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Cup
Main event Lahore
Islamabad edge Lahore to win Azadi Cup rugby
The
venue of the main Event was DHA Rugby Stadium.
Lahore and chief guest was MR idress haider
sectary of the Punjab Olympic association The two
premiere rugby clubs in Pakistan, the Lahore Rugby Football Club and
Islamabad Jinns, celebrated Independence Day in distinct fashion -
going
head to head in a fierce clash to contest the final of the Azadi Cup
at DHA stadium, Lahore.
A crowd of rugby enthusiasts were treated to
a typically
deadlocked and bruising encounter, which saw Islamabad eek out a win
and
take away the cup by a solitary point.
Islamabad drew first blood fifteen minutes into the match with
scrum-half
Andre Gordino taking a quick tap from a penalty ten meters from the
Lahore
try-line.
Ducking and swerving oncoming
tackles, he touched down in the
right corner. His unconverted try saw Islamabad go up 5 - 0, which
is where
the score stood at half time
Lahore hit back early in the second half. With skillfully maneuvered rucks
and mauls, the Lahore forwards made solid progress up the field,
swinging
the ball out to their experienced back line to gain more ground.
From a ruck
formed only meters from the Islamabad try-line, Lahore hooker Salman
Wain
combined with flanker Shakeel, who crashed over for a try just to
the right
of the sticks. The easily converted try took Lahore up 7 - 5.
The game was decided on a penalty, awarded to Islamabad dead in
front of the
posts only 22 meters out and ten minutes from the final whistle. Man
of the
match Andre stepped up to slot home the kick, taking Islamabad to a
winning
8 - 7 score. Lahore made their way back up the field and attacked
relentlessly in the dying minutes of the match but to no avail.
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DHA wins Azadi cup Shield |
In the development shield competition which was played 8 Lahore
based under 20 team competed in a 7s tournament the all the
players played there hearts out
team were from Sanda ,Whadat Road, Alama iqbal town, Garision ,
Nishat coloney , Lahore , DHA white and DHA black
DHA black won all games and were crowned shield winners
Under 20 shield
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Sind Rugby Association Wins Azadi cup south
Sind Rugby Association under the auspices of Pakistan rugby union
organized
a Azadi cup match to celebrate Independence Day at National
Coaching Centre
Stadium the kicked off at 4 pm with a good crowd watching and match
was
between Karachi rugby football club and Sind Rugby association team
The honorable Sindh Sports Minister Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah was the
chief
guest of the occasion the match was officiated by khurram khawaja
and the
Azadi cup south trophy was won by Sind rugby association
SInd was captained by Irfan Qureshi and Krfc was captained by Tariq
Niazi,
Match was played on a 10 a side format both teams were 1 try a piece
at half
time but in the second half SRA broke loose and scored 4 tries with
no
answer from Krfc, try scorers from SRA Irfan Qureshi(1), Ovais
Jallal(1),
Munib alias Goga(2) Lance (1) lone try from Krfc was scored by
Naveed Malik
match referee Khurram Khawaja and man of the match Muneeb final
score 25-5
Desert camels wins
Azadi cup 2009 central zone
Desert camels wins the Azadi cup 2009 central zone held at
Bawalnagar
stadium as a main event for the District government ceremony match
in front
of a crowd of 1000 spectators a great match was enjoyed by everyone
the
desert camels won with a narrow margin score of 17-12 the man of
the match
was ali ahsan who also was the captain of the Desert camels side
the chief guest of the match was MPA MR rana rauf who Apritiated the
game and
its sprit and commented on how it was good to see the boys who went
to
England thanks to the efforts of the charity tour aid and Pakistan
rugby
union and have brought back skills and have raised the level of the
game
and rugby is spreading very fast in the district
the chief guest gave away prizes to all the participants
the tournament Arrangements were made by DSO bawalnagar Mateen shah
who along
Punjab rugby association
Development officer Muzzumal
wazeri are doing a great
job in working with the Development of rugby in the district
it was also great to hear that the desert camels now have a girls
rugby
teams the Girls wing president DR fawzia who is prinicples girls
degree
collage fort abbas said she is excited to have the girls play such a
game
and already has 16 girls under Traning and another 15 starting next
week
and the first district girls rugby game will be held on the 26th
of
September
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To celebrate the
independence day of Pakistan and to promote sports and cultural
activities among the youth of Pakistan, the Punjab Rugby
Association, under the auspices of the Pakistan Rugby Union and
Punjab Olympic association , is hosting “The Azadi Rugby Cup” on 14th
august 2009
The venue for the Main Event is DHA rugby
Stadium. Entrance is free for all who wish to enjoy a day of
watching exciting rugby played in a festive family atmosphere over
the holiday weekend.
The tournament will be played in the evening,
under floodlights, with a Live DJ misc and live commentary with free
refreshments for families.
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The full day event features 4 to 6
developmental teams mostly made up of young Under 20 players
battling it out for the “Azadi Shield” followed by the main
fixture: a full 15-a-side match between the two Top seeded premiere
rugby clubs in the country—Lahore and Islamabad—to decide “The Azadi
Cup” champions.
The matches between Islamabad RFC and
Lahore RFC is always a great event to watch, the rivalry between
two teams goes back as far as 1996. there matches are at level
that is always well contested, and brings out the finest rugby
in Pakistan and not over to say that finest rugby in South Asia.
The aggression of both the clubs is always a treat to watch ,
with great tackling , passing and fine rugby skills.
In the final match, most of the best players
in the country—many of them currently representing the Pakistan
National Rugby team, distributed just about equally between these
two city sides—will exhibit their skills in one of the fiercest club
rivalries on display in the region.
Islamabad will be captioned by Andre gordina
who has developed into a very dependable player at the very
important fly half position , Islamabad rugby association grassroots
rugby development work at schools and colleges has also paid off as
besides the regular starts such as farid niazi ,billal butt and
Hamad safdar (Vice captain) this weekends game will see up and up
coming player in the forwards Yasser at prop who began playing rugby
at Bharia University sported by abbasi at lock and Nawasish At
flanker and Shigri at no 8.
Lahore will be captained by Manan naseem
who captained the Pakistan team in Malaysian for the Asian 5
nations he also started rugby in UMT university and took
them to the Final of the LUMS university Inter-varsity rugby
championship in the First year of participation other notable
players to watch out in Lahore will be sair riaz at flanker ,
umer usman at Scrum half , haji Anwar at center the forwards
will be led by Salman wain .
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The final
in Lahore is organized by Punjab Rugby Association , Pakistan
rugby union is extending this tournament to reach the other
provinces and on the 14th Sind rugby association is organizing a
Azadi cup inter Karachi match which will be played at NCC National
coaching clinic at 5pm ,
In Central zone the south Punjab district rivalry heats up with a
azadi cup match between the desert camels and bawalnager
match at government high School fort abass
In the
north zone On 14th august a match will be played between NWFP rugby
team vs the FATA team .
Rugby is a fast
growing sport in Pakistan, with departments (WAPDA, Army, navy
railways ,HEC and Police), provinces, districts, educational
institutions (e.g., LUMS, Bahria and about 40 schools) and clubs
participating in rugby activities. Consequently, the Pakistan
national rugby team, ranked 14th in Asia and currently
competing on the Asian circuit, has a growing following and pool of
players to draw from – the bulk currently from Punjab.
Punjab Rugby
Association (PRA) is the official Governing Body of Rugby in the
Province, and is working to promote rugby at all levels in Punjab.
PRA is registered with the Punjab Sports Department, and is a member
of the Punjab Olympic Association and the Pakistan Rugby Union.
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