Coke beats Servis in  first Olympic Day rugby exhibition

The Punjab Olympic Association and the Punjab Rugby Association held the first of a planned annual rugby fixture to celebrate the Olympics day anniversary. The exhibition match between Coke and Servis, held at the DHA Stadium in Lahore, offered a chance to watch two new Super Clubs that will be competing in the Super Rugby XV’s League being launched this winter.

Both teams were loaded with current and former Pakistan national team players. Coke had clear superiority in the forwards and managed to win almost all the scrums, their own and against the head. This gave their backs the bulk of the possession, and they used it well. Current Pakistan players Umer Usman, playing for Coke at fly-half, and Manan Naseem at center moved ran with and moved the ball wide effectively. Coke Captain Tariq Niazi played a great first half at outside center, but went out at half-time due to a sprained ankle, with his team up by 15-0.

The Servis Cheetahs upped their game in the second half, especially defensively. Their forwards got a boost from a comeback by vaunted former-Pakistan player Arsalan Zahid. Playing at second row, he made some great breaks up the field – but the Cheetah’s failed to cross the try line. In the dying minutes of the game, Coke managed to steal another try, sealing the game and securing a 20-0 victory.

The match referee was Shazad Zafar, assisted by Umer Islam.

Chief guest, Fawzi Khawaja, applauded the efforts of both Punjab Rugby and Olympic Associations in promoting sporting activity in the country. He said that this year’s Olympic day anniversary celebration holds special significance for the rugby family global this year, as rugby has been re- included in the Olympic games. He added that this holds even more meaning for Pakistan’s rugby players, as the sport has consequently been included in the Punjab games as well as the National games.

 

Queens baton Ceromoney wagha border

On Friday, Pakistan players were invited by the Punjab Olympic association to visit the Wagah border to see of the Queens baton as it passed from Pakistan to India. The rugby boys were heard chanting "Pakistan zindabad" and "aman zindabad" as a sign of peace among the two nations.

Rugby now features in the Commonwealth and Asian games, as it is spreading all across Asia, thanks to the efforts of the Asian Rugby Football Union. The Pakistan Rugby Union has a great relationship with its counterpart Indian Rugby Football Union, with club teams having often travelled across the border in the recent past to participate in tournaments, including the prestigious All-India. India’s national Under-19 team participated in the Asian Under-19 tournament held in Lahore in 2005, and two months ago the Pakistan national 7s team travelled to Delhi to participate  in the Commonwealth test event.

 

Multan white wins South Punjab district rugby tournament

Punjab rugby association held the 1st South Punjab District Tournament in Multan over the weekend . Multan district rugby association was in charge of hosting the tournament.
 
The south  zone is a highly competitive zone .The rugby development efforts by punjab rugby association and South zone rugby devilment officer Mr.muzamil wazei are paying of dividends.

Great rugby was seen in through out the tournament in which 7 teams took part.
 
Multan whites and bahwalnager showed  superiority  and experience thought out the pool stages And both got into the final
 
Pakistan rugby union sent over Referees touch judges and officiating and for the tournament , chief guest was Mr. Mohsin khan a former Pakistan international and currently full time coach for Pakistan rugby union and the current pakistan national under 20 head coach
 
The final was won by multan who showed faster speed and more superior skills , they won the final comfortably beating bawalnager 26-0  with good performances by captain Naveed and waqar javed.
Multan is defiantly an up and coming team and are aiming to get some silverware in the Punjab district championship in august.
 
Punjab rugby association is the most active province in terms of rugby development with over 18 districts and  over 45 clubs , Punjab rugby association has goals to expand rugby to 24 district by the end of this year , on there visit PRU development officer jamal qureshi and pru coach Mohsin khan also  gave players coaches and potential referees the Rugby ready courses a IRB developed coaching course for beginner level rugby players coaches and referees.

The results
Group A: Multan white, lodhran, vehari, Muzaffargrah
Group B: bhawalnagar, Multan green, Bahawalpur
 
MATCHES DETAILS
 
                1ST SEMI FINAL WINNER: MULTAN WHITE
                2ND, SEMI FINAL WINNER: BAHAWALNAGAR
                                FINAL WINNER: MULTAN WHITE

 

Pakistan Runners up in HSBC Div II in Indonesia


Pakistan captain Sahir aslam scores against indonesia (photo curte y www. jogodulu.com)

[June 14 2010]: The Pakistan Mens team retuned back from Indonesia were the finished runners up . Pakistan rugby  team who had beaten Indonesia in the semi final lost to Iran took . who won there's second consecutive win over a higher seeded team after a 19-6 win over Pakistan in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations (HSBC A5N) Division III Final.  Guam easily handled the hosts Indonesia in the 3rd/4th place playoff today winning 49-12. 

Pakistan Will now stay In div III where it will be seeded 2nd in next years tournament and will face Guam . While Chinese Taipei who lost in div II this year will be seeded 1 will face Jordon who one div IV and gain promotion.

The Pakistan Rugby Team overall had an extremely successful tour with the team starting to gel 4 boys got there first caps for Pakistan and the teams performance on and off the field was appreciated by all. The support of the Pakistani community and Pakistan embassy was excellent , and it was great for the Pakistani players to hear Pakistan Zindabad from the gather crown of local Pakistan supporters

President Pakistan rugby union Mr. fawzi khawja  who was on tour mentioned how "it was great to see the local Pakistani and the embassy staff supporting the team " he further mention how the Pakistan Ambassador to Indonesia his Excellency MR. Sunnullah played a vital role in helping with visa process and went so far as holding a banquet for the Whole team , Mr. jawad sleem who was coordinating everything was also very helpful".

Pakistan players and mangers also took part in rugby education and development courses run by IRB educators from Hong Kong and Singapore gave players curses in coaching and refereeing , Level I coaching  Level 1 and 2 referring were conducted.

