Odisha girls and boys rugby team left from here on Monday to participate in the All India SGFI +2 Council 7-A-side Rugby Tournament schedule to be held at Chhattisgarh from December 2 to 5. A 12 member girls team accompanied by lipika Mohapatra as coach and the team finished runner up in the last year. Subhakanta Mallia joined the 11 member boys team as coach and the boys team finished fourth in the year 2014. Dhiren Kumar Rout appointed as the head coach of the State team. Girls team: Sumitra Nayak, Manjulata Pradhan, liza Sardar, Soni Mandangi, Elisabeth Pradhan, Rajalin Sabar, Manika Majhi, Punam Singh, Kabita Kasturi Padhiari, Sasmita Maharana, Puja Senapati, Madhabilata Senapati, lipika Mohapatra (coach).
Boys team: Ratnakar Hemram, Rahul Kumar Digal, Sambit Pradhan, Santosh Kumar Sethy, Ajit Kumar Hansda, Raj Kishor Patra, Suguda Majhi, Kalicharan Biswal, Sarbeswar Murmu, lalatendu Bidyadhar Nayak, Sasanka Sekhar Tripathy, Subhakanta Mallia (coach).