Women's rugby: Pune 'A' remain undefeated

Pune, Aug 28 (IBNS) Pune 'A' emerged as the National Women's Rugby Sevens champions by overcoming every opposition that they came across at the Pune Police HQ ground, Shivajinagar, on Sunday.

In the final the hosts dethroned defending champions Jungle Crows from Kolkata blanking them with a one-sided 26-0 verdict.

Pune dominated the Division One Cup final right from the kick-off and rightly so their defence did well to hold out the opposition.

The Jungle Crows were not allowed an inch and within no time were in arrears when Pune's Vahbiz Bharucha got hold of the ball and made an amazing run to score the first try for her team.

Vahbiz then went on to add another try to the team's tally. Vahbiz's runs inspired Neha Pardeshi to pull up her socks. Neha went on to ground-in a couple of more tries for her team. The Pune attack left the defending champions reeling as the final score read 26-0 in favor of Pune.

Earlier, in the Division One Bowl final Kalinga Institute of Social Studies (KISS) from Orissa emerged victorious. They beat Kerala 10-5.

Sanjuta Munda opened the account for KISS, but a superb run Sarita S brought Kerala back into contention. It was only in the second half that Sanjulata Singh of KISS managed to break the deadlock. The KISS defence then held their line against the Kerala assault to win the match.

In the Division Two Cup final Delhi Lions beat Young Rugby Club (YRC) from Kolkata 15-5. Delhi's Anita A scored a hat-trick of tries to help her side over come YRC.

Meanwhile, in the Division Two Bowl final, Bangalore blanked J&K Belmont 10-0.

RESULTS

Division 1 Cup, Final: Pune 'A': 26 (Vahbiz Bharucha and Neha Pardeshi 2 tries each, Avni Sabde 1 converted, Surbhi Date 2 converted) bt Jungle Crows: 0

SFs: Pune 'A': 32 (Annapurna Bothate scored hat-trick, (3 tries), Neha pardeshi 2 tries, Avni Sabde 1 converted) bt Bombay Gymkhana: 0; Jungle Crows: 17 (Sangita Bera, Thomalika Sarkar, Suchorita 1 try each, Mala Soren 1 conversion) bt Bhubaneshwar: 0

QFs: Pune 'A': 25 (Annapurna Bothate 3 tries, Neha Pardeshi 2 tries) bt Pune 'B': 0; Mumbai Police: 5 lost to Bhubaneshwar: 10; Kerala" 0 lost to Bombay Gymkhana: 5 (Jyoti & Yogita Marathe 1 try each); KISS: 0 lost to Jungle Crows: 5 (Soma Sarkar 1 try)

Division 1 Bowl, Final: KISS: 10 (Sanjuta Munda & Sanjulata Singh 1 try each) bt Kerala: 5 (Saritha S 1 try)

SFs: Kerala: 24 (Saritha S 2 tries & 2 converted & Anjitha S 2 tries) bt Pune 'B': 0; KISS: 12 (Sanjuta Munda 1 penalty & 1 try) bt Mumbai Police: 10

Division 2 Cup, Final: Delhi Lions: 15 (Anita A 3 tries) beat YRC: 5 (Shulie Roy 1 try)

SFs: Delhi Lions: 10 (Anita A 2 tries) bt Bihar: 0; YRC: 24 (Shulie Roy 3 tries, Archana Adhikari 1 try, Madhumita Das 2 conversions) bt Rajasthan: 0

Division 2 Bowl, Final: Bangalore: 10 (Nazeesh Mirza & Yamini Rao 1 try each) bt Jammu & Kashmir: 0

SFs: Jammu & Kashmir: 5 (Salihah Yousuf 1 try) bt Delhi Shers: 0; Bangalore: 7 (Yamini Rao 1 try, Roshni Hormunjee 1 conversion) bt Delhi Hurricanes: 0