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{{Infobox national rugby team
| Name = Pakistan
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|ground = Pakistan Rugby Academy, Outside Askari X, Lahore
| Captain =
| Coach = Gert Mulder<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/04-Jun-2023/pru-appoints-mulder-as-head-coach-for-arc-2023%3fversion=amp | title=PRU appoints Mulder as head coach for ARC 2023 | access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
| Coach = Shakeelaaa
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| World Rugby Rank = 492
| World Rugby Rank date = 2329 NovemberJanuary 20202024
| First game = {{ru|SRI}} 75–3 {{ru-rt|PAK}}<BR/>(27 October 2003)
| Largest win = {{ru|PAK}} 24–382–0 {{ru-rt|NZKyrgyzstan}}<BR/> (716 JuneMay 20262018)
| Largest loss = {{ru|INDUAE}} 10–795–0 {{ru-rt|AUSPAK}}<BR/>(144 JuneJuly 20082023)
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|best =|World Rugby min=94|World Rugby min date=29 July 2019|World Rugby max date=23 November 2020|World Rugby max=91}}
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The '''Pakistan national rugby union team''' represents [[Pakistan]] in international [[rugby union]]. Pakistan is a member of the [[International Rugby Board]] (IRB), and have yet to play in a [[Rugby World Cup]] tournament. As of 2021, they will play in Division II of the [[Asian Five Nations|Asian championships]], having been promoted from Division III in 2019.
In the 19 March 2012 [[IRB World Rankings]], Pakistan, along with [[Mexico national rugby union team|Mexico]] and [[Philippines national rugby union team|Philippines]], were listed for the first time, entering with the base rating of 40 points (which positioned the three national teams in 71st place). The national side was ranked 93nd in the world, as of 4 September 2023.
The national side is ranked 94th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).
==History==
The Pakistan national team made their international debut in a match against [[Sri Lanka national rugby union team|Sri Lanka]] in 2003, losing 75-3. They won their first match in 2006 against [[Guam national rugby union team|Guam]] by 27-22.
Recently Pakistan Under-19 Rugby Team participates in South Asian A5N Rugby 7s Championship 2013 and won Gold. They played against Afghanistan and final against India. Daud Gill, Ali Shahid, Ahmad Wasim Akram, Mohammad Owais Akram, Hassan Shah, Danish Aleem, Ayub were some senior Players of the team.
Since their first match, Pakistan have played a total of 2027 matches, with only 46 wins and 1621 losses.
Pakistan rugby sevens made its international debut at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, in the highly competitive Pool B with matches against China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
==Strip==
Pakistan play in green jerseys with gold and white trim, manufactured by Teejac Sports.
==Record==
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|- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"
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| align="left" | {{ru|China}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
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| align="left" | {{ru|Chinese Taipei}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
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| align="left" | {{ru|Guam}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 50.00{{#expr:1/2*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|Iran}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
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| align="left" | {{ru|IND}} || 67 || 0 || 67 || 0 || 0.00%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|IDN}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 50.00{{#expr:1/2*100 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|KAZ}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|Kyrgyzstan}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:1/1*100.00 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|LAO}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:1/1*100.00 round 2}}%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|LBN}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|MAC}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|MAS}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
|-
| align="left" | {{ru|PHI}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:1/1*100.00 round 2}}%
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| align="left" | {{ru|SRI}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
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| align="left" | {{ru|THA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00%
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| align="left" | {{ru|UZB}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 50.00{{#expr:1/2*100 round 2}}%
|-
!Total| align="left" | '''Total27''' || '''266''' || '''21''' || '''200''' || '''0'''{{#expr:6/27*100 ||round '''23.072}}%'''
|}
==Current squad==
Squad for the [[20192022 Asia Rugby Championship]].
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! Position
|-
| Muhammad WaqasImran
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Hooker|Hooker]]
|-
| Israr AhmadAhmed▼
| Syed Muhammad Moiz Ali Shah▼
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Hooker|Hooker]]
|-
| Hammad Safdar
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Prop|Prop]]
|-
▲| Syed Muhammad Moiz Ali Shah
| Hamza Ahmed Lone
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Prop|Prop]]
|-
| Raheel Ashraf
▲| Israr Ahmad
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Prop|Prop]]
|-
| Saaim Maqbool▼
| Syed Muhammad Dawood Ali Shah▼
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Prop|Prop]]
|-
| Muhammad Waqas
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Lock|Lock]]
|-
▲| Syed Muhammad Dawood Ali Shah
▲| Saaim Maqbool
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Lock|Lock]]
|-
| Romail Ashraf
| Muhammad Afzal▼
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Lock|Lock]]
|-
| Muhammad Ali Khan
| Muneeb Iftikhar
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Flanker|Flanker]]
|-
| AnjumArfan SajjadAli
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Flanker|Flanker]]
|-
▲| Muhammad AfzalBilal
| Ahmed Wasim Akram
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Flanker|Flanker]]
|-
| Muhammad Ali KhanShahid
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Number Eight|Number 8]]
|-
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| Daud Gill
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Scrum-half|Scrum-half]]
|-
| Muhammad Aqib SiddiqueAfzal
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Scrum-half|Scrum-half]]
|-
| Khalid Mehmood▼
| Kashif Khwaja
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Fly-half|Fly-half]]
|-
| Muhammad Aqib Siddique
| Zahid Iqbal
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Fly-half|Fly-half]]
|-
| Muhammad Mudasir
| Saad Arif▼
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Centre|Centre]]
|-
| Muhammad Haroon
| Nasir Mehmood
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Centre|Centre]]
|-
| Khalid Hussain Bhatti
| Osama Zafar
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Wing|Wing]]
|-
▲| Saad Arif
▲| Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Tareen
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Wing|Wing]]
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| Faisal Aslam
| Waqar Younus
| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Wing|Wing]]
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▲| Khalid Mehmood
| [[Rugby_union_positions#Fullback|Fullback]]▼
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| Omair khan
▲| [[Rugby_union_positionsRugby union positions#Fullback|Fullback]]
|}
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==See also==
* [[Rugby union in Pakistan]]
* [[Sports in Pakistan]]
* [[2011 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification]]
* [[Rugby World Cup]]
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==References==