 In the final Iran showed some very good rugby  Pakistan players tried very hard but Iran had the upper hand half way through he first half Pakistan picked up momentum with some good line outs and kicks the marched to the Iran 22 meter line when the match was disrupted by heavy rain and severe lightning (causing a 30-minute stoppage of play). 

This gave Iran a new start, they scored their first try after just 4 minutes.  Iranian forwards were very strong  as hooker Iraz Abdi plunged over from ruck ball in just the second minute. The conversion from fullback Farjam Atshan put Iran ahead 7-nil.

Pakistan struck back through a penalty by fullback Manan Naseem to claw back to 7-3 before heavy rain and lightning halted play at the 20-minute marker of the second half. 

That score remained as the Pakistan defense righted itself and the conditions returned to near normal allowing Pakistan to bring its backline into more play.

After the half, Iran started with a  try coming to centre Sajad Izadi in the 43rd minute, with Atshan again converting to push the challengers to 19-3 ahead. 

Despite a fierce commitment from the Pakistan XV, in particular flanker Mansoor Rehan , shair aslam , salman wain who was tireless in defense delivering some huge tackles and pestering the Iranian ball carriers throughout, Pakistan could not break the Iranian defense.  Pakistan  scored again  in the second half through a penalty which was converted by Naseem. But could not manage a try.  The hooter sounded with the final score 19-3

Fortunately for the fans, the 3rd/4th place match was played under excellent conditions with light showers cooling the hot, humid conditions to facilitate some entertaining running rugby.  

Unfortunately for the backers of the Indonesian Rhinos, however, the running rugby was in the wrong direction as Guam posted eight tries to lock in their position in Division III in 2011. With a 49-11 final score

Pakistan Manan Naseem was voted Pakistan Man of the tournament for Pakistan at full back he took a lot of pressure with flawless kicking throughout the tournament which included kicking into touch and up and under and  including vital conversion kick in both games. And got a total of 14 points for Pakistan in the tournament. Saad Arif was voted man of the match for the game against Indonesia.

Pakistan National team Coach Rizwan Malik commented "For Pakistan it was a good tour . even though they were runners up , the team showed a lot of commitment and individual skill . Especially because of the young blood coming into rugby we have the building blocks we can expect more wins  in the next few years "

Scores from the tournament
HSBC A5N Division III Final
Pakistan (6):  Manan Naseem (2P)
Iran (19):  Iraz Abdi (1T), Yusef Jalali (1T), Sayad Izadi (1T), Farjam Atshan (2C)
Half-time score:  Pakistan 3 – 12 Iran
Referees: Mohammad Azhar (Singapore), AR1 – Liu Hao (China), AR2 – Steve Mitchell (Indonesia)

3rd/4th Place Playoff:
Guam (49):  Randy Mendiola (2T), Paul Estaquio (2T), John Arceo (1T), Matt Toves (1T), Sakiusa Naivana (1T), Jesse Manglona (1T), Stephen Santos (3C, 1P)
Indonesia (11): Kirk Arundale (4P)
Half-time score:  Guam 22 – 12 Indonesia
Referees: Liu Hao (China), AR1: Steve Mitchell (Indonesia), AR2: Mark Manderson (Indonesia)

SCORING:

Semi final 2
Guam (11): Stephen Santos (1T), Gerard Aguon (2P)
Iran (44): Shahab Balali (1T), Ramin Aajaij (1T), Farjam Atshan (4C, 1P), Hassan Faradjolla (1T), Iraj Rostami (2T), Ali Reza Bostani (1T), Amin Hossein Zadeh (1DG)
 Half-time score:  Guam 5 – 26 Iran

Semi final 1

Pakistan (13):  Manan Naseem (2P, 1C), Sahir Aslam (1T)
Indonesia (11): Kirk Arundale (2P), Niko Joku (1T)
Half-time score:  Pakistan 3 – 3 Indonesia

Pakistan Beat Indonesia 13-11

The Pakistan national rugby team defeated the Indonesia team by 13-11 a great victory for Pakistan who showed skill heart and power ..both the forwards and backs played equally well , at half time the score was level at 3-3 with both teams converting from penalties manan Naseem converted the kicks for Pakistan .

The second half went back and forward with both team showing good skills shear and manssor captain and vice captain  leading from the front with constant pressure in the line outs and in loose play ,Shakeel ahmed at flanker also had some great runs

In the backs junaid at fly half controlled the game well  and at full back manan neseem showed great composer with excellent kicking to keep Indonesia out of Pakistan half he also converted another penalty in the second half the kicks  in the second half sahir aslam scored for a maul which again was converted  put up Pakistan to 13 points.

In the end of the second half Indonesia came back to score a try which they missed the kick to give Pakistan victory and a entry to the final of the championship

Pakistan will take on the much improved Iran side who earlier in the day beat a Guam 44-11 in the final of the HSBC Asian 5 nations on the 12 of June a victory in the game will give Pakistan the championship and also promotion in to DIV 2 and a jump up in the Asian ranking

In the second match host Indonesia will take on Guam which should be a good game the looser will be relegated to div 4

On hand as chief guest were staff of the Pakistan embassy Mr. sleem javed who met all the trams before the match , as a gesture of congratulations The embassy is holding a dinner for the team on Friday

PRU president fauzi khaja who is on tour with the team was thrilled with the results and wished the team well in the next game




Pakistan National Team

Lahore, 5th June, 2010:

