10

Teams

1

Venue

13

Match Days

Match Duration

4-minute quarters with 2-minute breaks = 22 minutes

22

Minutes

48

Matches

Match Format

Round Robin x2 30 Pool Games with each team playing 10 pool matches each 2 Semifinals + 1 Bronze Medal Match + 1 Final

Everyday

4 to 5 matches per day
G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana
venue

Tournament Dates

16th - 28th

June

Timings

7.30pm IST onwards

Everyday

Broadcast Channels

INDIA

ONLINE

About RPL

Following the monumental success of our inaugural season, the HSBC Rugby Premier League powered by AVID is returning this June 2026 with an even bigger and more historic edition. As India’s first-ever franchise-based rugby league, organized and marketed by GMR Sports, the tournament has firmly established itself as a thrilling, credible fixture on the international sevens calendar, bringing elite international stars from every major rugby-playing nation to compete alongside India’s finest athletes. Building on that incredible momentum, the June 2026 season is set to redefine Indian sports by expanding the game to include the highly anticipated launch of the official women’s league, showcasing elite female rugby talent on the grand stage alongside the high-octane men's tournament.

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Vision

  • To make rugby one of the five top-of-mind sports for India's youth to play.
  • To create a realistic professional and financial pathway for the country's youth, so that they are incentivized to pursue an international rugby career.
  • To make rugby one of the most exciting sports on television. The fact that India's youth in 322 out of a total of approximately 760 districts play rugby is little known as the sport has never been adequately featured in mass media.
  • To increase sponsor interest in rugby exponentially through the RPL, by reaching out to a young, aspirational, energetic demographic - 21 years to 35 years.
  • To utilize the money and opportunities presented by the league to build on the 'Nursery to Nation' concept - a high-performance program that will start at the grassroots and aspire to India qualifying for the Olympics in 2032 and 2036.