Punjab Win Servis Cup Rugby,
Police Runners-up again.
FATA Surprise all by winning Bowl
The 18th National Rugby Championship for the Servis Cup was won by Punjab who trounced the Police by 36 Points to Zero in the Servis Cup 2009. The runners up Police were undefeated over two days of play until the final where they came up against a vastly more experienced Punjab which featured five Pakistan National players, while police had just two wingers who had represented Pakistan.

Punjab A

WAPDA came third by beating Islamabad 31-12.

There was also a Plate Competition final for the fifth and sixth ranked team won by LUMS who beat Punjab B 10 to 5.

The Bowl competition was won by first time entrants FATA who beat LUMS B 12 points to 10.

khalid Bhatti of the Police was adjudged Player of the Tournament for the second year in succession.

Lt. Gen Agha Jehangir Ali Khan Patron Pakistan Rugby Union was the Chief Guest on the occasion and he greatly appreciated the level of rugby and the widespread participation from all corners of Pakistan.

The Pakistan Team is next due to play a test match in rugby against powerful China in Kuala Lumpur on June 3, 2009, reported the Secretary, Pakistan Rugby Union.

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Quarter Finals

Game 1	Punjab A	VS	Punjab b	37-0	Punjab A

Game 2	wapda	VS	SInd 29-0		Sind

Game 3	Islamabad	VS	lums B	12-10	Islamabad

Game 4	Police	VS	HEC	25-0	Police

Bowl Semi Finals

Game 5	Punjab south	vs	Fata	0-10	FATA
	A3		B3
Game 6	NWFP	vs	Lums A	0-12	Lums A
	C3		D3

Plate Semi Finals
(losing quarterfinalist)

Game 7	Punjab B	vs	Sindh	36-0	Punjab B

Game 8	Lums B	vs	HEC	29-0	Lums B

Servis Cup Semi Finals
(winning quarterfinalist)

Game 9	Punjab A	vs	WAPDA	19-12	Punjab A

Game 10	Islamabad	vs	Police	7-32	Police

Bowl Final

Game 11	FATA	vs	LUMS A	12-10	FATA
					Winners Bowl

Plate Final

Game 12	Punjab B	vs	Lums B	5-10	Lums B
					Winners Plate

Servis vu

3rd 4th play off

Game 13	Wapda	vs	Islamabad	31-12	Wapda
					3rd PLACE

Servis Cup 2009
FINAL

Game 14	Punjab A	vs	Police	36-0	Punjab A
			Runners up		Servis cup winners

Final positions
1 punajb
2 police
3 wapda
4 islamanad
5 lums b
6 Punjab b
7hec
8 sind
9fata
10 luma a
11 Punjab south
12 nwfp

DAY1

The 18th National Rugby Championship kicked off in grand style at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore. Idrees Haider Khawaja Secretary Punjab Olympic Association was on hand to watch the inaugural match between reigning National Champions Punjab A and Punjab South. Punjab A won the match comfortably by 36 to O. In other matches Fata, WAPDA and HEC made their first appearances ever in the 12 team Pakistan National Championships.

Fata lost to Punjab B 15 points to 5, and to WAPDA 0-22. WAPDA were also victorious 21-0 over the more fancied Punjab B to win Pool B.
In Pool A Punjab A confirmed their favorite status by easily overcoming both Punjab South and Sind. Their margin of victory over Sind was 57-0, the widest winning margin of the day.

Pool C was won by seeded team Islamabad who strolled over NWFP 34-0 and beat HEC but not before conceding a try.

Pool D was won by Police who beat both LUMS A and LUMS B by comfortable margins.

In the quarter finals to be held tomorrow Punjab A will face Punjab B; WAPDA faces Sind, Islamabad faces LUMS B and Police face HEC.

The finals will be played between 3 30 and 5 pm

NEW Teams to join the rugby fraternity of Pakistan


HEC (higher education Commission team)	WAPDA

NWFP	FATA

DAY 1

Games

Pool standing after round robin stage

	POOL A		POOL B		POOL C		POOL D
1	Punjab A	1	wapda	1	Islamabad	1	Police
2	Punjab South	2	punjab b	2	HEC	2	lums B
3	Sind	3	Fata	3	NWFP	3	Lums A

DAY1

The 18th National Rugby Championship kicked off in grand style at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore. Idrees Haider Khawaja Secretary Punjab Olympic Association was on hand to watch the inaugural match between reigning National Champions Punjab A and Punjab South. Punjab A won the match comfortably by 36 to O. In other matches Fata, WAPDA and HEC made their first appearances ever in the 12 team Pakistan National Championships.