The Pakistan national rugby team Left for indonesia for the Asian 5 Nations tournament yet. The national team takes on host nation Indonesia in the opening match of the HSBC Asian 5 N Division III competition on 9th June, 2010, followed by a match against Iran or Guam.
The HSBC A 5 N tournament is contested at various tiers: the top five nations in Asia contest the main Cup, while others fight for divisional cups and for promotion, and against relegation, at every tier. In its third season, the tournament and the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) continue to grow, with the addition of UAE and Lebanon, expanding this year from 26 to 28 Asian nations and territories. Of these 28 countries Pakistan currently ranks 14th.  
Rugby development has picked up pace in Pakistan, in the last two years particularly. The game continues to attract more numbers at the club, school and university level, and has been taken up by the Army and Police, and departmental set-ups such as WAPDA and the HEC. Consequently, along with a greater presence in all provinces, the pool of local players has quadrupled in the last two years. The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) continues to reinforce this pool with players of Pakistani origin residing abroad, particularly in the UK and UAE.
PRU President Fawzi Khawaja announced the squad of 24 players for the tour: Aftab Ashraf Qureshi, Salman Wain, Billal  Mehmood Butt, Imran Rashid, Hammad Safdar, Ahmed  Mumtaz, Romail Ashraf, Omer Shafqaat, Shakeel Ahmed, Sahir   Aslam, Mansoor  Rehan, Umer Usman, Fouzan  Wain, Anwaar-Ul-Haq  Zafar, M Manan Naseem, Adnan Saeed Niazi, Sair  Riaz, Saad Arif, Khalid  Bhatti, Umer Islam, Amrez Hamid, Junaid Imtiaz malik, Haroon Durani, Muhammad  Babar.


He also announced that veteran Islamabad Jinns’ back row player Shair Aslam had been selected to skipper the side. Sahir is one of the founding members of the Islamabad Rugby Association, and spent last year playing for the Sharjah Wanderers in the highly competitive UAE rugby super league. He was one of the key members of the Pakistan team that won the divisional tri-nations two years ago, beating much higher ranked Guam and Philippines. Fawzi added that Mansoor Rehan, who plays his rugby in the UK, has been selected Vice captain. Last year Mansoor was voted Pakistan’s player of the tournament in Malaysia during which Pakistan almost upset China.

Commenting on how the Pakistan team is looking this year, Pakistan head coach Rizwan Malik said: “We have four possible new caps but this year we have gone with experience. Overall, we have a good mix of different levels of rugby experience. This year the boys have worked really hard on fitness and in game situations, and our overall fitness and skill levels are better than in past years. We have had some problems bringing all the boys together, due to the distances involved: but, we’ve done all we could, and now it will depend on how the team gels on the tour.”

The following officials will travel with the team: Head Coach Rizwan Malik, PRU President Fawzi Khawaja, National Team Manger Khuram Haroon and Doctor Rashid Malik. In Indonesia the Pakistan team will also get coaching from international coaches led by Mr. Frank Haden, former coach of the Scotland national team and brand ambassador for HSBC working on Rugby development in Asia.

 

Pakistan Team Press confrence Lahore

 

Pakistan National Team
Trains For The Asian 5 Nation

The Pakistan national team is in the final stages of its most rigorous training for the Asian 5 Nations tournament yet. The national team takes on host nation Indonesia in the opening match of the HSBC Asian 5 N Division III competition on 9th June, 2010, followed by matches against Iran and Guam.

 

The HSBC A 5 N tournament is contested at various tiers: the top five nations in Asia contest the Cup, while others fight for promotion, and against relegation, at every tier. In its third season, the tournament and the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) continue to grow, with the addition of UAE and Lebanon, expanding this year from 26 to 28 Asian nations and territories. Of these 28 countries Pakistan currently ranks 14th.  

Rugby development has picked up pace in Pakistan, in the last two years particularly. The game continues to attract more numbers at the club, school and university level, and has been taken up by the Army and Police, and departmental set-ups such as WAPDA and the HEC. Consequently, along with a greater presence in all provinces, the pool of local players has quadrupled in the last two years. The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) continues to reinforce this pool with players of Pakistani origin residing abroad, particularly UK and UAE.

PRU President Fawzi Khawaja announced the following 32-member squad, which is to be whittled down to 24 for the tour: Adnan Niazi, Aftab  Qureshi, Ahmed  Mumtaz, Amrez Hamid, Anwaar-Ul-Haq  Zafar, Azmat  Khan Niazi, Billal  Butt, Durani Haroon, Fouzan Wain, Hammad Safdar, Imran Rashid, Junaid  Malik, Khalid Bhatti, Mansoor Rehan, M. Junaid  Liaqat , M. Babar, M. Manan Naseem, Muneeb  Baqapuri, Omer Shafqaat, Romail Ashraf, Saad Arif, Sahir Aslam, Sair  Riaz, Salman Majeed Wain, Shakeel Ahmed, Syed Xeeshan Rizvi, Taimur Zia Butt, Umer Islam, Umer Usman, Waqar Javaid, Waseem Abbas, and Zaheer Niazi.
 
The following four officials will travel with the team: Head Coach Rizwan Malik, PRU President Fawzi Khawaja, National Team Manger Khuram Haroon and Doctor Rashid Malik.In Indonesia the Pakistan team will also get coaching from international coaches led by Mr. frank Haden, former coach of the Scotland national team and brand ambassador for HSBC working on Rugby development in Asia.

 

 

 

Pakistan National Championship
24th & 25th April 2010,
Islamabad;

 

POLICE | PUNJAB | ARMY | WAPDA | HEC | NWFP | SIND | FATA | BALOCHISTAN | ISLAMABAD

 

Punjab Coca Cola Cup WinnersPolice take the Servis Shield Sind take the TCS Bowl

A full card of matches was played on the second day of the 19th All Pakistan National Rugby Championship. The tournament was played in a sevens format.

The Coca Cola Cup quarter finals results were: Punjab 38 Police 12; Wapda 31 Islamabad Orange 5; Army 42 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 6 and Islamabad Greens 34 HEC 12.

In the Coca Cola Cup Semis three-time National Champions Punjab got an early scare when WAPDA went up 14-5 after 4 minutes but the Champions kept their composure and intercepted two WAPDA passes to break away and finally win 29-14. The second semi-final was a study in contrasting styles with the bigger Islamabad team playing in the tight forwards and the fitter, faster Army squad spinning the ball wide. After being locked at 5-5 for a long time Imran Niazi of the Army scores two consecutive converted tries to win comfortably in the end 19 points to 7; setting up a mouth-watering prospect of a final with three-time Champions Punjab. 

