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Old 06-02-2009, 11:36 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Default India embraces women's rugby

At their first press conference, the players are curious and amused with all the media attention, but also excited about leaving for Thailand.

Sangeeta Minz smiles shyly if you ask her about how she started playing.

It's been only a month since she played her first game and she has already made it to India's first women's rugby team.

Sangeeta, 20, is a kabaddi (a South Asian team sport) player from Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, and is thrilled about her selection to represent India at the Asian Women's Rugby Sevens tournament to be held in Thailand on 30 and 31 May.

Rugby India, the organisation that promotes the sport in the country, recently held a national competition to find talent for the tournament

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