Fata lost to Punjab B 15 points to 5, and to WAPDA 0-22. WAPDA were also victorious 21-0 over the more fancied Punjab B to win Pool B.
In Pool A Punjab A confirmed their favourite status by easily overcoming both Punjab South and Sind. Their margin of victory over Sind was 57-0, the widest winning margin of the day.

Pool C was won by seeded team Islamabad who strolled over NWFP 34-0 and beat HEC but not before conceding a try.

Pool D was won by Police who beat both LUMS A and LUMS B by comfortable margins.

In the quarter finals to be held tomorrow Punjab A will face Punjab B; WAPDA faces Sind, Islamabad faces LUMS B and Police face HEC.

The finals will be played between 3 30 and 5 pm

NEW Teams to join the rugby fraternity of Pakistan


HEC (higher education Commission team)	WAPDA

NWFP	FATA

Day 1
game	time	team		team	score	winner	points
1	1:00	Punjab A	VS	Punjab south	35-0	Punjab A	2
2	1:20	Punjab B	VS	Fata	15-5	Punjab B	2
3	1:40	NWFP	VS	HEC	5-10	HEC	2
4	2:00	LUMS A	VS	LUMS B	10-28	luns b	2
5	2:20	Punjab south	VS	Sind	10-17	Sind	2
6	2:40	Fata	VS	Wapda	0-22	wapda	2
7	3:00	Islamabad	VS	NWFP	34-0	Islamabad	2
8	3:20	Police	VS	LUMS A	29-0	Police	2
9	3:40	Punjab A	VS	Sind	57-0	Punjab A	2
10	4:00	Punjab B	VS	Wapda	0-28	wapda	2
11	4:20	Islamabad	VS	HEC	28-5	Islamabad	2
12	4:40	Police	VS	LUMS B	5-10	police	2

18th National Rugby Championship
Servis Cup 2009

The 18th National Rugby Championship, Servis Cup 2009 will take place from April 11 to 12, 2009 at the Punjab Football Stadium in Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

The championship is being played on a 7-a-side format, being participated by the Departments, Provinces and Educational Institutions. 16 of the top rugby teams will compete for the prestigious Servis Cup 2009 and to have the honor of being called the National Champions.

The championship will be conducted over two days starting at 11 am on Saturday 11^th April 2009, the teams will compete in a round robin format within 4 pools on the first day. On Sunday the teams will play in a knock out format to compete for the Bowl, Plate and Servis Cup positions. This will be a full weekend of fast and furious rugby with the best rugby players in the nation participating. The teams to watch would be Punjab the last years champions as well as Lahore, Islamabad and the upcoming Pakistan Police who last year reached the final after beating higher seeded teams.

It will also be interesting to see new teams that will be participating in the tournament for the first time and have been training very hard i.e. WAPDA, HEC and FATA, who all have just recently been granted membership in the Pakistan Rugby Union.

Rugby is a fast spreading across all parts of Pakistan. PRU (Pakistan Rugby Union) is a full member of the IRB (International Rugby Board), the governing body of this Sport , registered member of Pakistan Sports Board and has recently also been given full membership in the Pakistan Olympic Association.

The National Rugby Selection Committee will be busy hunting for talent during this Championship, as the squad for national team is being prepared and finalized for the Asian 5 Nations tournament being held in Kaula-Lumpur, Malaysia in the 1st week of June 2009. This year Pakistan is participating in Division-2 and will face China in the first game.

The teams that will be participating in the 18th National Rugby Championship, Servis cup 2009 are;

Punjab
Sindh
NWFP
HEC
Pakistan Police
WAPDA
FATA
FEDERAL CAPITAL
Punjab B
pujab south
Lums A
Lums B

More information about the championship and rugby in Pakistan can be found at www.pakistanrugby.com the Official site of the Pakistan Rugby Union.

WAPDA came third by beating Islamabad 31-12. There was also a Plate Competition final for the fifth and sixth ranked team won by LUMS who beat Punjab B 10 to 5. The Bowl competition was won by first time entrants FATA who beat LUMS B 12 points to 10.

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