Wed, Oct 27 10 07:22 PM
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) India''s national Rugby teams -- both men and women -- today left for Indonesia to compete in the Borneo Sevens tournament. While the men''s team will aim to improve their Asian rankings the women side would try to get on board as they are not ranked yet. The three-day tournament will begin at Sabah Island from October 29. The 10-member men''s squad, under captain Nasser Hussain, had finished in bottom half in the 16-team line-up at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. They are ranked eighth among Asian nations and are placed 73 among 95 Rugby playing nations internationally and Rugby India vice president Aga Hussain is confident that they will be able to climb up the ladder in Asian region. The Indian team, seeded eighth in the tournament, will be up against the world''s best rugby playing nations in the two separate outings -- IRB Asian Rugby Sevens Series and 10th invitational club Borneo Sevens. The men''s competition will see the top 12 teams of Asia competing in four pools of three teams each. After the league games, the tournament will enter the knockout stage. The Indian team has been grouped in Pool-D alongside fourth seed Malaysia and ninth seed Thailand. "At the Commonwealth Games, the Indian men''s team faced the best in the world and this experience should hold them in good stead and help them put up a good show in Indonesia," Hussain said. Pool A comprises of teams from Korea (seed 1), Hong Kong (5), Kazakhastan (12), Pool B -- China (2), Guam (6), Chinese Taipei (11) and Pool C -- Japan (3), Sri Lanka (7), Philippines (10). More PTI SHN AT
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