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Mike Pirrit Appointed Head Coach Paksitan Team
Lahore beat Faisalabad 38-0 in the final of the Punjab Games Rugby Event 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 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 Position Games Pool games
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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
2nd Intervarsity Rugby Championship Lahore 24th March 2011 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 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 Over the weekend the toa club won the sharjah 10s and the Four Pakistani players were stars The shajah 10s had 25 teams competing from across the gulf consisting mostly of Expats from rugby playing 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 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 .
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 . 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. 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 RESULTS MAN OF THE MATCH final M. BASIT,
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 Through this process the boys will be selected to 3 squads 30 boys for Development team 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.
Army dominate Inter department Championsip 2011 Army take gold Wapda Bronze Police take silver
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.
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Match results 1st match Police vs Railway 0 17 Wapada beats navy by 12-5 Army beats wapada 31-0 5th place Navy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lr2iJr1cQE
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
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
**Provincial and departmental internal/ district / division /school events have not been included in this calendar Media Coverage By Local Media
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. In The final munities of the game kasij kawaja of Islamabad jins kicked a penalty kick to win the game 8-5
Lodran Hold 1st district Championsip
PRU Officals attend Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) AGM in dubai
Garrison model degree collage win inter-collage rugbyare the winner |
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 the
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.
Lodran District assosiation held an inter district Rugby CHampionsip under the ausposis of Punjab rugby Assotion
President PRU Fauzi Khawaja And secetery Mr Arif Saeed at the ARFU AGM in Dubai 2010
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 7 collages competed in the 7s format tournament divided in to two pools
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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 partFor 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
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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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Lahore Rams are winners of the 15-a-Side Azadi Cup
Police beat Punjab to take Azadi Men's 7-a-Side Cup |
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. 
Pakistan Navy Joins the Rugby fraternity
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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.
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Paksitan Rugby is preparing for the Bigest rugby festval of Pakistan the Azadi Cup 2010
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
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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. |
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Queens baton Ceromoney wagha border |
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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. |
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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.
Pakistan Runners up in HSBC Div II in Indonesia |
[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 3rd/4th Place Playoff: SCORING: Semi final 2 Semi final 1 Pakistan (13): Manan Naseem (2P, 1C), Sahir Aslam (1T) |
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 . 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 |
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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.
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 |
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.
Pakistan National Championship
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
Punjab , wapda , islambad , Army top the pools in the 19th National rugby Championship Pool matches Sunday games will start off with the quarter finals
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 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 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
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
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 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.
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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 .
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Islamic University Bahawalpur
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DHA Blues |
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ISlambad |
Lums |
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Lahore Rams |
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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
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Islamabad orange |
Bheria university |
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Bhawalnager |
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Pakistan Army |
Lahore Rams |
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Host Islambad Jinns |
Lahore Rugby Football Club |
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Rugby 7s
now a
National
Games sport
Rugby
7s will be
played in
the Pakistan
31st
National
Games
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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
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IRB
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President
PRU,
Fawzi
Khawaja
Attends
IRB
General
Assembly In Dublin Ireland |
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Gustavo
Zerbino
Stajano,
President
Uruguay
Rugby
Union,
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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)
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From Islamabad
Rugby Association Kashif Khawaja( Captain )
From Punjab Rugby Association Shakeel Ahmed, Umer Islam and Umer Usman ( Vice Captain), M Tahir , Sair Riaz
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Waseem Abbas ( Bahawalnagar),
Coach on
Tour Mr. Anwar Zafar
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| 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
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TEAM: PLAYERS: 24 |
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SHIRT NO. |
FAMILY NAME |
FIRST NAME |
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1. LOOSE HEAD |
Mohammad Hashim |
Hashim |
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2. HOOKER |
Ahsan Riaz |
Ahsan |
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3. TIGHTHEAD |
Ahsan Ilyas |
Ahsan |
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4. LOCK |
Waqar Javaid (vice captain) |
Waqar |
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5. LOCK |
Khawar Ashraf |
Khawar |
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6. FLANKER |
Romail Ashraf Qureshi |
Romail |
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7. FLANKER |
Mustafa Mehdi |
Mehdi |
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8. NO 8 |
Bilal Khan (Captain) |
Bilal |
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9. SCRUM HALF |
Umair Javed Mustaq |
Umair |
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10. OUTSIDE HALF |
Ahsan Tariq Manzoor |
Ahsan |
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11. WING |
Mian Ali Shan |
Ali |
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12. CENTRE |
Areeb Ali |
Areeb |
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13. CENTRE |
Saad Arif Bashir |
Saad |
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14. WING |
Syed Haroon Shah |
Haroon |
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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.)
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Time |
Game |
Team |
Team |
Score |
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14.00 |
SF Bowl (1) |
GDC |
GCU |
28 – 0 |
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14.20 |
SF Bowl (2) |
UVAS |
BU |
0 – 28 |
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14.40 |
SF Plate (3) |
UCL |
FAGDC |
5 – 10 |
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15.00 |
SF Plate (4) |
UMT |
PAC |
12 – 0 |
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15.20 |
SF Cup (5) |
LUMS |
FAST |
17 – 0 |
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15.40 |
SF Cup (6) |
IUB |
LUMS G |
34 – 5 |
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16.00 |
3rd/4th Bowl |
GCU |
UVAS |
28 – 0 |
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16.20 |
Final Bowl |
GDC |
BU |
15 – 10 |
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16.40 |
3rd/4th Plate |
UCL |
PAC |
7 – 10 |
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17.00 |
Final Plate |
FAGDC |
UMT |
7 – 20 |
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17.20 |
3rd/4th Cup |
FAST |
LUMS Green |
5 – 0 |
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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.)
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Time |
Pool |
Team |
Team |
Result |
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15.00 |
A |
LUMS |
UCL |
15 – 0 |
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15.20 |
B |
UMT |
IUB |
5 – 29 |
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15.40 |
C |
FAGDC |
FAST |
0 – 10 |
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16.00 |
D |
PAC |
LUMS G |
5 – 12 |
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16.20 |
A |
GDC |
LUMS |
0 – 45 |
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16.40 |
B |
UVAS |
UMT |
0 – 28 |
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17.00 |
C |
GCU |
FAGDC |
0 – 5 |
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17.20 |
D |
BU |
PAC |
0 – 12 |
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17.40 |
A |
UCL |
GDC |
7 – 5 |
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18.00 |
B |
IUB |
UVAS |
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