Pakistan national rugby union team

The Pakistan national rugby union team represents Pakistan in international rugby union. Pakistan is a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. As of 2012, they will play in Division IV of the Asian championships, having been relegated from Division III in 2012.

Pakistan
UnionPakistan Rugby Union
Nickname(s)The Greenshirts
Ground(s)Pakistan Rugby Academy, Outside Askari X, Lahore
Coach(es)Malik Shakeel Ahmed
Team kit
First international
 Sri Lanka 75–3 Pakistan 
(27 October 2003)
Largest win
 Pakistan 24–3 Philippines 
(7 June 2006)
Largest defeat
 India 92–0 Pakistan 
(14 June 2008)

In the 19 March 2012 IRB World Rankings, Pakistan, along with Mexico and Philippines, were listed for the first time, entering with the base rating of 40 points (which positioned the three national teams in 71st place).

The national side is ranked 94th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).

History

The Pakistan national team made their international debut in a match against Sri Lanka in 2003, losing 75-3. They won their first match in 2006 against Guam by 27-22. Recently Pakistan Under-19 Rugby Team participates in South Asian A5N Rugby 7s Championship 2013 and won Gold . They played against Afghanistan and final against India .Daud Gill, Ali Shahid, Ahmad Wasim Akram, Mohammad Owais Akram, Hassan Shah, Danish Aleem, Ayub were some senior Players of the team.

Since their first match, Pakistan have played a total of 20 matches, with only 4 wins and 16 losses.

Pakistan rugby sevens made its international debut at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, in the highly competitive Pool B with matches against China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

Strip

Pakistan play in green jerseys with gold and white trim, manufactured by Teejac Sports.

Record

World Cup

  • 1987 - No qualifying tournament held
  • 1991-1999 - Not into existence
  • 2003-2007 - Did not enter
  • 2011-2019 - Did not qualify

Overall

Against Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
 China10100.00
 Chinese Taipei10100.00
 Guam211050.00
 Iran10100.00
 India60600.00
 Indonesia211050.00
 Kazakhstan10100.00
 Kyrgyzstan1100100.00
 Laos1100100.00
 Lebanon20200.00
 Macau10100.00
 Malaysia10100.00
 Philippines1100100.00
 Sri Lanka10100.00
 Thailand10100.00
 Uzbekistan211050.00
Total26620023.07

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 Asia Rugby Championship.

See also

References


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