New Delhi: The Indian National Rugby Team has qualified to participate in the Asian Rugby Football Union’s upcoming Asian 5 Nations (A5N) Division-III Tournament (West) to be held at the National Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan from 18th – 22nd June, 2014. The final leg of the A5N Div-3 (W) will feature teams from Uzbekistan, Lebanon, India & hosts Pakistan.


The National training camp for preparation and selection of the Indian team was held at the Delhi Public School (R. K. Puram) and at the DDA Ground in Vasant Kunj, Delhi from 1st to 16th June, 2014 and the team will depart for Pakistan on 18th June 2014.

The squad is coached by New Zealander Pale Tauti (who currently plays for the Hong Kong National team and coaches the HK Under-20 team) and Kamaldeep Dagar from the Delhi Police has been named the Captain of the Indian National team for this tournament.

The final team that will travel to Pakistan reflects a good blend of youth and experience and comprises of players from the Indian Army, Police Force and major Rugby playing centres like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar & Bangalore.

‘Fenesta Windows’ is the sponsor of the kit for the Indian Rugby Team.

The Indian National Team:

Forwards: Suresh Sajwan, Parvinder Singh, Mukesh Mankotia, Naresh Kumar, Prashant, Monu Yadav, Sukhdeep Singh, Neeraj Khatri, Surinder Singh, Nitin Dagar, Amit Lochab, Kamaldeep Dagar, Jagga Singh, Shokdender, Balakrishna Vaka.

Backs: Sujai Lama, Gautam Dagar, Rohit Sivach, Bikash Jena, Vikas Khatri, Samser Singh, Deepak Dagar, Uthaya Sankar, Rakesh Lochab, Sumit Singh, Akash Balmiki.
Management: Pale Tauti, Manas Kumar Jena, Nasser Hussain.

The schedule for the tournament will be as follows -

· 19th June – 5:00pm - India v Uzbekistan (SF 1)

· 19th June – 7:00pm - Pakistan v Lebanon (SF 2)

· 22nd June – 5:00pm - Loser SF 1 v Loser SF 2 (3rd/4th Place)

· 22nd June – 7:00pm - Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 (Final)