Mike Pirrit Appointed Head Coach Paksitan Team

 

Pakistan rugby got a big boost in its preparation for the Upcoming HSBC Asian 5 nations Division III by the addition of an IRB qualified coach Mr Mike Pirrit From New Zeeland.
 
At a press conference At the Park Plaza hotel on MM Alam road  Pakistan Rugby Union introduced Mr Mike Pirrit to the press, who is a
Qualified IRB Educator. Mike has been recommended by IRB Asia Regional Manager Mr Jarrad Gallagher who thought he would be an Ideal Candidate for the job of Pakistan Team Head coach For the HSBC A5N tournament . Mike is in Pakistan for a two month period and will travel with the National team to Jakarta Indonesia where the  HSBC A5N Div III tournament Is being held.
 
PRU president Fawzi Khawaja  said  “We welcome Mr Michael Pirrit , his presence will immensely help improve the standard of Rugby ”

Mike arrived in Pakistan on the 18th  And has with working with the National Side. Even though his main mandate is to work with the National Side he is also planning on giving two IRB level coaching courses as well as work with the Police Rugby Team, the Army Rugby Team and the Pakistan under-20 squad.
 
Arif Saeed, Secretary, Pakistan Rugby Union said:  "We have had strong performances against each of the three teams Guam, Indonesia and China in the past so Pakistan will be under pressure to put in a strong performance. We hope the arrival of a top class coach from New Zealand will motivate the Pakistan team to try and win promotion back into Asian Division II."
 
Arif further spoke about Mike “We are very fortunate to get a coach like Mike Pirrit who is getting on really well with the boys. We are hopeful the long term stint with a coach from New Zealand will help take our rugby to the next level.”
 
Mike Pirrit spoke about PRU and said” "I am very impressed with the dedication and commitment given to the game by the administration here. They are providing a culture that promotes unity, teamwork and a strong work ethic, which is intrinsic in our game of rugby around the world. I am delighted to be working with the Pakistan Rugby team and am hopeful that if we prepare to the best of our ability we will perform well."
 
Pakistan Full time resident National team coach Mr Rizwan Malik who is working with Mike and will also be traveling to Indonesia with the team. Commented “I THINK THIS MAYBE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY PAKISTAN RUGBY TEAM HAS HAD FOR SOMETIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT DIVISION. THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH SHOWN BY MIKE , WITH ALL HIS EXPERIENCE I AM SURE PAKISTAN TEAM WILL BENEFIT VERY MUCH. WE HAVE HAD THE BETTER OF THESE TEAMS BEFORE AND WITH THE RIGHT PREPARATION CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL THIS YEAR.”
The HSBC A5N Div III is being hosted in Jakarta;  Indonesia, Guam and China are the other teams taking part in addition to Pakistan.
 
Pakistan President Fawzi Khawaja then announced the short list of 30 players that have been further shortlisted from an initial list of 100 boys in january, by the PRU selection committee, this list will be further cut down to 24 players who will travel on the tour.
 
The squad list is
 
Abu Baker , Adnan Saeed Niazi , Aftab Ashraf Qureshi , Ahmed  Mumtaz , Anwaar-Ul-Haq  Zafar , Arsalan  Zahid , Azmat Khan Niazi , Babar Muhammad  , Billal  Mehmood Butt , Kashif  Khawaja , Kawar Asraf , Khalid Mahmood , Muhammad Ali , Muhammad Manan Naseem , Muhammad Yasir  Fida , Romail Ashraf , Saad Arif , Sahir Aslam , Sair  Riaz , Salman Majeed Wain , Sami Uddin , Shahbaz Munir , Shakeel Ahmed , Syed Xeeshan Rizvi , Taimur Zia Butt , Umer Islam , Umer Usman , Mansoor Rehan , Imad Nasir , Junaid  Imtiaz Malik and  Amrez Hamid
 
Pakistan Rugby Unions announcing of this year as the Rugby Year 2011 has seen Rugby Ffourishing in Pakistan with the PRU conducting A major new Rugby activity  every week  since January. In the past 5 months PRU has had the Following activities: Inter department 7s tournament , Intervarsity Rugby Tournament, District Rugby tournaments South Punjab , Punjab Games rugby event, Inter-department 15s tournament, Super league XVs matches , Super League Development XVs matches, Under 20 camps  and national team camps ,  
 
Secretary Arif spoke about the ongoing Rugby Year 2011 "This has been a hectic but an exciting  year with the launching of the Fifteen a Side League, inclusion of rugby in the Samsung Punjab Games and a busy schedule of schools rugby and 2 major Inter department tournaments.”

