Patna: Bihar beat Rajasthan 28-10 to win the National Junior Rugby Boys Championship title held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium in Pune from from June 13 to June 14.
Bihar defeated hosts Maharashtra 22-05 in the quarter-finals and entered the semi-finals. In this match, Golden scored 10, Pankaj 5, Sagar 5 and Raja 2 points.
In the semi-finals, Bihar defeated Odisha 24-07 to enter the final. Golden scored 5 points, Sagar scored 5 points, Rakesh scored 5 points and Raja scored 4 points in this match.
In the final Raja scored 13 points. Saurabh (5), Rohit (5) and Sagar (5)were the other scorers.
Bihar Minister for Rural Development and Patron of Rugby Football Association of Bihar, Shravan Kumar, president of Rugby Football Association of Bihar, MLC Sanjay Prakash Mayukh, Raveendran Sankaran, Director General of Bihar State Sports Authority and Pankaj Raj, Director cum Secretary Bihar State Sports Authority congratulated Bihar players.