The final was a very tough and physical match with Punjab showing their technical superiority and retaining possession for long periods of time. Abdul Basit of Punjab was the Man of the Match in the final and scored a brilliant try down the sideline juggling the ball and turning the match into a 15-0 formality. Army scored and converted a consolation try under the posts for the final score 15-7 to the National Champions Punjab.

The third place playoff was won comfortably by Islamabad who dominated possession in their match against WAPDA through effective rucking and mauling. The final score was Islamabad 15 WAPDA nil. WAPDA came fourth.

The Servis Plate was won by last years champions Police who trounced Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 24 to nil with Pakistan international winger Khalid Bhatti turning in an outstanding performance with two scintillating tries. Chief guest was Syed Mustafain kazmi adminstrator CDA who distrubuted the prizes among the guest

The TCS Bowl Semi Finals saw Baluchistan beating FATA 17 to 5; Sind 10 beat Punjab B 5. The Bowl Final was won by Sind comfortableFinal standing  
  1. Punjab Army Islmbad green wapda police Kyber pakhtunkwa (NWFP)  Islambad oringe  HEC  Sind Balochistan Punjab B
  2. Fata 
 

 

Saturday 24th April 2010
TeamvsTeamScore winner
1 PunjabVsHEC22-5 punjab
2 wapdaVsNWFP29-5 wapda
3 IslambadVsArmy26-7 army
4 policeVsFATA17-0 police
5 PunjabVsBalohistan42-0 punjab
6 wapdaVsSind12-0 wapda
7 IslambadVsPUNJAB B14-12 islambad 
8 policeVsIslambad B5-7 islambad b
9 HECVsBalohistan10-0 HEC
10 NWFPVsSind5-5 draw
11 ArmyVsPUNJAB B17-0 army
12 FATAVsIslambad B17-10 islambad b
Punjab , wapda , islambad , Army top the pools in the 19th National rugby Championship Pool matches  Sunday games will start off with the quarter finals  
A1 Punjab Vs D2 Police 11:00
B1 wapdaVsC2Islambad green 11:20
C1 ARMYVsB2NWFP 11:40
D1 Islambad oringeVsA2HEC 12:00
     winners of the quarter finals will go to the semi final of the Coca cola cup while losers will go in the servis shield Semi finalthe bottom 4 pool team go directly in to the TCS bowl championsip. the level of rugby was at a very high standard and Finals day will feature some very exciting matches will all 4 pool toppers with a chance to win the coca cola cup president of Pakistan rugby union fawzi khawaja commented at the high level of rugby on display. and said"it is heartening to see the imporvment of the level of rugby of all the teams " he further added "tomorrow we should see some very exciting matches and he hopes will be appriated by the spectators ." the tournament is being played at Islamabad F10/1 rugby field which is opposite kursheed market on street 30, the games on sunday will start at 11 am and the finals will start at 3pm.



Pakistan National rugby Team leaves for India

Pakistan 7s team At the Historic Wagha border on its way to India

Pakistan National  team leaves for India to participate in the  first  Asian 7s series event for 2010 , which is being held in New Delhi India .

This is event is also a test event for India for the preparation of the Commonwealth games which are being held in India later this year where Rugby will be a Featured event.
This event Has been sponsored by the government of India  and is being run by the commonwealth organizing committee and overseen by ARFU Asian rugby Football union and IRB the international Rugby Board.
Besides Pakistan the other teams competing will be india (host) , iran , Brunei,   Kazakhstan
,  Malaysia,  Sri Lanka , Uzbekistan

The asian 7s series is a exciting new tournament launched last year it gives the asian team a platform to play 7s the top 5 teams gain a place in the Hong kong 7s which is part of the IRB 7s circuit
Beside India the Asian 7s series  will be played in shanghai (china) and  Colombo (sri lanka) in September then  Bruit  (Lebanon) , Brunei (Brunei), Kota kanablu  (Malaysia) in October , then in November In Singapore And kish island (iran) .

Pakistan rugby union hopes to find some sponsors and funding in order to attend at least 2 more events in the Asian 7s series. PRU has dedicated a squad for 20 players that it will develop into a full year 7s program
Last year the Team had great success in the Asian 7s series wining the bowl competition in the  Sri lnaka carlton 7s event
The team to india will be coached by Mr rizwan malik and Mr Haji anwar  and the traveling squad is Naeem Tahir,  Shaharyar Ahmed,  Khalid Hussain Bhatti,  Waseem Abbas,  Waqar Javaid,  Muhammad Tahir Rafi,  Muhammad Babar,  Muhammad Manan Naseem,  Shakeel Ahmed,  Sair Riaz,  Umer Islam, Umer Usman,  Saad Arif Bashir,  Muhammad Basit  and Baber shazad sadly missing on tour will be Kashif khawaja winning captain from the carlton bowl championship , he is out due to an injury .

Last night Fawzi kwaja announced omer usman as the captain on tour who was vice captain on the last tour Sair Riaz pakistan top try scorer was announced as vice captain

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President PRU Fawzi Khawaja Congratulates Captain and vice captain

he other thing is that 3 players are traveling for the first time with the pakistan squad and will possible get a cap for pakistan all three are exciting new young players National Head Rizwan Malik was very excited to see these boys make it to the squad and said if these boys train hard soon we should see them doing well


Rookies on tour
HSBC Asian Five Nations 2010 marks final stage of RWC 2011 Asian Qualifiers
 
