Bangalore RFC
| Full name | Bangalore Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Location | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Ground(s) | RBANMS College grounds |
| Coach(es) | Subash Janarthanam Tarun Appanna Steven Burton |
| Captain(s) | Akhil Anand |
| League(s) | All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament National Rugby Championship |
Bangalore Rugby Football Club (B.R.F.C) is a rugby union club based in Bangalore.[1] They currently participate in the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament & the National Rugby Championship - Div 1.
History
B.R.F.C was founded in 1996, by some ex-pats living in the city then. Today it is a club consisting mainly of Indians. They also have an expatriate team associated to them called the "Bangalore Refugees" and started a girls team in 2009, they also have boys u-19 and u-16 teams.
B.R.F.C has provided several players to the India national team over the years, Internationals include: Subramani P.E, Vinay Rai, Puneeth Krishnamurthy, Tarun Appanna, Thaman Thimaiah, Roshan Lobo. And Salik Zaffar, Deepam Kohli and Nishant Nerayath at the U-19 level.
B.R.F.C has participated in various national level tournaments over the years, but their best year has been 2005 when they reached the finals of the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament and lost the finals to British Asian Rugby Association. Thus making them the number 1 team in the country for that year.
Squad
2022-23 National Rugby Championship - Division 1
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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