Charan hembram

Indian Rugby Football Union: The U18 Indian boys' and girls' rugby teams will compete in the Asia Rugby U18 7s Championship to be held between September 28 and 29. The teams, led by Charan Hembram and Vijayshree Rathore, have left for Malaysia after a 30-day national camp that was held in SAI Kolkata.

“Many congratulations to the boys and girls who have made it to the U18 Indian national team. This cohort of players, part of the federation’s age-grade teams, are paramount as they represent the future of rugby in our country and shall be donning the Indian jersey for the first time. We wish them the very best,” said Rahul Bose, president of the Indian Rugby Football Union.

The final squads for the Asia Rugby U18 7s Championship were announced earlier this week and consist of a good mix of formidable debutantes. The boys are pooled with UAE, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia while the girls are competing with UAE, Hong Kong China, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in the preliminary league. The boys will start their campaign against Saudi Arabia while the girls will go head-to-head with Thailand to kickstart their campaign.