Rory Underwood and Frank Hadden launch year of grassroots rugby
www.arfu.com

Asain 5 Nattions 2010 officially launched in Hong kong[Hong Kong, 31 March 2010]:  The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) and Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) today launched the HSBC Asian 5 Nations Series (HSBC A5N) 2010.  HSBC A5N Ambassador Rory Underwood and former Scotland and current HSBC Penguin coach Frank Hadden attended today’s press launch, alongside Sandy Flockhart, Group Executive Director, Chairman Commercial, Personal Banking and Insurance, HSBC Group and Nobby Mashimo, Vice President and Chairman of the Japan Rugby Football Union and ARFU delegate to the International Rugby Board council.  In 2010, the elite Top 5 competition is doubling as the culmination of a three-year, 32-match Rugby World Cup qualification process and will be played across a five-week, single round robin, home and away format. The Top 5 teams (by 2009 rankings) are Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Hong Kong and the Arabian Gulf.  Test matches will be held on consecutive weekends throughout 24 April to 22 May, 2010.  In its third season, the HSBC A5N and ARFU continue to grow, expanding from 26 to 28 Asian nations and territories with the addition of UAE and Lebanon. Outside of the Top 5, the tournament consists of three promotion and relegation divisions of four-teams each. The competition structure has evolved alongside this growth and increasing competitiveness with the launch a fourth Division, which will be promotion-only, a single regional tournament will be held in Cambodia in June. Pakistan will be competing in Div III and is seaded 1 this year the Div III tournament will be played in jakarta , Indonesia , the other team will be Guam and India

Division III

DATE

Games

GAMES/RANKING

KO

VENUE

CITY

WED

9 June

SF1

Guam (2) V

 Iran (3)

13.00

UPH Stadium

Jakarta, Indonesia

 

SF2

Pakistan (1) v

Indonesia (4)

16.00

UPH Stadium

Jakarta

SAT

12 June

3rd/4th

Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

13.00

UPH Stadium

Jakarta

 

Final

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

 

16.00

UPH Stadium

Jakarta

Pakistan rugby union will be holding Open trials/ camps and registration for the next two weeks and will be holding a month and a hlaf month long camp from now till End may for more information about trials and camps please email info@paksitanrugby.com


Pakistan National 7s team

Pakistan National &s team is going through an intensive training camp to get ready for the Asian 7s serries after last years bowl win in the carlton 7s pru has decided to select 20 of tha nations top players to train all year around in order to develp the game of Rugby 7sThe squad of 20 consits of all players that went on the sri lanka tour plus players coninually .being spoted by PRU selectors at tournaments taking place all over pakistan
2010 Rugby Tournament

Higher education commission with the technical help of pakistan rugby union held the first HEC rugby championship . Hec is the governing body of universities in pakistan with 128 registered universities all over pakistan. Hec is also a member of the Pakistan olympic committee and is a one of the leading sports departments in pakistan. the tournament was held over two days with 10 top universities competeing Agriculture University Faisalabad, University of Central Punjab, University of The Punjab, Superior University Lahore, Government College University Lahore, LUMS, Lahore University, UMT, Islamic University Bahawalpur and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Islamic University Bahawalpur won the cup Championship by defeating University of Central Punjab (UCP) isnd University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) got joint third position by defeating Lahore University.

 

 

Pakistan Natuional team trains for the asian 5 nations


Islamic University Bahawalpur

 

 

 

Lums university Win the DHA rugby Tournament

A great final against Bawalnager

Lahore Dha beat islambad in 15s exibition game

Player of the tournamnet Mohmad Basit of Multan

 

DHA Blues
DHA

ISlambad

Lums
Gujranwala
 Bawalnagar
Lahore Rams
 Multan

 

 

Multan blues won the title"inter district south" by 19-12



                   Inter district south punjab 7s a side rugby tournament was played among three districtb in islamia university Bahawalpur ground on the last sunday of feb.
In this tournament two teams of every district represented Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Multan respectively. Multan blues won the final match of this tournament by 19-12 against Bahawalnagar greens.
Mr.Ayoub of Multan blues was declared man of the match and Mr. Ubaid was declared man of the series. The best performance award was given to Mr. Kaleem ullah of Bahawalnagar greens.
The chief guest "Mr.Amjad Waraich, Director sports islamia university Bahawalpur distributed the prizes among the players.
In this tournament the duties of match rafrees were performed by Mr. Muzammil khan wazeeri and Mr. Waseem Abbas.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Islamabad 10s
LRFC wins islambad 10s

Lahore Win the islambad 10s 10-5

 

Army win the shield

sad arif of islambad Man of the tournament

Day 2
Final
Lahore 10-islamabad 5
Semifinal Pool

LRFC 17-LUMS 0
IRFC17-Lums 0

Shield final
Army 7 Bawalnager 5

 

 

Day 1
Scores
Bawalnager vs Bharia 12-5
Islamabad orange vs barbarian 20-0
Lahore RFC vs Army 17-0
Lums vs Bharia 24-0
lahore rams vs fata 17-0
Army vs Islamabad Orange 12-5
Islamabad jinn's Vs Fata 31-0
bawalnager vs bharia 12-0
Islamabad jins vs police 49-0
bawlanager vs lums 5-5
police vs lahore rams 24-5

Islamabad orange
Bheria university
Lums
Bhawalnager
Pakistan Army
Lahore Rams
Host Islambad Jinns
Lahore Rugby Football Club
FATA
Barbarian

 

 

Rugby 7s now a National Games sport
 Rugby 7s will be played in the Pakistan 31st National Games 

    

Rugby lovers all over Pakistan are celebrating the addition of rugby 7s in the 31st national games . After a lot of grass roots development work by the Pakistan Rugby union in spreading the game of rugby in all provinces and all major departments. rugby now is part of the national games. a great milestone for the development and spread  of rugby in the country........more here

 

IRB General Assembly
2009
President PRU, Fawzi Khawaja Attends IRB General Assembly
  In Dublin Ireland



Carlson Lin, winner of the IRB Development Award 2009
 

Gustavo Zerbino Stajano, President Uruguay Rugby Union,
one of the survivors of the rugby team that crashed in the Andes back in the 70's , ( Movie "Alive" is based on his life story )

 

 

 

 

 

Islamabad RA team In semi finals in Dubai
Pakistan Rugby keeps the winning streak

the Islamabad Rugby Team the "jinns' have reached the Semi final in a International Social club championship which is part of the prestigious  Dubai rugby 7s
 Islamabad rugby football  club  club plays in the north zone under the auspices of Islamabad rugby Association who are member of Pakistan Rugby Union
The guiding philosophy of IRFC is to work as a social group laying emphasis on the physical, psychological and social development of its members. The club gives its members a sense of responsibility, belonging and the most needed a sense of achievement.

