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How Chocolates Had a Hand in Rajdeep Becoming a Rugger

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

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June 30, 2025

FOR a 10-year-old Rajdeep Saha, an appreciation in the form of chocolate at the end of every rugby game at an NGO ground in Kolkata was motivating enough to get better at the game with each passing day.

- CHANDRA PRABHU @ Chennai

FOR a 10-year-old Rajdeep Saha, an appreciation in the form of chocolate at the end of every rugby game at an NGO ground in Kolkata was motivating enough to get better at the game with each passing day. Given the hard yards he had put in, he earned a call-up to the Indian national rugby team when he was only 18.

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