All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament
The All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament is an amateur league competition for rugby union football clubs in India. The competition has been played since 1924. In 2017 ten teams took part in the men's edition, with Delhi Hurricanes securing the championship. The 2016 tournament also saw the first women's XVs rugby competition, with six teams participating, and the championship going to the team from the Odisha Rugby Football Association.
History
After the Calcutta Cup and rugby union in India became popular the Rugby Football Union decided to give Calcutta Cricket and Football Club a similar cup, which was named the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament. The cup has been played every year since.In 2011 the tournament started to gain some publicity and soon after the cup began Army Red emerged as champions.
2018 qualifying teams
In 2018 the 85th All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at Bombay Gymkhana grounds between 22 - 29 September with 10 teams competing in the men's category.| Team | Rank | Location |
| Delhi Hurricanes | 1 | New Delhi |
| Army Red | 2 | Mumbai |
| Bombay Gymkhana | 3 | Mumbai |
| Jungle Crows | 4 | Kolkata |
| Calcutta CFC | 5 | Kolkata |
| Maharashtra State Police | 6 | Maharashtra |
| Magicians | 7 | Mumbai |
| Sergeant's Institute | 8 | Kolkata |
| Bangalore RFC | 9 | Bangalore |
| Bhubaneswar RFC | 10 | Bhubaneswar |
In the women's category there were 8 teams.
| Team | Rank | Location |
| Delhi Hurricanes | 1 | New Delhi |
| Odisha | 2 | Bhubaneswar |
| Rugby Association of Maharashtra | 3 | Mumbai |
| Bihar | 4 | Patna |
| Calcutta CFC | 5 | Kolkata |
| Adivasi | 6 | Kolkata |
| Haryana Bulls | 7 | Haryana |
| Magicians | 8 | Mumbai |
2017 qualifying teams
In 2017 the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at CCFC between 7 - 14 October with 10 teams competing in the men's category.| Team | Rank | Location |
| Army Red | 1 | Mumbai |
| Delhi Hurricanes | 2 | New Delhi |
| Bombay Gymkhana | 3 | Mumbai |
| Jungle Crows | 4 | Kolkata |
| Maharashtra State Police | 5 | Maharashtra |
| Calcutta CFC | 6 | Kolkata |
| Sergeant's Institute | 7 | Kolkata |
| Magicians | 8 | Mumbai |
| Kolkata Police | 9 | Kolkata |
| Delhi Rebels | 10 | Delhi |
In the women's category there were 8 teams.
| Team | Rank | Location |
| Odisha | 1 | Bhubaneswar |
| Delhi Hurricanes | 2 | New Delhi |
| Jungle Crows | 3 | Kolkata |
| Calcutta CFC | 4 | Kolkata |
| Rugby Association of Maharashtra | 5 | Mumbai |
| Bihar | 6 | Patna |
| Young Rugby Club | 7 | Kolkata |
| Adivasi | 8 | Kolkata |
2016 qualifying teams
In 2016 the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament was held at CCFC between 17 - 24 September with 12 teams competing in the men's category.| Team | Rank | Location |
| Army Red | 1 | Mumbai |
| Bombay Gymkhana | 2 | Mumbai |
| Delhi Hurricanes | 3 | New Delhi |
| Maharashtra State Police | 4 | Maharashtra |
| Jungle Crows | 5 | Kolkata |
| Calcutta CFC | 6 | Kolkata |
| Bangalore RFC | 7 | Bangalore |
| Bhubaneswar RFC | 8 | Bhubaneswar |
| Young Rugby Club | 9 | Kolkata |
| Kolkata Police | 10 | Kolkata |
| Mumbai Magicians | 11 | Mumbai |
| Delhi Lions | 12 | Mumbai |
For the first time women competed in a rugby XVs tournament, with six teams participating.
| Team | Pool | Location |
| Jungle Crows | A | Kolkata |
| Young Rugby Club | A | Kolkata |
| Odisha | A | Odisha |
| Calcutta CFC | B | Kolkata |
| Bihar | B | Bihar |
| Delhi Lions | B | New Delhi |
2015 qualifying teams
| Team | Location |
| Army Green | Mumbai |
| Army Red | Mumbai |
| Bombay Gymkhana | Mumbai |
| Calcutta Cricket & Football Club | Kolkata |
| Delhi Hurricanes | New Delhi |
| Jungle Crows | Kolkata |
| KISS RFC | Bhubaneswar |
| Bangalore RFC | Bangalore |
| Maharashtra State Police | Maharashtra |
| Kolkata Police | Kolkata |
| Young Rugby Club | Kolkata |
| Bhubaneswar RFC | Bhubaneswar |
| Chhattisgarh RFC | Chhattisgarh |
Results
These are the list of champions of the All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since 2000.Bombay Gymkhana have won the competition fifteen times, Army Red and La Martinière Old Boys eight times, Armenian Sports Club six times, the Delhi Hurricanes three times and Chennai Cheetahs have been successful twice.
These are the list of champions of the Women's All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament since its inaugural version in 2016.