14th and 15th of November 2009
With rugby 7s recent inclusion in the Olympic Games, rugby’s popularity is increasing. LUMS is playing its part in promoting rugby among Pakistani universities by hosting the “Universevens”, a universities rugby tournament on the 14th and 15th of November.
This is going to be the biggest university rugby event yet, with the top rugby universities competing. For the past few years, LUMS has been very active in rugby.
Along with holding a national level 15s tournament, the “LUMS Super Six”, LUMS is now actively promoting rugby in other Pakistani universities.
The aim of this tournament is to get together national universities that have excelled in sporting activities and develop its players’ rugby skills. The tournament will be played in the Sevens format, a variant of rugby union played in the same field with only seven players per side, and with each match lasting 14 minutes.
This year 12 teams will be participating in the Universevens, namely, Bahria University, Fort Abbas Degree College, Garrison Degree College, Government College University, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Islamic University Bahawalpur, LUMS, FAST Islamabad, Professional Academy College, University College Lahore, University of Management and Technology, and the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
On Saturday afternoon the teams will play the qualifying rounds in four pools, with the finals happening on Sunday afternoon. The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) will be providing referees and match officials for this tournament.
Later this month, several LUMS rugby players will be traveling to Sri Lanka as members of the Pakistan National Sevens squad, to play in the IRB sanctioned Asian rugby 7s series. This tournament is a qualifier for Asian countries to compete in the prestigious IRB 7s circuit that leads to the Rugby 7s World Cup.
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