Bangladesh national rugby union team
Nickname | Green Tigers | ||
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Emblem | Green Tigers | ||
Union | Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union | ||
Head coach | Mohammad Abdul Kader | ||
Captain | Md Shahiduzzaman | ||
Home stadium | Bangladesh Army Stadium | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 42 (as of 16 January 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Bangladesh 56-42 Lebanon (at Chennai, India, 20 February 2016) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Bangladesh 82–0 India (at Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 August 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Bangladesh 0–82 New Zealand (at Kolkata, India, 25 November 2022) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | DNQ |
The Bangladesh national rugby union team represents Bangladesh in men's international rugby union.[1] The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup.[2][3] The team participating asian rugby tournaments.
Team image
[edit]Nicknames
[edit]The Bangladesh 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 national rugby union team represent Bangladesh in the international levels of rugby football game.The team have won bowl round of 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[1] The Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union are organizing several age levels tournament to build strong foundation in their national team.[4] In 2022 the federation organized Bangabandhu Bangladesh-Nepal International Rugby Series. Bangladesh won there first Rugby series against Nepal by a 3-0 lead in series. All of the matches took place in Dhaka from 21–22 June 2022.[5]
Players
[edit]S/N | Player | Position | Club |
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1 | Sim Ferdous Alam | Hooker | Bangladesh |
2 | Md Nazmul Hasan | Hooker | Bangladesh |
3 | Paritosh Chakma | Prop | Bangladesh |
4 | Md Nadim Mahmud | Prop | Bangladesh |
5 | Jewel Rana | Prop | Bangladesh |
6 | Md Anowruzzaman | Prop | Bangladesh |
7 | Md Sohel Rana | Lock | Bangladesh |
8 | Md Shahiduzzaman (C) | Lock | Bangladesh |
9 | Md Obaidur Rahman | Lock | Bangladesh |
10 | Akteruzzaman Talukder | Flanker | Bangladesh |
11 | Mahabobur Rahman Dinar | Flanker | Bangladesh |
12 | Mohd Sobuz Ali Biswas | Flanker | Bangladesh |
Results and fixtures
[edit]- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2018
[edit]4 August 2018 | Singapore | 52–0 | Bangladesh | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore | ||
11:14 |
4 August 2018 | Pakistan | 17–12 | Bangladesh | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore | ||
14:21 |
4 August 2018 | Bangladesh | 21–26 | Brunei | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore | ||
16:44 |
5 August 2018 | Laos | 12–26 | Bangladesh | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore | ||
11:10 |
5 August 2018 | Brunei | 12–26 | Bangladesh | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore | ||
14:00 |
2019
[edit]10 August 2019 | Bangladesh | 10-21 | Afghanistan | Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Indonesia | ||
17:00 |
10 August 2019 | Thailand | 20-5 | Bangladesh | Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Indonesia | ||
20:00 |
Overall records
[edit]Team records
[edit]Bangladesh national Rugby union team stats in international year by year.
Year | Match | Won | Lost | Drawn | PF | PA |
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2016 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 194 |
2017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 86 |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 119 |
2019 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 60 |
2021 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 184 |
2022 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 89 |
2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 12 |
Total | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 409 | 842 |
Team statistics record
- Biggest win: 35-0 against Brunei at Jakarta, Indonesia in 11 August 2019[6]
- Biggest defeat: 0-82 against India at Kolkata, India in 25 November 2022.[7]
Player records
[edit]- Most tries: Md Nadim Mahmud with 14 tries
- Most conversions: Md Nadim Mahmud and Paritosh Chakma with 6 conversion
Head to head
[edit]The Test match record against all nations, updated to 16 January 2024, is as follows.
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | PF | PA |
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India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 113 |
Nepal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 19 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Laos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 |
Syria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 |
Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
Thailand | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 155 |
Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00 | 47 |
Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35 |
Brunei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 38 |
Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 41 |
Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Total | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 409 | 842 |
Competitive records
[edit]Rugby World Cup
[edit]Rugby World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
1987 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
1991 | |||||||||
1995 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2003 | |||||||||
2007 | |||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2015 | |||||||||
2019 | |||||||||
2023 | |||||||||
2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
2031 | |||||||||
Total | 0/9 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asia Rugby Sevens Series
[edit]Asia Rugby Sevens Series record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
2016 | Plate-Semi-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 194 | |
2017 | Second Round | 10th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 86 | |
2018 | Bowl Round Champions | 9th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 119 | |
2019 | Group stages-Men's Playoff-R/R | 10th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 60 | |
2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2022 | Did not participate | ||||||||
Total | Plate-Semi-finals | 7th | 15 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 279 | 459 |
Asia Rugby Championship
[edit]Asia Rugby Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA | |
1969 to 2023 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | 0/34 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bangladesh Rugby team champs of Bowl Group of Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy". The New Nation. 6 August 2018. 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.
- ^ "Rugby may be popularized in Bangladesh". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "A scene from the first match of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-Nepal International Rugby Series between Bangladesh Rugby team and Nepal Rugby team at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city's Banani on Tuesday. Bangladesh crushed Nepal by 19-0 points in the first match and thrashed Nepal by 20-0 points in the second match to win the series. NN photo". The New Nation. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2018 , Asia Rugby #ARST2018". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Men's Championship Division 3 South 2022". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-01-16.