He further spoke about the some of the  upcoming plans he said ”We are keen to convert our schools tournament program to a complete season to have more solid foundation of schools rugby and introduce inter-Unit rugby in the Army."

 

http://tribune.com.pk/story/175982/rugby-pakistan-hire-kiwi-coach/
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/pakistan-gets-new-zealand-rugby-coach/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/0e1Z2eS0shfMD?q=Rugby+%28Sport%29
 

 

Lahore beat Faisalabad 38-0 in the final of the Punjab Games Rugby Event
Tahir  of Lahore was the Coca-Cola Man of the Tournament.

Punjab Rugby Association under the auspices of Pakistan Rugby Union and Punjab Olympic Association  made history today with inclusion of Rugby 7's in the 71st Samsung Punjab Games being held the historic city of Lahore .  This is the first time Rugby was included  in any Multi -Sport Event In Pakistan.

The 71st Samsung Punjab Games is a huge event with 26 events taking  place for men and women , events are taking place at multiple venues  in the City . The opening ceremony was inaugurated by the Chief  Minister of Punjab Mr. Shahbaz Sharif .

Punjab is the most populous province in Pakistan, with a population of  approximately  80 million. Rugby has a found a special home here  especially with boys who have played Kabadi who already have athletic ability and  ,  evasive running , stamina  and tackling abilities

Representative  teams taking part in the tournament were Lahore ,  Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan, , Sahiwal and Dera Ghazi
 Khan over the last two months each division has held their own  district tournament and camps to select their  divisional teams.

Rugby inclusion in the Olympic Games has paved the way for rugby to be  included  in multi -sport events all across the world .  The spread of  rugby across Pakistan especially Punjab has been significant. Punjab  Rugby is the current National Rugby Champions and has the biggest  Rugby development program in the country with almost 24 districts of  Punjab playing rugby at a competitive level .with the top 10 districts  providing the core of the players for the National Team.

The Rugby7s will also be a full medal event at the Next Pakistan National games. This inclusion has already meant rugby spreading in the Departments such as the Army Navy and police .

 

 

Scores for the Rugby event

Final
Final Lahore 38 vs Faisalabad 0

Position Games
3rd 4th place Multan 10 vs DG Khan 7
5th 6th place Gujranwala 27 vs Sahiwal 0

Pool games
Multan 10 vs Gujranwala 10
DG Khan 7 vs Lahore 22
Faisalabad 17 vs Sargodha 10
Multan 10 vs Sargodha 10
Faisalabad 19 vs Multan 17
DG Khan 29 vs Sahiwal 5
Faisalabad 12 vs Gujranwala 7
Sahiwal 0 vs Lahore 27
Gujranwala 27 vs Sargodha 0

 

 

 

2nd Intervarsity Rugby Championship

Lahore 24th March 2011
Pakistan Rugby Union in collaboration with HEC and University of Lahore is holding the 2nd Intervarsity Rugby Championship.
13 teams will take part in the tournament which will be played on a Knock out format. Games will start At 9 am at the Model town A block ground.

The teams taking part are Last year’s champions University of Bhawalpur seeded 1 , Last  runner up University of central Punjab seeded 2 , University of Lahore (host and joint 3rd last year) and University of veterinary  science joint 3rd last year , as well as ,  University of Peshawar , GC university Lahore, LUMS university , University of Punjab , NECS Islamabad , Agriculture university Faisalabad , BZU , Superior university and University of Management and technology Lahore.

President PRU Fawzi Khawaja said “The tournament will also be used to select boys for the HEC 15 a side team that will take part in upcoming Pakistan Inter department XV championship to be held in Lahore end April. We will also be looking for under 20 boys with talent to call for the Under national camps ”

This year’s favorite teams will Be University of Lahore and University or Central Punjab both team have still got most of the team and players from last year and we expect to see some very exciting games.

University Of Lahore will host this tournament and Pakistan rugby Union will be providing Referees and technical officials for the tournament .

The chief guest for the Final will Be Chairman B.O.G The University Of Lahore M.A. Raoof.

