India national rugby sevens team explained

The India national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side.India has also qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1]

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

Sri Lanka Rugby 7s

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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 Arabian Gulf
2004
2005 Arabian Gulf
2006
2007
2008

Rugby at the 2006 Asian Games–Group B

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6220725
42115331
2202089

December 10

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41–0
48–0
31–5

Rugby Sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

As the host nation, India received automatic qualification into the Sevens tournament. They were placed in Group B along with giants of the game South Africa, Wales and Tonga.[3] [4]

Group B

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33001095+1049
32019935+647
31024572−275
300312153−1413

October 11, 2010

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56–7
59–0
38–5

Bowl Quarter Final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi | . Cwgdelhi2010.org . 2010-03-23 . 2016-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424053236/http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/# . 2012-04-24 . live .
  2. Web site: Scotland to India: the spread of Sevens. June 2, 2022.
  3. Web site: Aussies to face England in sevens . Abc.net.au . 2010-07-01 . 2016-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111083631/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942581.htm?site=sport&section=rugbyunion# . 2012-11-11 . live .
  4. Web site: RubaiSport . 2011-06-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212301/http://www.rubaisport.com/cwg/?competition=477 . 2011-07-15 .