Members for a number of reasons chose JINNS as our team name. It is firstly unique in proprietary terms as well as reflects our own identity and culture heritage. Also Jinns are creatures created from fire and in the local language the name is colloquially used to signify exceptional quality.

A recent achievement by IRFC has been a ground of it’s own in F-10/4 permanently allocated to it by CDA (Capital Development Authority) Islamabad. The IRFC ground is one of the most picturesque grounds in Pakistan ideally situated in the back view of the Margalla hills with lush green field and surrounding trees making it even more attractive
 

 

 

Carlton Srilankan 7s Tournament

Pakistan Win the Bowl



Pakistan National 7S Team

Pakistan Rugby Team Win in "Carlton Srilankan 7s Tournament" In sri lanka

 

The Pakistan 7s tugby team won the Bowl Championship in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, beating Iran 19-17 in the semi-final and then defeating Brunei in the Final 24-12.  Pakistan captain Kashif Khawaja, Sair Riaz, Khalid Bhatti and Shakeel all ran in tries in the Final, to take Pakistan through to a memorable win.

 

The "Carlton Srilankan 7s Tournament" is a prestigious championship on the Asian 7s circuit, with the top national teams from Asia and club sides from the Southern Hemisphere showcasing their talent. The three tier event also features a local Schools and Colleges Championship, the Asian Championship and a Club Championship for teams from New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Australia. 

Captain Kashif khawaja, on the  phone from Colombo, said: "The real hard game was against Iran but the boys played like lions and wanted to make a mark for Pakistan.

With all the things happening back home they wanted to prove that Pakistan is not a weak nation and will not give up." He said the entire team contributed to the win, but singled out Sair Riaz as Pakistan's man-of-the-tournament.

our manager Haji Anwar, also commenting by phone from Colombo, added: "It was very well organized tournament, a pleasure to participate in. Sair played exceptionally, and Kashif was a good captain, leading fromt the front by scoring in the final.'

Rugby 7s has recently received a significant boost by the IOC's decision to include this form of the game as a full-medal sport in the Olympic Games 2016 onwards .
The Pakistan 7s squad is comprised of:

Naeem Tahir, Baber Shahzad, Shaharyar Ahmed and Khalid Bhati from Police
From  Universities/HEC  M Junaid Liaqat ( LUMS) ,  Manan Naseem(UMT)
From Islamabad Rugby Association  Kashif Khawaja( Captain )
From Punjab Rugby Association   Shakeel Ahmed, Umer Islam and Umer Usman ( Vice Captain),M Tahir , Sair Riaz  ( from Lahore ) and  Waseem Abbas ( Bahawalnagar),
the Manger and coach on tour are Jamal qureshi and Mr. Anwar Zafar respectively

President Fauzi khawaja, who is in Dublin Ireland taking part in the IRB general council meeting, commented: "This is a great Victory for Pakistan and reflects the hard work the boys have put in." He congratulated the team coach and the captain, and said he is looking forward to giving the squad a warm welcome on there return.

From Police Naeem Tahir, Baber Shahzad, Shaharyar Ahmed and Khalid Bhati

 

From  Universities/HEC  M Junaid Liaqat ( LUMS) ,  Manan Naseem(UMT)

 

From Islamabad Rugby Association  Kashif Khawaja( Captain )



 

From Punjab Rugby Association   Shakeel Ahmed, Umer Islam and Umer Usman ( Vice Captain),   M Tahir , Sair Riaz 

 

Waseem Abbas ( Bahawalnagar),

 

Coach on  Tour Mr. Anwar Zafar

 

 
Pool- A Pool- B Pool- C Pool- D
Japan Taiwan China South Korea
Kazakhstan Thailand Malaysia Sri Lanka
Iran Jordan Brunei Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan Under 20 In Manila Philippines

Pakistan Under 20 Team Win In the Asian U20 in Manila

Pakistan 7 Vs Laos 0

The Pakistan under 20 national rugby team won 7-0 against Loas in the Asian under 20 Div II championship Match in anila Phillipines

Asian under 20 Div II championship is being held from 16-22nd of November, it is a very good victory for the pakistan Rugby Under 20 as this is only Pakistan 2 participation in international Junior age grade Rugby.

The Asian Junior Championship Div II has the following teams participating teams,  Philippines , Laos , Iran ,  and Pakistan
 

 

the starting line up for pakistan

MATCH: Vs Laos

TEAM: PLAYERS: 24

SHIRT NO.

FAMILY NAME

FIRST NAME

1. LOOSE HEAD

Mohammad Hashim

Hashim

2. HOOKER

Ahsan Riaz

Ahsan

3. TIGHTHEAD

Ahsan Ilyas

Ahsan

4. LOCK

Waqar Javaid (vice captain)

Waqar

5. LOCK

Khawar Ashraf

Khawar

6. FLANKER 

Romail Ashraf Qureshi

Romail

7. FLANKER 

Mustafa Mehdi

Mehdi

8. NO 8

Bilal Khan (Captain)

Bilal

9. SCRUM HALF

Umair Javed Mustaq

Umair

10. OUTSIDE HALF 

Ahsan Tariq Manzoor

Ahsan

11. WING 

Mian Ali Shan

Ali

12. CENTRE

Areeb Ali

Areeb

13. CENTRE

Saad Arif Bashir

Saad

14. WING 

Syed Haroon Shah

Haroon

15. FULLBACK

Osman Ahmed Choudry

Osman


























 

 

 

 

 

the PRU has been holding camps for the boys for the last 3 month besides the camps the under 20 had a chance to have practice games  against  Lums university , Punjab Rugby Association Team , Lahore RFC,  and Islamabad RFC the  the team also got lucky as 3 of the practices camps the coaching was by Mr. David Dwyer the national cricket team trainer who was a former Rugby Coach for a Professional rugby team in Australia , Mr. dyer volunteered his time to spend with the under 20 , and his input was invaluable . 
 