 

University of Punjab starts a Rugby Program
University of Punjab Additional  Director sports Furat Husian Sadiqi  and Mr Zubair butt  ( PU sports officer)  Met with Pakistan Rugby Union President Mr Fawzi Khawaja asking for help in starting a rugby program for the University of Punjab . University of Punjab is the largest and oldest seat of the higher learning in Pakistan established in 1882 the main campus is Located in the historical and culturally alive city of Lahore

The director sports came with some of its start atheletes to the DHA ground where the coaches and palayers were given a introduction to rugby and were able to watch the ongoing Pakistan team Camp and games He has asked Pru to Give it coaching and technical assistance and pledged to start rugby not only at the university level but to also introduce rugby in the university own games

University of Punjab will be taking part in the up coming Inter varsity rugby championship which is hosted by HEC under the technical supervision of Pakistan rugby union

This year’s intervarsity rugby championship will be the 2nd intervarsity with over 12 universities taking part

 

 

 

 

Sharjah 10s

 

Pakistan players shine for Dubai club and win Sharjah 10s

Four Pakistan national team players that are in Dubai for studies and work are playing for
The top premiership club Toa Dubai rugby club.

Over the weekend the toa club won the sharjah 10s and the Four Pakistani players were stars
The players shiraz Niazi  Adnan Niazai , Azmat niazi all thre players when in Pakistan play for Islamabad jins rugby club
And Sair Riaz plays for Punjab and Lahore rams

The shajah 10s had 25 teams competing from across the gulf consisting mostly of Expats from rugby playing
countries such as England Somoa Australia and New zealand
The competition is off the highest stands Just to be selected to play in the top club in the UAE rugby premier league is an honor
The toa team consist of mainly somoas and include the All Black legend Christian Cullen and Ex-Samoan international Trevor Leota.

Sair Riaz stood out as he got a try in thes emi  final all other Pakistani players also contributed during the tournament by scouring for the toa team
 and Azmat Niazi was declared the man of the tournament .  
The final was a hard fought match with toa defeating abu dhabi 7-0
In the semi final they beat a south African side 36-0
In the group games sri lanka linons 28-0 , uae wash 12-7

President  Pakistan rugby union fawzi khawaja praised the three boys of their performance and congratulated them on the win and said he looks forward to bringing the experience when they Come to play for Pakistan in the upcoming Asian 5 nations .

 

 

 

South Punjab Rugby

Pakistan Rugby Union

Muzzafargur upset favorites to Win Gold at South Punjab Rugby

The  Host muzzafargurgh district team won the 1st Quaid-I-Azam south Punjab rugby championship in Muzzafurgharh.  Multan favorites dominated the tournament winning all pool games but in the final were beaten by the hosts. In what will be a final to Remember with both teams even at half time in the end Muzafgurgh  edged out Multan 12 points to 7 a great performance by M. Basit who was the highest scorer in the tournament  and his performance in the final helped him become the man of the final and the tournament .

M Bsit who is also a member of the Railway team also preformed extremely well in the recently held Inter department rugby championship in Karachi

Punjab Rugby Association were co host of  the 1st Quaid-I-Azam South Punjab rugby championship District rugby association Muzafurgurh were the co hosting and the Pakistan rugby s provided referees and technical officials In the Opening ceremony chief guest was Jamshed Ahmed Khan Dasti MNA he gave 5 thousand cash prize to Muzargurh district rugby association 

8 district teams will take part in the tournament will take part in this tournament  2 teams form muzzafrguh , and a team each from Multan , vheari . lodran , bukkher , khaniwal and kot addu.
It was  the biggest tournament ever held in south Punjab

 the winning 2 teams Multan and Muzzargurh have now made a place for them selfs in the all Punjab district championship to be held  in Lahore  in august.

closing ceremony Mr. Khusheed ahmed khan DCO MUZAFFAR GRAH WAS chief guest who appriotated  the spirit of the game and gave away prizes  .  

The results of the tournament final
Winners Muzafurgurgh
Second Multan
3rd Bhakur

RESULTS
FINAL MATCH
MULTAN V/S MUZAFFAR GRAH WINNER MUZAFFAR GRAH 12-5

MAN OF THE MATCH final  M. BASIT, 
HIGH SCORER M. BASIT
MAN OF THE TOURNAMMENT M. BASIT
NEW YOUNG TALENT M. AMIR CHANDIYO OF D.G KHAN
BEST TACKLER M. ASIM OF BHAKAR

 

 

PRU A5N Central Zone Camp

Pakistan Rugby union Concluded the last of three Camps that covered North South and central Zones with the central zone camp at DHA Rugby stadium in Lahore . the Lahore camp was part of the first stage of the Selection process for the National and development squad teams.

