Odisha rugby union team
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.
Union | Odisha Rugby Football Association | |
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Ground(s) | Kalinga Stadium (Capacity: 15,000) | |
Coach(es) | Manas Kumar Jena | |
Captain(s) | Bikrant Kumar Routa | |
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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.
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.
Squad
Odisha's 26 Member Squad for 2016 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament[1]
- 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
Administration
The following is the current organisational structure of Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA):[2]
Position | Name |
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President | Priyadarshi Mishra |
Head Coach | Manas Kumar Jena |
Assistant Coach | Dhiren Kumar Rout |
Secretary | Upendra Kumar Mohanty |
Development Officer | Manas Kumar Jena |
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
- "Odisha rugby teams to join national meet". Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Central India - Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA)". Retrieved 21 June 2018.