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India Women's National Rugby Union Team
The India women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side that represents India in women's international rugby union. They played their first test match against Singapore women's national rugby union team, Singapore in 2018. They have only played four Test match (rugby union), Tests to date and are currently ranked 45th by World Rugby. Record Overall ''(Full internationals only)'' Full internationals References External links The Official Website of Indian RugbyIndiaon rugbydata.com Indian Rugby Internationals Rugby union in India Asian national women's rugby union teams Women's national sports teams of India, Rugby union Women's national rugby union teams {{India-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby India
Rugby India, also known as Indian Rugby Football Union is the governing body for sport of rugby union in India. It is situated at Marine lines, Mumbai in Maharashtra. It was founded in 1968 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board now World Rugby in 1999. Rugby India administers all India national teams such as India men's national rugby union team, India women's national rugby union team teams, India women's national rugby sevens team and India national rugby seven team. It also manage under-20 national teams for both sexes. 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. In 1968 the India Rugby Football Union was founded and in 1999 the IFRU gained association from the International Rugby Board. In M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenstown Stadium
The Queenstown Stadium is located in Queenstown, Singapore. It seats 3,800 people, and is opened from 4.30am to 9.30pm. The stadium is a 10-minute walk from Queenstown MRT station. * In 2010 and 2011, it hosted Etoile FC of the S.League. * 2012 saw the return of Tanjong Pagar United History * The stadium was built in 1970. It is the first sports complex built in Singapore. * The stadium was home to the Tanjong Pagar United S.League soccer team up to 2004. * In 2006, the S.League team Gombak United played their home games at the stadium. * In 2007, it hosted Liaoning Guangyuan FC of the S.League. * In 2008, it hosted Dalian Shide Siwu FC of the S.League. * In 2010 and 2011, it hosted Etoile FC of the S.League. * 2012 saw the return of Tanjong Pagar United Facilities & Structures Queenstown Stadium currently has a capacity of 3,800. Transport The nearest way to get to the stadium is buy the MRT, but busses are also available. See also *List of stadiums in Singapore The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian National Women's Rugby Union Teams
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Rugby Union In India
Rugby union in India is a minor sport. However, it is a fast-growing sport as some Indian sporting clubs are beginning to embrace the game. Rugby union is the second most popular winter sport after association football in India, which itself trails greatly in popularity to cricket. India is World Rugby Rankings rated 77th in the rugby playing nations as of May 2016. The IRFU has 24,010 registered players, 7,160 of whom are female.IRB.com retrieved 6 June 2012 This is their highest ranking ever. India is the current Division 3 South-Central title holder in the Asia Rugby Championship. The governing body is Rugby India. History Prehistory India, like many other countries, had a few forms of folk football. Most of these have died out, but a Manipuri game, ''yubi lakpi'' is still played in the East of India. Emma Levine, an English writer on little-known Asian sports, speculates: :"Perhaps this was the root of modern rugby? Most Manipuris are quite adamant that the modern world ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1
The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1 was held from 19—22 June in Calamba, Philippines. China won the Division 1 Championship after beating the Philippines in the Final. India also created history when they defeated Singapore to record their first test match victory. China progressed to a play-off with Kazakhstan, which was also a 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winner was promoted to the 2020 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. The competition will see one team qualify directly for the 2021 Rugby World Cup The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, ... in New Zealand. Division 1 Championship Semi-finals 3rd Place Final Promotion Playoff Playoff for promotion to the 2020 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. Kazakhstan advanced after defeatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Rugby
Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU), is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby. Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 36 member unions in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam. The aim of Asia Rugby is "to raise physical and moral standards in Asia by education in the healthy pursuit of Rugby Football and to promote friendship among Asian countries". Members Asia Rugby has 36 member unions. Not all member unions are members of World Rugby. Asia Rugby members are listed below, with the year each union joined World Rugby shown in brackets. World Rugby associates are shown in ''italics''. There are 19 World Rugby members, and 9 World Rugby associates: There are 9 members not affiliated with World Rugby Other unions not affiliated with Asia Rugby Several rugby governing bodies for countries in Asia (partially, largely or entirely) – such as , , , , and – are members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1
The 2018 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship Div 1 was hosted by Singapore at the Queenstown Stadium The Queenstown Stadium is located in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. It seats 3,800 people, and is opened from 4.30am to 9.30pm. The stadium is a 10-minute walk from Queenstown MRT station. * In 2010 and 2011, it hosted Etoile FC ..., from 2 June to 8 June. India made their international debut in the opening match against Singapore. Although active in rugby sevens, India did not have a fifteens team; fifteens was only initiated at the end of 2016. Singapore defeated the Philippines to win the Division 1 title. Standings Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Source: References {{Asia Rugby Women's Championship 2018 in Asian rugby union 2018 in women's rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rugby competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 120 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, Americas North, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took up its current name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naas Botha
Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player, who played for Northern Transvaal and South Africa (the Springboks). He was voted ''Rugby Player of the Year'' in 1979, 1981, 1985 and 1987. Botha mostly played in the fly-half position and is now a rugby commentator for the South African M-Net and Supersport TV channels. He is also the Head coach of the Men's and women's national rugby union team of India. Family and early career Botha was born in the town of Breyten in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa and went to school at the Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd in Pretoria. As a child, Botha aspired to playing professional baseball and applied for a sport scholarship in the United States. Botha was also an excellent schools cricket and tennis player and also a hurdles athlete. However, Botha was selected to play for the South African under-20 rugby team, where he caught the eye of the selectors while still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Match (rugby Union)
A test match in rugby union is an international match, usually played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies. Some teams do not represent a single country but their international games are still considered test matches (for example the British and Irish Lions). Likewise some countries award caps for games between their full national teams and some invitation teams such as the Barbarians. History The first men's international game of rugby football – between Scotland and England – was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, the home ground of Edinburgh Academicals, on 27 March 1871. (This was six years before the first cricket test match, one year before the first association football international and 24 years before the first field hockey international.) The first recorded use of the word in relation to sport occurs in 1861 when it was used, especially by journalists, to designate the most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Women's National Rugby Union Team
The Singapore women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side that represents Singapore in women's rugby union. They played their first test match in 2006. History The history of women's rugby in Singapore has been a short one. The game was introduced by the Singapore Rugby Union through the men's clubs in 1996. With the help of the Singapore Rugby Union, the game in the 15s format was introduced to the clubs in 2005 and the first Singapore women's 15s league was established in 2006. The first Singapore national women's 15s team was formed that year and took part in A.R.F.U.'s Women's Championship 15s in Kunming. Although losing their first four test matches over 2006 and 2007, the team was not to be denied their first win for long. The Singapore Women's National 15s team registered their first victory at the 2008 Asian Women's Championship 15s in Taraz, Kazakhstan when they beat Kyrgyzstan 38–0. The Singapore Women narrowly lost a place in the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