In the first stage Elete players were forwarded by all members of the Pakistan rugby union a total of 120 players tried out in three camps over the last month North Islamabad, South Karachi and Central in Karachi
Players from department were also given a chance at the All Pakistan inter department championships.

Through this process the boys will be selected to  3 squads  30 boys for Development team
30 boys  Pakistan Purples and 30 boys will Pakistan Blues the blues and purples will play by monthly camps from now on this will give a chance for the top 60 pakistan top rugby players to play against each other regularly . this with the ongoing super league should make sure the paksitan team will be ready for there matches in the HSBC Asian 5 nations.

The central zone camp was attended by Players from All over Punjab , Police , Wapda , HEC , Lums, Lahore rfc and DHA rugby Club

National Team coach and head selector Mr. Rizwan Malik commenting on the camps and selection process said “this year we are seeing that all the players have improved from last year and are  playing at a of a higher caliber even at this stage and the selection process will get harder for the selection committee . We still have a long way to go to be ready for our games but we have the potential for a good team this year.

 

 

 

Pakistan Inter department Championsip 2011

Army dominate Inter department Championsip 2011

Army take gold

Wapda Bronze

Police take silver

 

New to Rugby Navy Showed some great rugby and will be one of the leading programs in Pakistan Three of there coaches have already done level 1
As host they of the 1st inter department rugby tournament they were orgainsed and great hosts

Railways rugby team had a great tournment comming 3rd in the Pool games and in the first game of the tournament upset the police team but lack of experince showed when they lost to police in the bronze medela game

Pakistan Army won Pakistan Inter- Department Rugby championship 2011, at the Karsas Naval Base in Karachi on Sunday 30th January 2011. The Tournament is being organized with the collaboration of Pakistan Rugby Union, Pakistan Navy and Sind Rugby Association.


The Inter- Department Rugby championship is featerd 5 departments namely Pakistan Army, Pakistan Police, Wapada, Pakistan Railways and Pakistan Navy. Some great matches with teamwork as well as individual performances were witnessed by an enthralling crowd.


In the final Pakistan Army won comprehensively by 31-0 beating wapada who took the silver tropehy . Army totally dominateding winning all there matches to qualify for the final, wapada the other team qualify the final

.
The great naval staduim was full with a great crowd who supported both teams and splendid play by both teams.


Player of tournament and highest scorer Imran Arshad from army.
Chief Guest COMKAR (Commander Karachi) Navy Rear Admiral Syed Khawer Ali and Sec Gen of Pakistan rugby union Arif saeed distributed prizes.
All high officials from all 5 departments are also come on that occasion.

Match results

1st match Police vs Railway 0   17
2nd match Army vs Wapada  19 5
3rd match Police vs Navy  19 7
4th match Wapada vs Railway  26 17
5th Police vs Army 0 45
6th match Navy vs Railway 7 26

Wapada beats navy by 12-5
Army beats Railway by 40-0
Wapada beats police by 19-14
Army beats Navy by 24-0

Army beats wapada 31-0

5th place Navy
4th Railways
Bronze : Police
Silver : WAPDA
Gold : Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lr2iJr1cQE


North Zone Camp

The first Camp for the selection of the Pakistan National and Development Squad took place in Islamabad .

Players from the KPK rugby Assosiation , Fata Rugby Assosiation , Islambad rugby Assosiation and Army were invited to the event .

It was a very well attended event with 50 of the top players from the north zone takeing part.

the players were divided into two teams which competed against each other . and 4 games were played

in the following week

 

 

 

2011 Rugby Year

 

Pakistan Rugby Union President Fawzi Khawaja and Secretary Arif Saeed Officially launched the Rugby Year 2011 at a press conference at a Local  Hotel the launch coincides with the Asian Rugby Football Union launch of the Asian Rugby flagship tournament the HSBC Asian 5 nations in Hong Kong



Arif saeed explained how the PRU has increased the number and type of Rugby  events taking place this year and will cover all aspects of rugby.

Fawzi Khawaja explained how “Pakistan rugby union will be  consternating on both aspects of games Rugby 15 and Rugby 7s. Rugby 15 is being the traditional sports and rugby 7s which is gaining increasing popularity having being introduced in Olympics from 2016 Olympics and also being part of Asian games and common wealth games. It is a exciting Year as this year as this year the  Rugby World cup will also take place in New Zealand this year from Oct-Nov and will help highlight the game of rugby.

