National Games 2022 Women s rugby has caught on across the country says Indian women s team and Maharashtra skipper Vahbiz Bharucha
National Games 2022: Women’s rugby has caught on across the country, says Indian women's team and Maharashtra skipper Vahbiz Bharucha Comment Share Kabaddi at the National Games 2022 will commence on September 28. Indian women's rugby team skipper Vahbiz Bharucha, who will lead Maharashtra at the National Games 2022, has stated that her team is pumped to make waves at the tournament. Bharucha believes that rugby has gained in popularity in the country since it made its debut at the 2015 National Games in Kerala. Speaking at a media interaction ahead of the sporting extravagenza, she opined that the sport had successfully penetrated into the grassroots levels: “Women’s rugby, especially, has caught on across the country and is no longer played in small pockets. Young girls are playing it, not just for fun but also with a degree of seriousness.” Read: National Games 2022: Full schedule, list of sports, venues and dates Rugby 7s is scheduled to be held from September 28 to 30 at TransStadia in Ahmedabad. “It may only be the second time that this version of rugby has been a part of the Games,” she added. “It was added at the last moment in 2015. We didn’t know what to expect and just turned up. It was only when we reached Kerala that the magnitude of the event struck us. Since then, rugby 7s among women has grown tremendously.”