Rugby union in Pakistan

[2] The game though remained mainly an expatriate sport, with KRFU being active on the All-India circuit up till the late fifties.

[3] The sixties saw a decrease in the expatriate population and travel to India becoming more regulated, therefore the club became more reliant on playing fixtures with visiting British Navy Ships, at a time when Karachi had become a regular port of call for R&R and supplies.

By the mid seventies the British Navy reduced its presence in the Indian Ocean and port visits became infrequent, and by the early eighties Rugby had become almost non-existent.

[2] The interest in rugby was rejuvenated in the nineties by the locals who had been introduced to the game in the seventies and by a resurgence in the expatriate presence.

By the mid-nineties an Islamabad club called the Islamabad Rugby Football Club, consisting mainly of local players had also been established in addition to the side made up of expatriates; the latter passes through phases of dormancy subject to postings and availability of players.