Accordingly PRU decided to make this the year of rugby in Pakistan. The planned activities are including rugby at all junior rugby, senior Rugby, varsity rugby, provincial and departmental rugby.

 

In order to promote the 15 a side game and give the players more games and  exposure to the 15s game  the first initiative is a PRU domestic  super 15  league ,      games will be spread all over the country with 8 club teams from Lahore 9 division teams from Punjab , 5  teams from departments and provinces plus super clubs Lahore , Karachi , Islamabad taking part, the 8 Lahore clubs has already started with teams playing games every weekend at the Garrison degree collage ground, the fixtures draws and time table for the rest of theazadi cup matches is being finalized  and will be sent out by the 1st of February with gamestaking place every weekend till June .  National final of the super 15 league will take place in conjunction with the 3rd Annual AZADI cup festivities on 14th august 2011.

The First Major event of the season will take place in Karachi Sindh under the auspices of Pakistan Rugby Union Pakistan Navy and Sind rugby association will be hosting the Inter department rugby championship, in which 5 departments taking part.  Army , police Wapda , Pakistan Railways and Navy. With railways and Navy competing for the first time it is a great opportunity to see the departments competing for the glory of the best rugby department of the nation, Pakistan rugby union scouts will also be on hand to search for talent for the national team.

This weekend the first of  camps are also being set up for the Pakistan national team selection and trials, camp will be held in Karachi , Lahore and in Islamabad . this will kick start  PRU campaign   to win the HSBC Asian 5 Nations DIV III and move to DIV II  PRU is holding 15 camps from now till june currently 100 players have been shortlisted which will be taken down to 23

This year the HSBC Asian 5 Nations div III will have Pakistan , Guam , Indonesia and China , Pakistan first match will be against Guam Pakistan plans to win this and get promoted to DIV II

Calendar of events 2011

  • A5N camps Jan-june 15 weekend camps
  • Super XV League January –June 2011
  • 2nd, Intervarsity Rugby Championship March 2011
  • Inter Department 7’s A-Side Rugby Championship January 2011
  • Inter Department 15’s A-Side Rugby Championship February 2011
  • Garrison’s 10’s Rugby Championship February 2011
  • Inter Provincial 15’s A-Side Rugby Championship March 2011
  • Referee’s and Technical Official’s Course March 2011 Aug 2011
  • Junior National 15’s A-Side Rugby Championship Under-21 March 2011
  • 20th, All Pakistan National Rugby Championship April 2011
  • Coaches Training course ( rugby Ready) April –June –Aug-Oct –Dec 2011
  •  Summer camp for juniors
  • HSBC A5N International Tour (China TBC)  June
  • DHA 10s championship
  • Interschool championship
      • North (Islamabad) /South (Karachi) / Punjab (Lahore /Bawalnager)
  • Lums Unversevens event  (university sevens invitational event)
  • 3rd annual AZADI cup  (final of Super league)
  • Lahore 10s international club championship august
  • 4th Lahore inter schools games rugby event
  • Asian 7s series    September-November
  • Dubai 7s club tour December

**Provincial and departmental internal/ district / division /school  events have not been included in this calendar

Media Coverage By Local Media

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Islambad Wins first test

 

The Pakistan rugby union calendar kicked of with  a friendly  test  featuring the top two ranked super league teams Islamabad Jins playing Lahore Rams . the first game was played in Lahore at the DHA Rugby stadium.

The islmbad jins hungry for victory traveled with there full squad the jins were captained by Sahir Aslam while Manan Nassem was the captain for lahore

After a  competative first half with each team playing fiercely, just before the half time whistle Lahore took the lead scoring a try, a ball from the 22 was taken by Fauzan and Shakeel into a ruck. A quick turnover by Shakeel got the ball to Babar who scored. The conversion taken by Menaan was no good so the score was five zero to Lahore at half time.

In the second half Islamabad forwards picked up the game and took the game to a different level by continuously attacking the Lahore forwards. Multiple phases of the rucks paids off by Islamabad scoring a try, the conversion was missed so the score was level at five all.
 

