Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Odisha boys will face Telangana in the quarterfinals of the Junior National Rugby 7's Championship at Uttarakhand on the concluding day on Sunday.
Altogether 27 teams from across the country divided in nine groups to play the league round matches. Odisha placed in the Pool-A alongside Assam and Tamil Nadu.
In the pool A league round matches, Odisha edged out Tamil Nadu and Assam by 56-0 and 34-7 respectively. In the pre-quarterfinal match, they defeated Assam by 31-0.
In another development, due to overage issues the Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU) tournament disciplinary committee dropped the Rajasthan team to play in the ongoing national championship.
Boys team: Bidyadhar Majhi, Charan Hembram, Rahul Majhi, Chinmay Kumar Naik, Suraj Kumar Dora, Eswar Pujhari, Mantu Tudu, Shiba Soren, Bharat Kisan, Attma Murmu, Subasha Hansda, Subhapati Naik, Dhiren Kumar Rout (coach), Muna Murmu (Manager), Arjun Singh (Physio).
