KISS emerged champion by defeating defending champion Pune RFC by 12-10 in the final of the two-day-long Senior National Women 7-A-Side Rugby Tournament, which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.
Manjulata Pradhan of KISS scored the first tries, but Pune bounced back in style and Bhahbiz Bhareha scored a tries and leveled the score. In the second half, Pune got the lead through the tries by Anapurna Bothate.
The KISS team never lost their hopes, in the final minute Sanjukata Munda scored the winning tries. Mira Rani Hemram of the champion team scored two points through conversion. Earlier, in the semifinals, KISS edged out Jungle Crows by 17-0 and Pune pipped Delhi Hurricanes by 5-0 points. Delhi finished third by defeating Jungle Crows by 17-0.
Sanjukta Munda, Bhagyalaxmi Barick, Meera Rani Hemram, Hiramani Soren, Hupi Majhi, Saraswati Hansda (all KISS), laxmipriya Sahu, Sitamani Hemram, Rupali Soren (all Bhubaneswar) of the Odisha got selected in the 30 member probable lists for the national camp to be held at Pune.
The camp would be conducted for the Asian Women Rugby Championship. Olympian Anuradha Biswal distributed the trophies as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Ashok Mohanty, Naba Ranjan Patnaik, Arabinda Mitra, ORFA president Priyadarshi Mishra, secretary Upendra Mohanty and treasure Shakti Ranjan Mohanty.