In The final munities of the game kasij kawaja of Islamabad jins kicked a penalty   kick to win the game 8-5
Man of the match Islamabad was zeeshan (scooby) and shakeel Ahmed was man  of the match Lahore

 

 

 

 

Lodran Hold 1st district Championsip

Lodran District assosiation held an inter district Rugby CHampionsip under the ausposis of Punjab rugby Assotion

DO paksitan rugby Union Jamal qureshi was on hand to wintess the tournament and Congradulated the assostion president for Holding the tournament and promoting rugby

 

PRU Officals attend Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) AGM in dubai

President PRU Fauzi Khawaja And secetery Mr Arif Saeed at the ARFU AGM in Dubai 2010

 

 

 

 

Garrison model degree collage win inter-collage rugbyare the winner

Garrison model degree collage are winers of the inter-collage rugby event of the 3rd Lahore Inter collegiate  rugby championship 2010 part of the 3rd inter schools and collages games a Multi sport event by doing the garrison school system win both the schools and the collages rugby event the event organized by the Punjab Olympic association and the Punjab rugby association was held on November  4th and 5th at the DHA rugby stadium L block

Garrison won Gold medal  in a very hard fought match against overnment
Higher secondary school jollo mortd  winning by a 22-10 points garrioson was a more organised team with experience . while jolo mortd had great talent but were playing as individuals

The man of the tournament was waqar of Government high school jolo mortd he has also been invited to attend the camp for under 20 Pakistan side

7 collages competed in the 7s format tournament divided in to two pools



Pool A
Defense Degree College R-Block D.H.A
Government collage university Lahore
Unique College Wahdat Road

pool B
superior collage
Government College Jalo Mor
Garrison Post Graduate College Nishat Colony
 Government secondary collage shialimar campus

The bronze medal was by Unique College Wahdat Road who defeated Government
collage university Lahore
The championship was witnessed by a large number of school boys who were
there to support their schools teams

The chief guest was president of Pakistan rugby union Mr. fawzi khawaja
The Pakistan rugby development staff were there aswell Looking for the
talented players and selected a few players for the under 20 and junior
national team.

Final Standings
Gold medal       Garrison Post Graduate College Nishat Colony
Silver Medal      Government College Jalo Mor
Bronze Medal    Unique College Wahdat Road
4th place           Government collage university Lahore

Man of the tournament waqar of  Government College Jalo Mor

The school teachers present also appriated the tournment according to
director sports Unique collage the best organised event with good
refereeing. they also apprtiated the fact that there was refreshments for
the players aswell as first aid and doctors on the field .the live music and
comentry made it a very colorfull event that was enjoyed by all.

As part of the championship the Punjab rugby association sponsored a month
long training course for all the schools and collages with the development
course visiting the schools and collages and giving training courses all
coaches and PTA were also given a special IRB certified course a beginners
guide to rugby

in closing the president fawzi khawaja congratulated all the boys and told
them there is a lot of rugby to play this season with tours going to DUBAI
local tournaments in Lahore Islamabad and Karachi .  there
is also a universities 7s tournament the Unisevens organised by Lums
university.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garrison win Inter schools rugby championship 2010

(Lahore 3rd November 2010) Garrison  Boys High school Cantt are the winner of the 3rd Lahore Inter schools rugby championship 2010 part of the 3rd inter schools and collages games a Multi sport event organized by the Punjab Olympic association was held on November  3rd at the DHA rugby stadium L block
 
In what was a very exciting final Garrison won Gold medal  in a very hard fought match against Government Model High School Model Town
 winning by a small margin of 3 points which was a penalty taken by the man of the tournament Mr. Awais of the Garrison school
 
Eight school  competed in the 7s format tournament divided in to two pools
 
Pool A
Name
Government High School Jalo Mor
Trust School Tokar Niaz Baig
Lord International Gulberg
City School Ravi Campus
Pool B
City School Model Town
Garrison Boys High School Cantt
Government Model High School Model T
Educators Shahdbagh

Pool Matches were held on a round robin bases with the following school qualifying for the semi final Garrison Boys High School Cantt  , Trust School Tokar Niaz Baig    , Government Model High School Model Town  and City School Ravi Campus 
 

 The first semi final was won by Garrison Boys High School Cantt defeating Trust School Tokar Niaz Baig   5-0
And the second semi final was won  by Government Model High School Model Town defeating the City School Ravi Campus by 22-0
 
The bronze medal was by Trust School Tokar Niaz Baig  who defeated City School Ravi Campus 
 
The championship was witnessed by a large number of school boys who were there to support their schools teams 
 The chief guest was president of Punjab rugby association ltd. gen Ashraf Chadrey  who was encouraged by the level of talent and mentioned that in the past 5 the years the level of game in Punjab at the schools as resign  and recommended that a junior Punjab team be formed a number of players were spotted for further coaching and camps
 
The Pakistan rugby development staff were there aswell Looking for the talented players and selected a few players for the under 20 and junior  national team.
 
