Rugby India

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{{Infobox sport governing body

|name = Rugby India

|abbrev = IRFU, RI

|logo = Rugby India.png

|sport = Rugby union

|image =

|caption =

|jurisdiction = {{IND}}

|membership = 26

|founded = {{start date and age|1995}}

|aff = World Rugby

|affdate = 1999

|region = Asia Rugby

|regionyear = 1998

|headquarters = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

|president = Rahul Bose{{cite web|title=IRFU Board|url=https://www.indiarugby.com/Home/IRFUBoard|website=Rugby India |access-date=7 January 2022|language=en}}

|chairman =

|chairperson =

|chiefexec =

|vicepresident = {{ubl

| Sanya Mehta

| Parvinder Kumar

}}

|director =

|secretary =

|coach = Waisale Serevi

|womenscoach = Waisale Serevi

|sponsor =

|year closed =

|url = http://www.rugbyindia.in/

|countryflag = India

}}

The Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU), also known as Rugby India is the governing body for sport of rugby union in India.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://indiarugby.com/Home/Profile|website=Rugby India |access-date=1 July 2022|language=en}} It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The federation was founded in 1995 and it became affiliated to World Rugby in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/indian-rugbys-birth-pangs/article29715258.ece|title=Indian rugby’s birth pangs|publisher=Sportstar|date=4 April 2015}}

Rugby India administers all India national teams: men's, women's, men's sevens and women's sevens. It also manages both U20 national teams.

History

Rugby Union in India dates back to a scratch match or two played in Kolkata and Madras during the visit of MS Galatea in 1871. The first recorded match was played on Christmas Day 1872, at CFC Ground in Kolkata, it was played between England and a combined team of Scotland, Ireland and Wales.{{Cite web |last=Union |first=Indian Rugby Football |title=Indian Rugby Football Union |url=https://indiarugby.com/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=indiarugby.com |language=en}}

In 1995 the India Rugby Football Union was founded and in 1999 the IFRU gained association from the International Rugby Board.

In March 2019, former South African player Naas Botha became coach of national team. He accepted the job for short term.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.in/rugby/story/_/id/26405134/naas-botha-accepts-coaching-position-india | title=Naas Botha accepts coaching position with India | date=31 March 2019 }}

Rugby India (RI) organised Asian under 18 tournament in 2018 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. In the tournament 14 nations participated and India finished on 4th position.{{cite web | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/indian-rugby-team-partners-with-odisha-govt-kiit-to-support-high-performance-program20210828224431/ | title=Indian Rugby team partners with Odisha govt, KIIT to support high-performance program }}

Rugby India was founded in 1998. It is sole governing body for rugby in India. It is recognized by Sports ministry of India and affiliated to the World Rugby, the international governing body of the sport in the world.{{cite web | url=https://indiarugby.com/Home/Sponsors | title=Indian Rugby Football Union }}

State Associations

State Associations affiliated with the IRFU.{{cite web |title=State Associations affiliated with IRFU |url=https://rugbyindia.in/state-associations/ |website=Rugby India |access-date=25 April 2024 }}{{cite web |title=IRFU List of Members |url=https://rugbyindia.in/wp-content/uploads/IRFU-List-of-Members.pdf |website=Rugby India |access-date=25 April 2024 }}

=State/UT members=

class="wikitable sortable" ! No. !! Association !! State/UT !! President !! Reg. year
1	Rugby Football Association Andaman Nicobar	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Manju Singh	2021
2	Andhra Pradesh Rugby Association	Andhra Pradesh	T. G. Bharath	2016
3	Rugby Association of Assam	Assam	Ramendra Narayan Kalita	2006
4	Rugby Football Association of Bihar	Bihar	Sanjay Mayukh	2017
5	Chandigarh Rugby Football Association	Chandigarh	Ranjan Sethi	2001
6	Chhattisgarh Rugby Football Association	Chhattisgarh	Kedar Nath Kashyap	2004
7	Rugby Association of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
8	Rugby Association of Delhi	Delhi	Mithun Gaur	2019
9	Goa Rugby Union	Goa	Ashtad Poonawalla	2018
10	Rugby Football Association of Gujarat	Gujarat	Ashok Raval	2015
11	Haryana State Rugby Football Association	Haryana		2009
12	Himachal Pradesh Rugby Association	Himachal Pradesh
13	Jammu & Kashmir Rugby Association	Jammu and Kashmir	Fasil Ali	2021
14	Jharkhand Rugby football Association	Jharkhand	Vishnu Kumar Jalan	2022
15	Karnataka Rugby Football Union	Karnataka	Sanjith Shetty	2006
16	State Rugby Association – Kerala	Kerala	Viju Varma	2015
17	Rugby Football Association – Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh	Anand Pandya	2020
18	Rugby Association of Maharashtra	Maharashtra	Faisal Siddiqui	2010
19	Amateur Rugby Association of Manipur	Manipur	Laipubam Hemochandra Sharma	2001
20	Odisha Rugby Football Association	Odisha	Priyadarshi Mishra	1998
21	Puducherry Amateur Rugby Football Association	Puducherry	N. Kichanane	2018
22	Rugby Association – Punjab	Punjab	Davinder Singh	2015
23	Rajasthan Rugby Association	Rajasthan	P. T. Suresh Mishra	2023
24	Tamil Nadu Rugby Football Union	Tamil Nadu	V. V. R. Raj Satyen	2000
25	Telangana Rugby Association	Telangana	Raj Pakala	2017
26	Rugby Football Association Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh	Rajesh Chand Pal	2022
27	Uttarakhand Rugby Association	Uttarakhand	Suryakant Saini	2021
28	Bengal Rugby-Football Union	West Bengal	Lav Jhingan	2001

=Other members=

class="wikitable sortable"

! No. !! Association !! Department !! President

Services Sports Control Board

Indian Armed Forces

Dinesh Suri

Coaching staff

Head coach: Waisale Serevi{{Cite web |title=Waisale Serevi appointed head coach of Indian rugby sevens teams|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/waisale-serevi-new-india-rugby-sevens-head-coach |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.olympics.com}}
Strength and conditioning coach: Kiano Fourie
Team Analyst: Fhatuwani Rasivhenge
Physiotherapist: Wahid Khan, Lizanne Paes