Dr Mohammad Hashim, the official physiotherapist with the Pakistan Rugby Union, recently attended a ‘Strength and Conditioning’ course in Dubai.

Dr Mohammad Hashim, the official physiotherapist with the Pakistan Rugby Union, recently attended a ‘Strength and Conditioning’ course in Dubai.

 Conducted by the IRB (International Rugby Board), the course was attended by physiotherapists/coaches from about 10 countries and covered the following topics:

-Screening for fitness

-Long term player development speed training and drills

-Periodization

-Functional Screening

Dr Hashim tells, “All this will help to evaluate and improve players’ fitness, work on their weak areas and help them peak at the right time”.

He also wants to pass on the knowledge gained at the Dubai workshop to local coaches. Dr Hashim plans to hold a workshop in the middle of February for interested coaches and physiotherapists.     

After getting the certificate for this Level 1 course, for which he has to complete an online questionnaire before February 2, Dr Hashim intends to do the Level 2 course as well.           

'Get into Rugby' programme introduced in the Beaconhouse School System"

'Get into Rugby' programme introduced in the Beaconhouse School System"

For the promotion of the game at the grassroot level, International Rugby Board (IRB) has designed a 'Get into Rugby' programme.

Recently, the Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) conducted a course in Islamabad to familiarise the P.E. teachers of the Beaconhouse School System with this programme. That would enable them to teach the sport to the children in their respective branches of the Beaconhouse School System.

The course was run by the PRU's director training Roger Coombs, also the coach of Pakistan's national team, and the development coach Shakeel Ahmad.
Attended by 20 (12 male & 8 female) teachers, the topics included introduction to the game, rules of the game and physical training.
At the conclusion of the two-day course, the participants opined, "The IRB's 'Get into Rugby' programme would go a long way in promoting the game among the school boys and girls, and help popularize rugby in the country."

The 'Get into Rugby' programme was introduced in Pakistan in 2013. In the first stage, introductory courses were conducted in the Southern Punjab towns of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Lodhran and Bahawalnagar.

Now, after Islamabad, soon, similar courses would be run in Lahore and Karachi. They will be held not only for the Beaconhouse School System but several other schools as well.

Arif Saeed, the secretary of the PRU expressed great optimism, "It is our endeavour to see the game flourish in this part of the world. In last few years, rugby has become an established sport in Pakistan. The number of grounds is increasing all the time. Today, many universities and colleges offer sports scholarships to rugby players. With the 'Get into Rugby' programme, thousands of school students would hopefully take up this exciting game".

Islambad Jinns Win First 15s match in 2014

Islamabad Jinns get revenge by winning the first fifteen a side rugby Match 15-5. The match was a warm friendly between the two Top premiere clubs of Pakistan  . Islamabad are last year Service Tyres super 15 cup champions and the  Lahore Rams were Last years Azadi cup champions. The first domestic match of year  twas played at the DHA ground in Lahore and Islamabad took the match 15-5 .

Islamabad Jinns 

Lahore Ramms

Coke-Cola U19 Rugby Championsip 2013   In the first game the Pakitsn under 19 beat the visitng Afghanistan by 44-5 in a grand event held at punjab stadium lahore

Pakistan 44 - Afganistan 5

Lahore and Islamabad clubs gain valued Experience at the Dubai 7s

The Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens Invitation Tournament, is one of the largest annual international rugby events. And the two teams inclusion in this prestigious tournament is Quite a step, the local club teams get a chance to play along side and against some of the best players in the worlds.

Lahore who got invited to play in the International Open category where Teams in this section are highly competitive comprising invited players who compete at international/county/provincial players from around the world found it hard to keep up with the teams but have gained good experience to bring back to the local circuit.



Islamabad playing in the International social category did well to reach the semi final of the plate competition beating Tehran rugby club in the quarter finals on their way in the semi final where they lost to a more experienced Moscow Dragons Russian club side



The Pakistan clubs participation in international tournaments where they compete against some of the best players in the world will only help raise the level of the game in Pakistan

Punjab rugby Association has confirmed participation of 12 schools and 6 collages in the Rugby Event of the 4th Punjab Inter School / college Games 2011. Rugby has been in the games since inception of the games and is becoming even more popular in Punjab especially in the Youth.



The Punjab Rugby association has been working closely with all the schools and collages taking part and has been given them rugby training and coaching.



Pakistan Rugby Union Full time Development Coach Shakeel Ahmed and Assistant coach Fahad ali have divided the schools colleges. In the last few months they have not only worked with the players but also worked with the school’s PTA giving them Coaching drills and skills required to continue the rugby Program for the whole year.



The schools takeing part will be Garrison boys high school Lahore cantt ,Govt model high school model town ,Govt higher secondary school Jalo Mor ,The trust school Amir town Harbuns Pura , The trust school thokhar niaz baig , Lords international school Gulberg-III Lahore ,Unique high school Muslim town Lahore ,The city school , DPS Model Town Lahore , Hamdard Public School , city school Ravi campus, Lord International Gulberg, Educators Shahdbagh





The Colleges takeing part Govt higher secondary School Jalo Mor , Garrison university Lahore ,Unique college wahdat road ,Superior college ,Defense degree college r-block, DHA, FC College,Govt College Of Science Wahdat Road, Lahore





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



This year Garrison schools will again be strong contenders for both schools and collages as Last year in the final of the schools Garrison boys high school won Gold medal in a very hard fought match against Government Model High School Model Town And In the Collages competition Again Garrison won Gold medal beating Higher secondary school jollo mortd winning by a 22-10 points .



The tournament will be held from the 15th -16th of November at the Lahore rugby Ground .

Development Work in Punjab

 

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