Five passionate girls from St Mary’s Convent, Mulund who made it to the Maharashtra U-17 Rugby team have gone the extra mile and stood second in the 61st National School Rugby Football Championship. They grabbed the Silver medal for Maharashtra while the U-17 boys were champions in their category. Riya Coutinho, Kshitija Manglurkar, Krutuja Manglurkar, Swati Shenoy and Ishita Chande were all part of the squad that came second in the tournament. The tournament was held at Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Maharashtra faced teams like Chhatisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi. They beat all the teams to qualify for the grand finale only to lose out to the home team Orissa. Maharashtra played well throughout and were valiant enough to reach the finals. Coaches Vikas Chaurasiya and Rehmuddin Shaikh deserve equal credit for guiding the team to the highest level. The girls have been very ecstatic about Rugby since the last three years in school and have been training in the sport under MS coaches Rohit D’souza , Rakesh Patne, Ajay Narasimhan & Vijay Narasimhan. They have been mentored well and have reached this level after much dedication and hardwork. MS congratulates the girls and coaches of the Maharashtra U-17 team and wishes them good luck for future tournaments.
