Rugby India

Rugby India
SportRugby union
JurisdictionIndia
Membership26
AbbreviationIRFU, RI
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
AffiliationWorld Rugby
Affiliation date1999
Regional affiliationAsia Rugby
Affiliation date1998
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
PresidentRahul Bose[1]
Vice president(s)
  • Sanya Mehta
  • Parvinder Kumar
Men's coachNaas Botha
Women's coachSandeep Mosamkar
Official website
www.rugbyindia.in
India

The Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU), also known as Rugby India is the governing body for sport of rugby union in India.[2] It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The federation was founded in 1995 and it became affiliated to World Rugby in 1999.[3]

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.

  1. ^ "IRFU Board". Rugby India. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "About Us". Rugby India. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Indian rugby's birth pangs". Sportstar. 4 April 2015.