# Bangladesh national rugby union team

The Bangladesh national rugby union team represents Bangladesh in men's international rugby union. The team has yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. The team participating asian rugby tournaments.

## Team image
### Nicknames

The Bangladesh national rugby union team has been known or nicknamed as "Green Tigers".

### Home stadium

The team play its home matches on the Bangladesh Army Stadium and others stadiums.

## History

The Bangladesh national rugby union team represent Bangladesh in the international levels of rugby football game.The team have won bowl round of 2018 Asia Rugby Sevens Series The Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union are organizing several age levels tournament to build strong foundation in their national team. In 2022 the federation organized Bangabandhu Bangladesh-Nepal International Rugby Series. Bangladesh won there first Rugby series against Nepal by a 3-0 lead in series. All of the matches took place in Dhaka from 21–22 June 2022.

## Players

| S/N | Player | Position | Club |
| 1 | Sim Ferdous Alam | Hooker | Bangladesh |
| 2 | Md Nazmul Hasan | Hooker | Bangladesh |
| 3 | Paritosh Chakma | Prop | Bangladesh |
| 4 | Md Nadim Mahmud | Prop | Bangladesh |
| 5 | Jewel Rana | Prop | Bangladesh |
| 6 | Md Anowruzzaman | Prop | Bangladesh |
| 7 | Md Sohel Rana | Lock | Bangladesh |
| 8 | Md Shahiduzzaman (C) | Lock | Bangladesh |
| 9 | Md Obaidur Rahman | Lock | Bangladesh |
| 10 | Akteruzzaman Talukder | Flanker | Bangladesh |
| 11 | Mahabobur Rahman Dinar | Flanker | Bangladesh |
| 12 | Mohd Sobuz Ali Biswas | Flanker | Bangladesh |

## Results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2019
## Overall records
### Team records

Bangladesh national Rugby union team stats in international year by year.
| Year | Match | Won | Lost | Drawn | PF | PA |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 194 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 86 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 60 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 184 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 89 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 12 |
| Total | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 409 | 842 |
Team statistics record
* Biggest win: 35-0 against Brunei at Jakarta, Indonesia in 11 August 2019
* Biggest defeat: 0-82 against India at Kolkata, India in 25 November 2022.

### Player records

* Most tries: Md Nadim Mahmud with 14 tries
* Most conversions: Md Nadim Mahmud and Paritosh Chakma with 6 conversion

### Head to head

The Test match record against all nations, updated to 16 January 2024, is as follows.
As of 16 January 2024 :
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | PF | PA |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 113 |
| Nepal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 19 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 |
| Syria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| Thailand | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00 | 47 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35 |
| Brunei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 38 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 41 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 409 | 842 |

## Competitive records
### Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA |
| 1987 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2031 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 0/9 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Asia Rugby Sevens Series record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA |
| 2016 | Plate-Semi-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 194 |
| 2017 | Second Round | 10th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 86 |
| 2018 | Bowl Round Champions | 9th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 119 |
| 2019 | Group stages-Men's Playoff-R/R | 10th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 60 |
| 2021 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Total | Plate-Semi-finals | 7th | 15 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 279 | 459 |

### Asia Rugby Championship

Asia Rugby Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA |
| 1969 to 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0/34 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |