Pakistan to appear in 5-Nation Rugby

LAHORE - The Pakistan rugby team reached Jakarta, on Saturday for the HSBC Asian Five-Nations Division III Rugby Tournament scheduled to be held from June 21 to 26. The PRU sent the team two days earlier so that the team can have extra time to acclimatise and train. The team reached Jakarta at 3pm according to local time and went straight to their hotel. Manager said though it was a 14-hour flight the whole squad is really upbeat and boys are jellying very well together and there is a very positive atmosphere. The boys will do some stretching and then will rest and the real training will start on Sunday morning, he added. The officials on tour are coach Mike Pirrit, coach Rizwan Malik and manger Khurram Haroon. Sectary Arif Saeed will be joining the tour after attending the Asian Rugby General Council meeting which is being held in Bangkok Thailand from the June 17 to 18. Pakistan squad is: Abu Baker, Adnan Saeed Niazi, Ahmed Mumtaz, Anwaar-Ul-Haq Zafar, Arsalan Zahid, Babar Muhammad, Kawar Ashraf, Khalid Mahmood, M Ali, M Manan Naseem, Omer Shafqaat, Salman Majeed Wain, Shakeel Ahmed, Umer Islam, Umer Usman, Shahbaz Munir, Imad Nasir, Mansoor Rehan, Shuaib Aftab Javed, Sair Riaz, Saqib Murtza, Haroon Jahanzeb Durrani and Amrez Hamid.

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