Bangladesh women's national rugby union team
| Nickname(s) | Green Tigers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem | Green Tigers | ||
| Union | Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union | ||
| Head coach | Beili Akter | ||
| Captain | Ferdous Alam | ||
| Home stadium | Bangladesh Army Stadium | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | NR (as of 20 March 2023) | ||
| First international | |||
Bangladesh  0–28  Indonesia (at Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 August 2019) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Did not win yet | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Bangladesh 0–28  Qatar (at Chennai, India, 11 August 2019) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | DNQ | ||
The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team represents Bangladesh in women's international rugby union.[1] The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup Women's.[2][3] The team participating Asian rugby tournaments.[4]
Team image[edit]
Nicknames[edit]
The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team has been known or nicknamed as "Green Tigers".
Home stadium[edit]
The team play its home matches on the Bangladesh Army Stadium and others stadiums.
History[edit]
The Bangladesh women's national rugby union team formed on 18 February 2015 and its very young rugby team in Asia.[5] The nation yet to qualify in the Asian level rugby tournament also Women's Rugby World Cup. They have participated in 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series which finished ninth position.[6]
Players[edit]
- As of 7 August 2019
The squad were played last 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| S/N | Player | Position | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kobita Roy | Hooker | Bangladesh
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| 2 | Beli Akter (c) | Hooker | Bangladesh
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| 3 | Mst Rupiya Akter | Prop | Bangladesh
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| 4 | Mst Rubina Akter | Prop | Bangladesh
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| 5 | Runa Akter | Prop | Bangladesh
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| 6 | Nisha Akter | Prop | Bangladesh
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| 7 | Rumi Akter | Lock | Bangladesh
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| 8 | Rekha Akter | Lock | Bangladesh
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| 9 | Most Mohosina Akter Lota | Lock | Bangladesh
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| 10 | Alisha Islam | Lock | Bangladesh
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| 11 | Ariya Islam | Prop | Bangladesh
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Results & fixtures[edit]
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2019[edit]
| Indonesia was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh . | 10 August 2019 | Indonesia
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28–0 | Bangladesh
|
Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia | |
| 11:14 |
| Laoa was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh. | 10 August 2019 | Laos 
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28–0 | Bangladesh
|
Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia | |
| 14:21 |
| South Korea was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh. | 11 August 2019 | Bangladesh
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0–28 |  South Korea
|
Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia | |
| 16:44 |
| Qatar was awarded as winner of game due to walk over Bangladesh. | 11 August 2019 | Qatar
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28–0 | Bangladesh
|
Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Indonesia | |
| 11:10 |
Overall records[edit]
The match record against all nations, updated to 11 August 2019, is as follows.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Indonesia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| South Korea
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Laos
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
Competitive records[edit]
Rugby World Cup[edit]
| Rugby World Cup record | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | ||||
 1991 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
 1994
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 1998
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 2002
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 2006
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 2010
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 2014
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 2017
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 2021
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| 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||||||
 2029
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 2033
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| Total | 0/9 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Asian Women's Rugby Championship[edit]
| Asian Women's Rugby Championship record | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | ||||
 2006 |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2007
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 2008
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 2010
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| Total | 0/4 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Asian Women's Rugby Seven Series[edit]
| Asia Rugby Women's Sevens record | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | ||||
  2013 |
Did not participated | |||||||||||
 2014
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 2015
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| 2016
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| 2017
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| 2018
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| 2019 |
First Round | 9th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 112 | ||||
  2021 |
Did not participated | |||||||||||
| Total | 1/8 | 0 Titles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 112 | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Bangladesh Rugby team champs of Bowl Group of Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". The New Nation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union". www.asiarugby.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh RFU staying true to their pledge". www.asiarugby.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Walton Refrigerator Women's rugby: Bangladesh". www.rugbyasia247.com. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE KABITA KEEN TO BE A "ROLE MODEL OF RUGBY" IN BANGLADESH". www.asianrugby.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh footballs first-hat-trick woman now rugby champion". www.dhakatribune.com. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.