In a top of the table clash at Namdong Asiad Stadium, hosts, Korea took the honours as they surged to an early 24-5 half time lead before holding on for a 31-24 win to top Pool B after day 1 of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series Korea. Jeong Yeon Sik and captain, Lee Jae Bok both scored a brace of ...
2017 Asia Rugby Western Club Champions League
The 2017 Asia Rugby Western Club Champions League has proven to be the most competitive version of the competition so far, with 1 close win & a draw so far. Last year winners, Abu Dhabi Harlequins have to rely on a Bahrain RFC win on Friday 22nd September in Kandy to retain their title. In ...
Exciting Nationwide Festival In Japan Set To Mark Two Years To Go Until RWC 2019
With Japan preparing to become the first Asian nation to host Rugby World Cup, a 46-day tour of all host cities and Top League teams, will provide a fitting and ambitious way to mark the major milestone.Kicking off in style with a public extravaganza at Shibuya 109 – one of central Tokyo’s busiest ...
Asia Rugby’s Member Union Development Teams Energised for Next 12 Months | #ImpactBeyond2019
Asia Rugby today wrapped up in Dubai its annual gathering of leaders and development personnel from its 31 member unions, brought together over the past 4 days to progress the Impact Beyond legacy programme to strengthen the capacity of Unions to grow the game in Asia up to and after RWC 2019 in ...
Global Rugby Family Celebrates IOC Olympic Games Programme Decision #Paris2024 #Rugby7s
World Rugby and the global rugby family are excited by the International Olympic Committee’s decision to retain all 28 sports that featured at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games programme. The decision, taken by the IOC membership at the IOC Session in Lima today, ...
Annual Leading Rugby & Growing the Game Conferences | #AsiaRugby
Aia Rugby has commenced a series of important annual conferences as part of the Impact Beyond legacy programme to strengthen the capacity of Unions to grow the game in Asia up to and after RWC 2019 in Japan. Following on from last year’s conferences in Bangkok, the UAE Rugby Federation is this ...
Japan Triumph In Regional Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | #ARu17s
The Japan U17 Boys team proved too strong and skillful in the Asia Rugby U17 Boys Sevens tournament in Taiwan as they swept past the best youth teams from around the region in the Asia Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. And with their victory, claimed their ticket to next year's Youth Olympic Games in ...
Japan U17s Dominate Day One In Taiwan
The Japan U17 Boys Sevens team look the front runners in booking a spot as Asia's representative in the Youth Olympic Games 2018 following a dominant display of Sevens rugby in Tainan, Taiwan. Japan started strongly in their first match versus Laos as they easily won, 49-0 and quickly ...
Korean and Uzbekistan Women train together In Korea | #GirlsPlayRugby | #ARW7s
The following article about has been kindly submitted by Owen McCaffrey, of Korea Recently the Korea Rugby Union invited the Uzbekistan Women's team to a joint training camp from 21-30 August 2017 to train and prepare for the upcoming Asian Women’s Sevens Series beginning in Korea on 14-15 ...
Japan win Asia Rugby Sevens Series opener | #AR7s | Hong Kong 2017
Hong Kong lost 19-12 at the hooter to Japan in tonight’s cup final of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series tournament at King’s Park, Hong Kong. Both teams entered the showdown with perfect records, although Japan’s march to the finale was the more convincing. Behind player of the tournament and top try ...
