Bihar hosts Asia Rugby U20 Championship

While Bihar often makes headlines for politics and controversies, this time it was for sport — and barely anyone noticed.

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00:00Bihar went unnoticed again

00:04First thing I noticed arriving to Bihar is that people are just delightful

00:07Because it wasn't a bridge collapsing here or a dog-babu-cat-kumar controversy playing out

00:11No media paid heed when 9 international rugby teams arrived here for the Asia Rugby Under-20 Championship

00:18At the Championship Hill between August 9 and 10, the Indian women's team secured third place

00:22While the Chinese took first place and the Hong Kong team came in second

00:26It was a very difficult competition

00:28This tournament, a first for the state, barely made it to the news

00:39The event marked India's rising presence in Asian rugby and marked a step toward the national team's aspirations of playing in the Olympics

00:50According to Bose, one-third of the current Indian rugby team hails from Bihar

00:54While politics and headlines often paint the state as a land of coalition, corruption and caste divides

00:59This rugby tournament was a reminder that the state has far more to offer

01:03To be continued...

01:04To be continued...