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]
| 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 | ||
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
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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
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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
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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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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.