Development Work in Punjab

 

IRB rugby Ready Course being given at Islamia University Bawawalpur By PRU develpment officer and coach

Punjab , wapda , islambad oringe , Army top the pools in the 19th National rugby Championship Pool matches

19 th National rugby Championship

Results day 1
Pool matches

Saturday 24th April 2010

Team vs Team Score winner
1 Punjab Vs HEC 22-5 punjab
2 wapda Vs NWFP 29-5 wapda
3 Islambad Vs Army 7-26 army
4 police Vs FATA 17-0 police
5 Punjab Vs Balohistan 42-0 punjab
6 wapda Vs Sind 12-0 wapda
7 Islambad Vs PUNJAB B 14-12 islambad
8 police Vs Islambad B 5-7 islambad b
9 HEC Vs Balohistan 10-0 HEC
10 NWFP Vs Sind 5-5 draw
11 Army Vs PUNJAB B 17-0 army
12 FATA Vs Islambad B 17-10 islambad b


Punjab , wapda , islambad oringe , 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 wapda Vs C2 Islambad green 11:20
C1 ARMY Vs B2 NWFP 11:40
D1 Islambad oringe Vs A2 HEC 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 final
the 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 Rugby Union National Championship 24th & 25th April 2010, Islamabad;

Pakistan Rugby Union National Championship 24th & 25th April 2010, Islamabad;

POLICE | PUNJAB | ARMY | WAPDA | HEC | NWFP | SIND | FATA | BALOCHISTAN | ISLAMABAD

Lums university Rugby team wins bowl championship in France

Lillie France (12th April)

Lums(Lahore University of Management Science ) rugby team is in France to play in the Business school rugby tournament , some of the most prestigious schools in the world are competing on the rugby field during the French Riviera Rugby Sevens organized jointly by Skema Business School, created with the fusion of the ESC Lille and CERAM, and the association Passion Ovale the tournament started on the 8th and the finals were held today 12th April
The news we just received from France is that the Lums team defeated Edos from Spain 24-0 winning the Bowl competition
the Lums university also won the Fair play trophy for showing gentlemanly sprit and heart on the field
teams in the tournament
England Aston
France Skema ENSTA
Ireland Limerick
Japan Waseda
Kenya Strathmore
Switzerland Lausanne
Pakistan LUMS
Roumania Cluj
Scotland Edinburgh
Spain ESADE

Pakistan XV camps to be held all over Pakistan

Pakistan Rugby Union will be holding camp/trials for Rugby 15s for its national team
in 5 cities on Sunday

Lahore For (Punjab Central south, Lahore , Police , Army , HEC , Wapda)
Karachi For (Karachi , Sind , Baluchistan , Navy)
Islamabad For ( Islamabad , NWFP , FATA )
Bawlnager (Multan , bawalpur , bawalnager , fort abas)

The trials details please contact

Info@paksitanrugby.com

Or visit The PRU website www.pakistanrugby.com

Details of overseas trials will be updated by Saturday

This India-Pakistan rivalry is not about cricket!

This India-Pakistan rivalry is not about cricket!: "This India-Pakistan rivalry is not about cricket!
April 5th, 2010 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS -
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) C’mon Pakistan, C’mon! The hoarse cry in chorus draws attention to the rugby turf as the team from across the border charges on to the field, proud and conscious of being watched in the backyard of their traditional rivals India."

Pakistan Rugby Sevens Team takes 6th position

Pakistan Rugby Sevens Team took 6th position out of 8 teams in the Asian Rugby Sevens Series 2010 Event held in New Delhi on April 2-3 , 2010.
Pakistan’s performance can be termed ‘Just Satisfactory’ contributing factors being the team was not sure if it could travel at all and reached Delhi the night before the tournament have received its visa’s and noc two days before the Event ( The effort s of the President of the Pakistan Olympic Association and the Secretary Sports Ministry of Finance are duly acknowledged ) , Pakistan was also placed in a tough Group with Malaysia, Sri-Lanka and Kazakhstan evident from the fact that these countries took 1st , 2nd and 3rd position in the Event respectively.
Pakistan reached the final of the bowl competition by beating Uzbekistan 17-7 points after having lost all three of its group matches.
The Bowl final against Iran would have been a close contest ( Pakistan had beaten Iran 19-17 in the Bowl semi-final in Sri-Lanka last November ), however two Pakistan players were Red carded early in the game , playing with 5 players against 7 opposing was no contest and Pakistan lost 47-0 to Iran this time.
This is the second Sevens event Pakistan has participated on the Asian circuit which has been a very useful exposure to the young squad , about 20 players have been selected and are being trained for the Seven-a-side format , the players have the speed and individual skills to compete at the Asian level, however better training is needed and efforts are being made to acquire the services of an internationally experienced Coach.
The International Rugby Union has shown keen interest to support development of Rugby in Pakistan ,
The introduction of an experienced Coach will boost the quality of Rugby in the country and help to develop local coaches from provincial / departmental teams.

Multan blues win "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.

Rugby 7s now a National Games sport

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. The

in the last 10 year the rugby playing populations has increased exponentially due to the efforts of PRU rugby was initially played by expats and a few locals . now has a playing population of more ever before made up of all local players who are actively playing and is played in all areas of Pakistan from the beaches of Karachi to the small town of NWFP and fata, from the deserts of southern Punjab to foothills of the margla mountains in the capital . junior rugby is also flourishing with new schools and universities entering PRU tournaments and starting there own rugby programs part every. The IOC decision to include rugby in the Olympics in 2016 also played a part in the acceptance of PRU bid to add rugby

The opening ceremony of the 31st National Games would be held here at Qayyum Sports Complex on March 25, 2010, The men's events are athletics, hockey, swimming, badminton, bodybuilding, boxing, basketball, cycling, football, golf, handball, judo, kabaddi, karate, taekwondo, shooting, squash, rugby 7s, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu.

The women will be taking part in 11 different events like athletics, swimming, badminton, cycling, football, karate, taekwondo, shooting, table tennis and wushu.Women Swimming and Rifle Shooting (Men & Women) which will be held in Islamabad, all the other 20 events will take place in NWFP

even though women rugby is not part of the games Pakistan rugby union is also actively working on its women's rugby development program with women's rugby already started in some universities and schools in Punjab.Iran has a very good rugby program with its national women's team doing well in the Asian circuit and PRU is committed as part of its 4 year strategic plan to develop a full women's rugby program

the National games closing ceremony would be held on March 31, 2010. Pakistan rugby union will be in charge of the rugby event providing the officiating and management

Since hearing this news almost all the Local departments have asked for help in furthering there rugby sports departments

The current national champions are Punjab Rugby association and will be favorites to take the gold , with Islamabad and police team also in close contention this should be a great event

Pakistan Rugby Union

Pakistan Rugby Union
Lahore win islambad 10s

ASIAN RUGBY FOOTBAL UNION

ASIAN RUGBY FOOTBAL UNION: "Iran Annual Olympiad includes Mens and womens Rugby 7s"