Rugby union in Tajikistan is a minor but growing sport.
In 2012, Hotam Fayzulloh and others founded the Tajik Rugby Union.
[1] In 1962, rugby in Tajikistan underwent a major expansion as four new teams were founded.
[2] Tajikistan had its own rugby team in the USSR, but it was not treated as a proper national side.
With the help of NZ filmmaker Faramarz Beheshsti and others, first youth and a female team started training in and around Dushanbe.