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Vientiane (Laos): India won the silver medal at the women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy having won five matches and lost one here on Saturday.<\/p>\nVientiane (Laos): India won the silver medal at the women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy having won five matches and lost one here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In the seven-nation round-robin competition, India defeated Laos 22-7, Philippines 12-5, Nepal 43-0 and Malaysia by 26-12. On the second day, India defeated Pakistan by 5-0 and in the last match were beaten by South Korea by 0-29.<\/p>\n
As per Asia Rugby’s tournament statistics, Indian Hupi Majhi was one amongst the top three Try Scorers of the tournament and Meerarani Hembram was the third highest in the conversions.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the occasion Nasser Hussain, Coach of the Indian team said: “Heartiest congratulations to the Indian women’s rugby team for putting up a great show.<\/p>\n
“The sterling performance that this power-packed team of women has showcased at an international level has made India proud. I see tremendous potential for women’s rugby to grow heaps and bounds in our country and make our mark globally.<\/p>\n
“We are hopeful that this achievement will inspire many women out there to take up Rugby as a sport and shine in this field.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vientiane (Laos): India won the silver medal at the women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy having won five matches and lost one here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In the seven-nation round-robin competition, India defeated Laos 22-7, Philippines 12-5, Nepal 43-0 and Malaysia by 26-12. On the second day, India defeated Pakistan by 5-0 and in the last match were beaten by South Korea by 0-29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[21453,21454,466,21455,2890,21302],"class_list":["post-33459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sports-more-sports","tag-asian-rugby-sevens-trophy","tag-hupi-majhi","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-meerarani-hembram","tag-nasser-hussain","tag-rugby-news"],"yoast_head":"\n