All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament

All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1924
No. of teams	12
Country	India
Continent	Asia
Most recent champion(s)	Army Red (2015)
Most titles	Bombay Gymkhana

The All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament is an amateur league competition for rugby union football clubs in India. There are ten clubs in the tournament. The competition has been played since 1924. The current champions are Army Red.

History

After the Calcutta Cup and rugby union in India became popular the Rugby Football Union decided to give Calcutta Cricket & Football Club a cup like it and named it the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament. The cup has been played every year sense.

In 2011 the tournament started to gain some publicity and soon after the cup began Army Red emerged as champions.

2015 Qualifying teams

Army Red

Army Green

Bombay Gymkhana

Maharashtra State Police

Delhi Hurricanes

Jungle Crows

Calcutta CFC

Young Rugby Club

KISS RFC

Bhubaneswar RFC

Bangalore RFC

Chhattisgarh RFC

2015 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament Teams

Team	Location
Army Green	Mumbai
Army Red	Mumbai
Bombay Gymkhana	Mumbai
Calcutta Cricket & Football Club	Kolkata
Delhi Hurricanes	New Delhi
Jungle Crows	Kolkata
Kiss RFC	Bhubaneswar
Bangalore RFC	Bangalore
Maharashtra State Police	Maharashtra
Kolkata Police	Kolkata
Young Rugby Club	Kolkata
Bhubaneswar RFC	Bhubaneswar
Chhattisgarh RFC	Chhattisgarh

Results

These are the list of champions of the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since 2000.

Year
	Winner	Runner up	Score
	2000	Bombay Gymkhana
2001	Bombay Gymkhana	Old Peterites SC	34-24
2002	Bombay Gymkhana
2003	Sri Lanka Police SC	Bombay Gymkhana	19-17
2004	Chennai Cheetahs	Bombay Gymkhana	12-3
2005	British Asian Rugby Association	Bangalore RFC	27-3
2006	Chennai Cheetahs	Kolkata Police	52-9
2007	Army Red	Chennai Cheetahs	12-5
2008	Army Red	Chennai Cheetahs
2009	Army Red	Uzbekistan	26-0
2010	Army Red	Chennai Cheetahs	24-16
2011	Army Red	Bombay Gymkhana	15-0
2012	Bombay Gymkhana	Army Red	7-0
2013	Army Red and Bombay Gymkhana		10-10
2014	Army Red	Delhi Hurricanes	18-0
2015	Army Red	Bombay Gymkhana	17-5

Bombay Gymkhana have won the competition fifteen times, Army Red and La Martinière Old Boys eight times, Armenian Sports Club six times and Chennai Cheetahs twice.