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India Women Intensify Rugby Sevens Preparations for 2026 Asian Games
India’s women’s rugby sevens team is training for the 2026 Asian Games.
The team is holding its camp at a Sports Authority of India centre in Kolkata.
Twenty players are taking part in the camp.
The camp will help coaches choose the players who travel to Japan.
India will play China, Hong Kong China and Malaysia in its group.
China won the previous Asian Games rugby sevens title.
The matches will be played in Nagoya from October 1 to 3.
The coach and captain want the team to stay calm, play consistently and follow its plans.
India’s senior women’s rugby sevens team has begun a key training camp at the Sports Authority of India’s Netaji Subhas Eastern Centre in Kolkata.
The 20-player camp is sanctioned at ₹19.8 lakh and is scheduled to continue until September 24.
India will face defending champions China, Hong Kong China and Malaysia in Pool B at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The women’s rugby sevens competition will take place from October 1 to 3 at Nagoya’s Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium.
Coach Terence Joseph and captain Shikha Yadav said the team will focus on consistency, tactical execution and following its established patterns.
- Who
- India’s senior women’s rugby sevens team, coached by Terence Joseph and captained by Shikha Yadav.
- What
- The team has started a national coaching camp to prepare for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Where
- The camp is at the Sports Authority of India’s Netaji Subhas Eastern Centre in Salt Lake, Kolkata; the competition will be in Nagoya, Japan.
- When
- The camp is scheduled through September 24, and the rugby sevens competition runs from October 1 to 3, 2026.
- Why
- The camp is intended to finalize the travelling core team and improve tactical details, consistency and execution.
Key facts
- Competition
- Women’s rugby sevens at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
- Match dates
- October 1–3
- Venue
- Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
- India’s pool
- Pool B with China, Hong Kong China and Malaysia
- Camp location
- Sports Authority of India’s Netaji Subhas Eastern Centre, Salt Lake
- Camp size
- 20 players
- Camp funding
- ₹19.8 lakh
- Previous Asian Games result
- India’s women’s team finished seventh at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games
Quotes
Terence Joseph
Coach of India’s senior women’s rugby sevens team
“We want to carry the form and consistency from recent impressive performances at Asia Rugby Sevens series into the Asian Games. Rather than putting ourselves under added pressure, we want to remain grounded, follow the pattern and stick to the basics.”
telegraphindia.com
“The Asian Games is a big tournament for us. We are looking at details and consistency from the team. A lot depends on how we execute our plans in Japan.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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