Final Standings
Gold medal       Garrison Boys High School
Silver Medal      Government Model High School Model Town
Bronze Medal    Trust School Tokar Niaz Baig 
4th place           City School Ravi Campus 
 
Man of the tournament Awais of City School Ravi Campus   Of garrison Boys High school
 
As part of the championship the Punjab rugby association sponsored a month long training course for all the schools and collages with the development course visiting the schools and collages and giving training courses all coaches and PTA were also given a special IRB certified course a beginners guide to rugby
 
Tomorrow the Punjab rugby association will be holding the inter Collage rugby championship with 8  collage  teams featuring in the event with the same format as today.

Rugby 7s Has been included in the 71 Samsung Punjab games

 
Punjab Olympic association is Organizing the 71st Samsung Punjab games which are being held in Lahore from the 1-4th of december his will feature 26 discipline and over 2500 athletes will take part
 
For the first time in history Rugby will be a part of these games. Punjab rugby Association will be incharge of the rugby 7s event . 9 teams resenting all 9 divisions of Punjab will take part in the event .Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur ,saiwal and Dera Ghazi Kha over the last two weeks each division has held camps and district tournaments to select the divisional teams.
 
The strong teams in the tournament will be Lahore  Multan Bawalnager Rawalpindi and gugranwala with all 5 aiming for the gold
 
Rugby inclusion in the Olympic games has paved the way for rugby to be included in multi sport events all across the world earlier this year the National Olympic committee voted for  Rugby to be included in the Pakistan National games .
 
Punjab Rugby is the current national champions and has the biggest rugby program in the country with almost 24 districts of Punjab playing rugby at a competitive level 
with the top 10 districts providing the core of the players for the National games
 
Punjab rugby association was founded in 2005 under the auspices of Pakistan rugby union .and in the last 5 years has hosted 1 Asia level tournament with 14 international teams taking part has a full youth program with annual competition for under 14 and under 17 along with its annual men's district tournament with 18 teams competing
 
the president of Punjab rugby association general asshraf chodery has big goals for rugby in the province and does not want to stop at just all district to have rugby being played in he would like to see rugby being played in every Zillah zone city and mohalla of Punjab

 

ARFU Develpment officer Visit to pakistan

The Pakistan Rugby Union organized a Level 1 & Level 2 Coaching Course for Districts, Universities and Departments (Navy, Army, Wapda, Railway, and Police & HEC) Coaches across Pakistan. Mr. Ismial Kadir from Singapore a Level 3 IRB qualified Coach currently working as the Development officer of Asian Rugby Union is currently in Pakistan to conduct these Courses.

Ismial Kadir properly knows as IZZY has played for the Singapore National Squad for 14 years as center, he has coached the Singapore 7s team and the Indonesian Rugby Team for three years.

Under the arrangement a Level 1 Course was conducted for Districts & Departments. Level 1 course was independently conducted for HEC Sports Directors from Universities across Pakistan.

A Level 2 Course was conducted for existing Couches at an advanced level more focused on enhancing performance of the players.

In all 60 Coaches participated in the Level 1 Course and 20 Coaches benefited from Level 2 Course.

The courses were a mix of classroom and on- the- field modules designed towards Pre- Coaching Preparation Risk Management / Safety, Laws of the Game, Performance Planning, Skill Enhancement of players, Monitoring and Remodeling.

These courses are IRB approved and recognized all over the Rugby World.

Certificates of attendance were distributed at end of the Course by the President Pakistan Rugby Union.

Pakistan Navy Joins the Rugby fraternity

 

The rugby season kicked off in Karachi with the Navy officially starting a rugby program. The Sind rugby association under the auspices  of the Pakistan rugby union has officially begun training the Pakistan Navy coaches and players.


 Pakistan Navy is already a member of the Pakistan rugby union but has not officially taken part competition due to lack of qualified coaches in the navy , Sind rugby association has taken the initiated by running the Train the trainers course  .

Led by Khurram khawja who is Pakistan rugby treasurer and Former LUMS rugby and Pakistan national team player Ahmed Mumtaz  who recently was part of the National Team that toured Malaysia for the asian 5 nations championship where they came runners up. These two along with other sind veteran players will train the coaches for the navy and will also train a core of 50-60 players

President of Pakistan rugby commented from Lahore that in a recent meeting he held with the naval high ups they have committed to introduce  the game of rugby not only through our the navy but also the Baharia school system which falls under them .

