtra
Kolkata Police Kolkata
Young Rugby Club Kolkata
Bhubaneswar RFC Bhubaneswar
Chhattisgarh RFC Chhattisgarh

Results

These are the list of champions of the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since 2000.

Men's All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
Year
Winner Runner up Score
2000 Bombay Gymkhana
2001 Old Peterites SC 34-24
2002
2003 Sri Lanka Police SC Bombay Gymkhana19-17
2004 Chennai Cheetahs12-3
2005 British Asian Rugby Association Bangalore RFC27-3
2006 Chennai CheetahsKolkata Police52-9
2007 Army RedChennai Cheetahs12-5
2008
2009 Uzbekistan 26-0
2010 Chennai Cheetahs24-16
2011 Bombay Gymkhana15-0
2012 Bombay GymkhanaArmy Red7-0
2013
Army Red and Bombay Gymkhana
10-10
2014 Army RedDelhi Hurricanes18-0
2015 Bombay Gymkhana17-5
2016 Delhi Hurricanes18-5[6]
2017 Delhi HurricanesArmy Red25-24[1]
2018 Bombay Gymkhana15-9[4]
2019 26-6

Bombay Gymkhana have won the competition fifteen times, Army Red and La Martinière Old Boys eight times, Armenian Sports Club six times, the Delhi Hurricanes three times and Chennai Cheetahs have been successful twice.

These are the list of champions of the Women's All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since its inaugural version in 2016.

Women's All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
Year
Winner Runner up Score
2016 OdishaDelhi Hurricanes20 - 0[2] [7]
2017 Delhi HurricanesOdisha19 - 0[1]
2018 OdishaDelhi Hurricanes10 - 5[4]
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References
  1. Sulogna Ghosh, Sehrish Hazarika. "Rugby - The final whistle blows at the 84th All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament at CC&FC" (T2). The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "Odisha Women's Team Wins 1st All India Rugby 15s Tournament". Incredible Orissa. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. Ten teams for All India rugby tourney
  4. "All India 2018 Tournament Highlights". Rugby India. September 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. "Twelve teams to compete in All India and South Asia Rugby Championships" (Sify News). IANS. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. A Staff Reporter (25 September 2016). "Rahul's rugby dreams" (Kolkata). ABP. The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. Deb, Rwitoban (16 October 2016). "Rugby - Men, women and a sport called rugby" (The Telegraph T2). ABP. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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