A two-day rugby sevens men's national tournament is going to be held from Friday at the Bharatpur-7 Krishnapur sports ground with the slogan 'Sports for health and sports for the nation'.

Seven teams of Nepal Army and Armed Police will participate in the tournament organized by Gorkhali Rugby Club with the technical support of Nepal Rugby Association, along with one team each from Karnali, Lumbini, Gandaki, Madhesh Province and the host club. Bharatpur Metropolitan Chief Renu Dahal will inaugurate the competition.

The winner of the rugby tournament, which will be held for the second time in Chitwan, will receive 2 lakh rupees and the runner-up will receive 1 lakh rupees. This is the biggest prize money of rugby in Nepal. Suman Paudel, president of Rugby Union Chitwan, said that the best player will be awarded a trophy and an Italian suit.

In a press conference held on Thursday, Hareram Karki, the president of the host club, informed that although there is a provision that each team can have 5 foreign players, Karnali province will participate in the tournament with three foreign players and the organizers will participate in two foreign players.

club has prepared to hold a competition with foreign teams next year according to the concept of 'Tourism along with sport' and this year's competition will also be conducted according to the rules of World Rugby.

The duration of each game will be 14 minutes and after 7 minutes there will be a two-minute break and even though there will be 12 players in a group, seven/seven players from each team will compete, informed Krishna Thapa, the national coach and vice president of Gorkhali Rugby Club. According to the