 

Today's Match Pakistan VS Laos


 Mohammad Hashim, Awais Ahmed Khan Niazi, Mian Ali Shan, Saad Arif Bashir, Romail Ashraf Qureshi, Syed Haroon Shah, Mustafa Mehdi, Syed Kamal Ali Shah , Bilal Khan, Umair Javed Mustaq, Ahsan Tariq Manzoor, Jawahir Azam, Shamvill Khan, Osman Ahmed Choudry, Areeb Ali , Abdul Samad, Khawar Ashraf, Waqar Javaid, Ayub Zafar, Abdullah, Muhammad Abu-Bakar Khan, Ahsan Ilyas, Ahsan Riaz  and  Mohammad Shakeel Chattaha,

Coach  Mr. Mohsin Iqbal Khan  Manger is Mr. Fawzan Wain

Pakistan U20 Supporters In Manila

 

 

 

 

Lahore Inter School & Inter Collegiate Games


Rugby Championship


Garrison Degree collage win the collegiate
Govt High school Jalo mor win the School championship

The Punjab Rugby Association held a very successful  rugby championship as part of the Lahore interschool and intercollegiate Games 2009 the tournament is being organized by the Punjab Olympic association and this is the first time rugby is being played in Pakistan as part of a multi sport event at any level a big achievement for Punjab Olympic and Punjab rugby Associations

Punjab Olympic Association has again led the way in   embracing this new and exciting sports and rugby inclusion  in the Lahore interschool and intercollegiate sports championship is a testament to this far sightedness on there part

The finals were held today and Garrison degree collage won the collegiate championship they beat runners up Government High School Shalimar campus it was a great and close final  all through out the teams were even  garrison experience showed in the end they recently took part in the universities Unisevens held by lums where they won the Bowl competition ,  garrison scored early and Shalimar had quite a few chances but could not convert the  final try was scored in the dieing minutes by zakir khan to seal the match 10-0 zakir was named the man of the tournament for his great performance he was also the highest scorer.
in the third place play off for the collegiate was Government collage university Lahore

The schools winner was Government High School Jallo Mor who beat runners up City school ravi campus 10-0the 3rd place in the schools event Government Model High School Model Town the man of the tournament was Wakar from GHS jalo mord

The tournament was held at The garrison degree model college , the school  has two very lush rugby grounds where both the school and collegiate championship was held at the same time.


Pakistan Rugby union  providing the officiating staff  and the president of Pakistan Rugby Union Fawzi Khawaja was invited as chief total of 7 teams competed in the colligate competition which was played using the 10s rugby format and  6 team competed in the school section who played  the 7s format
Pakistan rugby union is seeking rugby inclusion in the provincial and national games with all 5 provinces Fata army, police Wapda, railways and HEC as members. You will see rugby in many more multi sport events in Pakistan. 


The school That  participate were  Government Model High School Model Town , CNS Trust School   .Jinnah Foundation School Government High School Jallo Mor, Educators and The City School Ravi Campus,
the collages that participated were Government Islamic Collage railway Lines , Garrison Degree Collage DHA , Government Collage Gulberg 3 , Government Collage University Lahore ,Government Science Collage Wahdat Road  And Government Higher Secondary School Jallo Mor.


 


Preisdent PRA
Maj Gen (R) M Ashraf Chaudhry
 


final days results

Schools
1st SF  Govt. M High School Model Town 5 VS City School Ravi Campus 7
2nd SF Govt. High School Jallo Mor 12 VS Jinnah Foundation School 0
3rd Place  Jinnah Foundation School 0 VS Govt. M High School Model Town 5
FINAL      City School Ravi Campus 0 VS Govt. High School Jallo Mor 10

 

Final Positions
3rd Govt. M High School Model Town
runner up City School Ravi Campus
Winner Govt.secondry High School Jallo Mor

Player of tournament Waqar of (GSH Jallo Mor)

      
Colleges
1st S F  Garrison Degree College 10  VS  Govt. Higher Secdary School Jallo Mor  0
2nd S F  Govt. College University Lahore 5  VS   Govt. High School Shalimar campus 8 
3rd/4t play off  Govt. College University Lahore  WIN  VS  Govt. Higher Secdary School Jallo MorDisqulified
FInal  Garrison Degree College 10VSGovt. High School Shalimar campus 0

Final Positions
3rd                  Govt. College University Lahore
runner up        Govt. High School Shalimar campus 
winner             Garrison Degree College 

Player of tournament Zakir Khan (garrison degree college)

 

 


Universevens –  LUMS win the cup

On Saturday afternoon the teams played the qualifying rounds in four pools, with the finals happening yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) provided referees for this tournament.

LUMS were the winners of the Cup, by beating IUB 7-5 in a thrilling final. FAST beat LUMS Greens by 5-0 to finish third, with UMT winning the Shield final and Garrison Degree College winning the Bowl final.

After such a great tournament the teams from LUMS, FAST Islamabad, UCL, IUB, Fort Abbas, PAC, Garrison, GCU and BU have decided to start a universities rugby championship in the following months, for which they welcome all other Pakistani universities to join.

DAY 2 – Finals (Sunday, 15th Nov.)

Time

Game

Team

Team

Score

14.00

SF Bowl (1)

GDC

GCU

28 – 0

14.20

SF Bowl (2)

UVAS

BU

0 – 28

14.40

SF Plate (3)

UCL

FAGDC

5 – 10

15.00

SF Plate (4)

UMT

PAC

12 – 0

15.20

SF Cup (5)

LUMS

FAST

17 – 0

15.40

SF Cup (6)

IUB

LUMS G

34 – 5

16.00

3rd/4th Bowl

GCU

UVAS

28 – 0

16.20

Final Bowl

GDC

BU

15 – 10

16.40

3rd/4th Plate

UCL

PAC

7 – 10

17.00

Final Plate

FAGDC

UMT

7 – 20

17.20

3rd/4th Cup

FAST

LUMS Green

5 – 0

17.40

Final Cup

LUMS

IUB

7 – 5

 

 

Pakistan Under 20 travels to Manila Philippines

The Pakistan under 20 national rugby team left for manila Philippines from Lahore airport,  they are on tour to participate in the Asian under 20 Div II championship from 16-22nd of November, this is Pakistan 2 participation in international Junior age grade Rugby. the other participation was when Pakistan itself hosted the Asian under 19 championship in Lahore in which 11 international team competed  in what was also a world cup qualifier a extremely successful event with over 450 participants .