This is a great landmark for rugby in Pakistan as this will be the 5th major department to have a full rugby program with fully dedicated rugby coaches and players they will join Army ,Police , HEC and wapda who all have done well in the recent national championship.  
This will also add to the ever increasing rugby population of Pakistan which has gone up to 4000 registered rugby players as well as the growth of rugby in the province of Sind

The Sind rugby association has already announced it will hold an annual national level Beach rugby tournament which will attract rugby teams from all over the country.

Rugby in sind has a lot of history with rugby known to have played in Karachi as early as 1926 when the Karachi Rugby Football Club was formed.

Pakistan rugby union has announced that it will be asking 5 coaches from the navy to Lahore to participate in upcoming international level coaching and officiating courses.

 

azadi cup
AZADI- CUP-2010

Lahore Rams are winners of the 15-a-Side Azadi Cup

Police beat Punjab to take Azadi Men's 7-a-Side Cup
DHA Reds take development 7-a-Side  Cup

Punjab Rugby Association  under the auspices of the Punjab Olympic Association and Pakistan Rugby Union successfully held the Azadi Rugby Cup- Lahore event. Held in a new format combining a 7's tournament with a 15's match as the final event of the evening

Lahore Rams beat the Islamabad Jinns 3-0 the only score was a conversion kick early in the game by Manan Nassem in a close contested match exhibiting great rugby skills from both sides . Lahore’s forward showing great defense against a clearly stronger Islamabad pack who dominated both the scrums and loose play.

The Lahore backs looked great but the Islamabad backs showed resilient defense to keep them from scoring.The game was refereed by Shazad Zafar who commented about how the game was played in great sprit and both teams showed great sportsman sprit. . Mo of Lahore Rams was MCB man of the Azadi Cup  

The Azadi Cup  Men's  7s final saw the shock of the Azadi Cup where the Police team beat the current National Champions Punjab  15-0 with great performances by Babar and Khalid Bhatti

The Azadi 7s Development Cup had 8 Lahore based clubs and the crowd enjoyed a great festival of games with DHA Reds wining the final . DHA Rugby Club President Tariq Niazi who also helped iorganize the tournament was thrilled by DHA Reds performance, Ahsan of Dha Reds was named Rose Petal  man of the tournament

The chief guest was national team coach MR. Rizwan Malik who distributed prizes and trophies to the winning teams , he commented how happy he was to see the level of rugby being played.

The Azadi cup continues till the 14th of August with more Events in other cities of Punjab.

Results
Azadi Cup XV's
Final : Lahore Rams 3 vs Islamabad Jinns 0
Azadi Departmental Cup7's
Final :Pakistan Police 15 Punjab 0
Azadi Cup Development 7's Event
Final : DHA Reds 15 Garission Club 0

 

azadi cup
AZADI- CUP-2010

Azadi Cup Countdown

7th to14th aug 2010

Paksitan Rugby is preparing for the Bigest rugby festval of Pakistan the Azadi Cup 2010

Azdi cup 2servis

Pakistan rugby union has plans to celebrate the independence day of Pakistan and to promote sports and cultural activities, is holding the “The Azadi Rugby week” between the 7-14th august 2009

Punjab rugby association is taking the lead in organizing the Main event in lahore where The venue for the Main Event is DHA L block stadium. Entrance is free in the general stands we except a  day of watching exciting rugby played in a festive family atmosphere. The tournament final  will be played in the evening, under floodlights, with a DJ and live commentary. 

the event is will take place on saturday 7th of august . the first half of the tournament will be a 7 side tournament

Lahore , DHA , Police , BNU , Lums , Black Panthers ,AIT , Garrasonions , more teams to be confirmed

The final of the lahore event is

Islam bad Jins vs Lahore Rams

Islam bad are defending champions of the Azadi cup

 

Other events happening in conjunction with the azadi cup

Sind
Karachi   Azadi sind tournament
Balocsitan
Quetta Azadi Balocsitan cup
Khyber puktunkha
Peshawar    Azadi Khyber cup – FATA VS NWFP
South Punjab
Bawalnager-bawalpur    South district azadi cup
Bawalpur -  First ever Women’s touch rugby tournament
Multan   Multan district azadi cup
Muzafagurh rugby cup
Punjab central
Gujranwala Gujranwala district azadi cup
Punjab other district games under works

 

 

GARISSON TAKKERS RC

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

t
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 7s
The 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