Indian national rugby union team
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| Association | Indian Rugby Football Union | ||
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 Willie Hetaraka
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| captain | Wet Hussain | ||
| WR abbreviation | IND | ||
| WR rank | 84th (33.07 points) (as of February 4, 2020) |
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First international Singapore 85-0 India (October 26, 1998)  |
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Biggest win India 92-0 Pakistan (June 14, 2008)  |
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Biggest defeat Arabia 97: 3 India (April 27, 2001) |
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World Championship participations: none |
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The Indian rugby union team represents India in the Rugby Union . The team is classified as a third category national team by the International Rugby Board (IRB).
history
India's history in rugby union is quite young. The first international match of a national team did not take place until 1998, even though the association had been founded 30 years earlier. The game against Singapore ended in a disappointing 85-0 defeat. It took a full six years and 14 games before the team was able to leave the field as winners for the first time after a clear victory over Pakistan .
The team then signed up to qualify for the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup . After a defeat at the beginning against Kazakhstan and a surprising win against Malaysia , which had to be defeated two years earlier, they did not get past a draw in the decisive game against Guam , who played for their first international match, and were eliminated in qualifying early off.
India has been participating in the Asian Five Nations since 2008 . Initially, the team was placed in the second division, where it celebrated a historic 92-0 victory in the first edition against Pakistan. However, due to the previous defeat against Thailand , India was eliminated in qualifying for the 2011 World Cup .
Participation in world championships
- 1987 did not participate
- 1991 did not participate
- 1995 did not participate
- 1999 did not participate
- 2003 did not participate
- 2007 1st qualifying round
- 2011 1st qualifying round
Individual evidence
- ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .