All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
All India & South Asia Rugby TournamentSport |
Rugby union |
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Founded |
1924 |
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No. of teams |
12 |
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Country |
India |
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Continent |
Asia |
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Most recent champion(s) |
Army Red (2015) |
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Most titles |
Bombay Gymkhana |
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The All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament is an amateur league competition for rugby union football clubs in India. There are ten clubs in the tournament. The competition has been played since 1924. The current champions are Army Red.
History
After the Calcutta Cup and rugby union in India became popular the Rugby Football Union decided to give Calcutta Cricket & Football Club a cup like it and named it the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament. The cup has been played every year sense.
In 2011 the tournament started to gain some publicity and soon after the cup began Army Red emerged as champions.[1]
2015 Qualifying teams
2015 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament Teams
Results
These are the list of champions of the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since 2000.
Bombay Gymkhana have won the competition fifteen times, Army Red and La Martinière Old Boys eight times, Armenian Sports Club six times and Chennai Cheetahs twice.
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