The Asian Junior Championship Div II will have the following teams  Philippines , Laos , Iran ,  and Pakistan

The  traveling squad is made of 24 players and two official the players are
 Mohammad Hashim, Awais Ahmed Khan Niazi, Mian Ali Shan, Saad Arif Bashir, Romail Ashraf Qureshi, Syed Haroon Shah, Mustafa Mehdi, Syed Kamal Ali Shah , Bilal Khan, Umair Javed Mustaq, Ahsan Tariq Manzoor, Jawahir Azam, Shamvill Khan, Osman Ahmed Choudry, Areeb Ali , Abdul Samad, Khawar Ashraf, Waqar Javaid, Ayub Zafar, Abdullah, Muhammad Abu-Bakar Khan, Ahsan Ilyas, Ahsan Riaz  and  Mohammad Shakeel Chattaha,

Coach on tour is Mr. Mohsin Iqbal Khan who is a very experienced national team player who has been appointment to the PRU Youth development program on a full time basis The manger  on tour  is Mr. Fawzan Wain

 


President Fawzi khawaja commented that "with the development work done in schools over the past 5 years by PRU has meant that this year we are lucky to have a good pool of experienced junior players to choose from. and is looking forward to the development of the under 20 program


the captain on tour is Mr bilal khan from Islamabad rugby association and the Vice captain is Mr. waqar javed from the Multan district team

 the  Punjab Olympic association is holding the Lahore school and colligate games on 17 nov in which rugby is also being played with 12 schools and 6 collages just from Lahore a great acivment for the Pujab rugby assosition ,

The national team coach Rizwan malik stated that PRU  as part of its 4 year Development  strategy has given youth rugby the biggest emphasis and PRU having big plans to develop the under 20 program to the fullest. Currently there are over 50 schools all over Pakistan and with a 1000 players at age grade rugby and we would like to atleast double that number every year .

PRU has been holding camps for the boys for the last 3 month besides the camps the under 20 had a chance to have practice games  against  Lums university , Punjab Rugby Association Team , Lahore RFC,  and Islamabad RFC the team also got lucky as 3 of the practices camps the coaching was by Mr. David Dwyer the national cricket team trainer who was a former Rugby Coach for a Professional rugby team in Australia , Mr. dyer volunteered his time to spend with the under 20 , and his input was invaluable .

The Philippines rugby football union  also arranged for a tour of the historical part of Manila it is called Intermuros, the Philippine Department of Tourism will conduct the  tour and will provide buses and guides for each team, , it is a good way to learn about another  culture beside the great rugby experience for the young boys it will help in the future development of these boys

 ARFU DIV 2 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: Nov 16 - 22nd 2009
Tues 17th Nov @ International School of Manila (ISM)
5.00 pm Philippines V Laos
6.40pm  Iran V Pakistan
Thurs 19th Nov @ (ISM)
5.00pm Philippines V Iran
6.40pm Pakistan V Laos
Sat 21st Nov @ Nomads Sports Field
3.00pm Iran V Laos
4.40pm Philippines V Pakistan 

This is the first international  participation for a junior national team it will be tough tour for the boys but the boys all have a great attitude and a  hunger and will give it there best , this tour is defiantly a important step  in the future of the development of rugby in Pakistan.
the tour details will updated daily on the  PRU website www.pakistanrugby.com

 

 


Universevens – Rugby tournament at LUMS

POOLS, TIMETABLE & RESULTS


 

DAY 1 – Qualifying round (Saturday, 14th Nov.)

Time

Pool

Team

Team

Result

15.00

A

LUMS

UCL

15 – 0

15.20

B

UMT

IUB

5 – 29

15.40

C

FAGDC

FAST

0 – 10

16.00

D

PAC

LUMS G

5 – 12

16.20

A

GDC

LUMS

0 – 45

16.40

B

UVAS

UMT

0 – 28

17.00

C

GCU

FAGDC

0 – 5

17.20

D

BU

PAC

0 – 12

17.40

A

UCL

GDC

7 – 5

18.00

B

IUB

UVAS

28 – 0

18.20

C

FAST

GCU

5 – 0

18.40

D

LUMS G

BU

31 – 0

 

 

W

L

PF

PA

Total

Pool A

LUMS

2

0

60

0

60

UCL

1

1

7

20

-13

GDC

0

2

5

52

-47

Pool B

IUB

2

0

57

5

52

UMT

1

1

33

29

4

UVAS

0

2

0

56

-56

Pool C

FAST

2

0

15

0

15

FAGDC

1

1

5

10

-5

GCU

0

2

10

0

-10

Pool D

LUMS G

2

0

43

5

38

PAC

1

1

17

12

5

BU

0

2

0

43

-43

 

Time

Game

Team

Team

14.00

SF Bowl (1)

GDC

GCU

14.20

UVAS

BU

14.40

SF Plate (3)

UCL

FAGDC

15.00

SF Plate (4)

UMT

PAC

15.20

SF Cup (5)

LUMS

FAST

15.40

SF Cup (6)

IUB

LUMS G

16.00

3rd/4th Bowl

Loser Game 1

Loser Game 2

16.20

Final Bowl

Winner Game 1

Winner Game 2

16.40

3rd/4th Plate

Loser Game 3

Loser Game 4

17.00

Final Plate

Winner Game 3

Winner Game 4

17.20

3rd/4th Cup