Defending champion Odisha women emerged champion of the three-day long National 7-a-side Rugby Championship, which concluded at Patna on Sunday.
In the one sided final match, Odisha scored five tri and the team pipped West Bengal by 27-0 points. Hopi Majhi scored double tri, Mira Rani Hemram, Bhagyalaxmi Barik and Hiramani Soren scored a tri each. Earlier in the semifinals, Odisha defeated Bihar by 41-0 and West Bengal edged out Maharashtra.
Odisha men team lost to Delhi by 7-15 points and finished sixth in the meet. Altogether 16 State men and women teams were participated in the national meet. The top seven team of the meet qualified to participate in the Federation Cup to be held in Srinagar.
Women team: Bhagyalaxmi Barik (captain), laxmipriya Sahu, Hiramani Soren, Prangya Paramita Garabadu, Sasmita Maharana, Mira Rani Hemram, Hopi Majhi, Sanjukta Munda, Saraswati Hansda, Manjulata Pradhan, Sumitra Nayak, Chandramani Tudu, Dhiren Kumar Rout (coach), Akankhya Sing Deo (manager).