Orissa boys are Rugby World champions

Mari sent a link to this wonderful piece of news which happened in early October. But, did not hear about it in other places. So, assuming that this might be the case with many of you, I am writing about it in Musings as well.

Adivasi boys from Orissa have won the Rugby world championship. The team almost didn’t make it to London because the players didn’t even have valid birth certificates that are mandatory for their passports. (I could empathise with them, as we struggle with our adivasi team every year for their passports and visa).

Indian team consisting of all the players from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar won Under-14 Rugby World championship by defeating South Africa in the final match held at London. The tournament involved ten under - 14 Rugby teams from different parts of the World.

You can read the entire story here. Their team is called 'Jungle Crows' and I love the name.

Recently we watched 'Chak De India' and liked it quite a bit - though lot of exaggerations there. The girls from Jharkhand reminded me of these rugby champion boys !!