India women's national rugby sevens team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national rugby sevens team.
India Women's Sevens
UnionRugby India
CoachPaul Delport[1]
CaptainShikha Yadav
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0
India women's national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2017 Laos
Silver medal – second place 2019 Indonesia
Silver medal – second place 2022 Indonesia
Silver medal – second place 2023 Qatar
Silver medal – second place 2024 Nepal

The India women's national sevens rugby union team is India's national representative in Rugby sevens.

History

Sevens was first played in India in 1886 at the Khajjiar Gymkhana.[2]

They played their first international sevens rugby at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where they finished seventh. India competed at the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in the Trophy division and placed second overall.[3][4]

India were runners-up at the 2023 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament in Dubai.[5][6] They finished as runners up again in the same competition in 2024 this time held in Kathmandu.[7]


Previous squad

Squad to Squad at 2010 Asian Games[8]

  • Sitara Indramohan
  • V. Boman Bharucha
  • Niharika Bal
  • Bhagyalaxmi Barik
  • Neha Pardeshi
  • Surabhi Date
  • Tapasi Nandi
  • Sutapa Das
  • Kalpana Das
  • Sheetal Maurya
  • Annapurna Bothate
  • Yogita Marathe

Tournament history

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year Position P W L D PF PA PD
China 2010 7th 6 1 5 0 26 206 -180
South Korea 2014 Did not compete
Indonesia 2018 Did not compete
China 2022 7th 4 0 4 0 7 122 -115
Total 1/3 10 1 9 0 33 328 -295

Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy

Won Lost
2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
17 February Laos Laos Laos 22–7 Win
17 February Laos  Philippines 12–5 Win
17 February Laos Nepal Nepal 43–0 Win
17 February Laos Malaysia Malaysia 26–12 Win
18 February[9] Laos Pakistan Pakistan 5–0 Win
18 February Laos  South Korea 0–29 Loss
2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
20 October Brunei Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 5–10 Loss
20 October Brunei Nepal Nepal 43–0 Win
20 October Brunei  Philippines 12–17 Loss
21 October Brunei Pakistan Pakistan 43–0 Win
21 October[10] Brunei Indonesia Indonesia 30–0 Win
21 October Brunei Laos Laos 31–10 Win
2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
10 August Indonesia Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 34–0 Win
10 August Indonesia  Guam 29–14 Win
11 August Indonesia  Philippines 12–19 Loss
11 August[11] Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia 21–17 Win
2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
6 August Jakarta Mongolia Mongolia 39–0 Win
6 August Jakarta  Guam 26–21 Win
6 August Jakarta  Iran 21–0 Win
7 August Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia 12–17 Win
7 August[12] Jakarta  Singapore 5–17 Loss
2023 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
3 November Doha Mongolia Mongolia 36–0 Win
3 November Doha  Guam 14–7 Win
4 November Doha  Iran 34–0 Win
4 November[13] Doha  United Arab Emirates 5–26 Loss
2024 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Date Location Opposition Score Result
4 October Nepal  Sri Lanka 29–10 Win
4 October Nepal Indonesia Indonesia 17–10 Win
4 October Nepal  Iran 20–0 Win
5 October Nepal  Guam 24–7 Win
5 October[14] Nepal  Philippines 5–7 Loss

References

  1. ^ "Senior Women's Team Confirmed as India Set for Historic Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series Debut". Rugby India. 11 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Scotland to India: the spread of Sevens". June 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Indian Rugby sevens teams all set for Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". Asia Rugby. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ^ "'The fairy tale has just begun' - Indian women on a high after Asian sevens silver". ESPN.com. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ^ Nag, Utathya (2023-11-05). "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2023: Indian women win silver, men finish fifth". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ^ "Indian women's rugby team finishes runners-up at Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". thebridge.in. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  7. ^ "Formidable: Indian women's team clinch silver in Asia Rugby Sevens in Kathmandu".
  8. ^ Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (2009). "Team Members". Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2017 – Laos 7s".
  10. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2018".
  11. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2019".
  12. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2022".
  13. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2023".
  14. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2024".


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