The Odisha men's rugby union team represents Odisha in rugby union. The Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA), in association with India Rugby Football Union is the governing body for Odisha Men's Rugby Union Team. Odisha is currently one of the best rugby football teams in India.

Stadium

The Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) has various bases across the state of Odisha; two of the main bases are Kalinga Stadium and KIIT Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Odisha rugby union team

Kit

Odisha men's team have worn dark blue, red and black for all of their Rugby Union games. At present, the shirt body is dark blue, the sleeves are red and the socks and shorts are both black.

Odisha rugby union team

Squad

Odisha's 26 Member Squad for 2016 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament

Bikrant Kumar Routa (Captain) Shanawaz Ahmed Sambit Pradhan Diptiranjan Khuntia Ratnakar Hemram Narayan Sahu Sachin Kalah Dibya Ranjan Dalai Aditya Digal Sushil Hembram Akshay Kumar Mahanta Bibhuti Bhusan Sethy Santosh Sethy Subra Narayan Mohanty Gyanaranjan Prusti Sananda Sagar Pradhan Sridhar Mahalik Balaram Jena Prasanna Kumar Nayak Jitendra kumar Pradhan Sheikh Gufran Balaram Sahu Sushanta Behera Priya Ranjan Rout Kiran Kumar Jena

Odisha rugby union team

Administration

The following is the current organisational structure of Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA):

Honours

Senior National Men's Rugby 7s Championships

Third (2): 2013, 2021

Callaghan Cup - National Division 2 Men's Rugby XVs

Winners (1): 2014 (KISS) Third (1): 2014 (Bhubaneswar)

Junior National U20 Boys 7s Championships

Third (1): 2014 (KISS)

Junior National U20 Boys XVs Championships

Winners (1): 2014 (KISS)

SGFI School National U19 Boys Rugby 7s

Winners (1): 2015-16

SGFI School National U17 Boys Rugby 7s

Runners-up (1): 2015

References

External links

The Official Website of Rugby India

Rugby union in India

Rugby union teams in India

Sport in Odisha