As the Sunwolves begin their 2017 Super Rugby campaign against the Hurricanes in Tokyo on Saturday, spare a thought for some of the Sunwolves players, and a number of others in the Asia Rugby region. Unions such as Hong Kong, Korea and Sri Lanka, who must adapt from current to amended laws, or back, ...
JORDAN RUGBY AIMS FOR ANOTHER “REMARKABLE” YEAR
The sport of rugby is coming of age in Jordan and the Jordan Rugby union has reflected on 2016 and what it calls a “remarkable year” by unveiling some ambitious plans for 2017. Despite being relatively young to the sporting scene in Jordan, the Jordan Rugby Union (JRU), under the Presidency of ...
QATAR NATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR ASIA RUGBY SEVENS TROPHY
The Qatar National Rugby Sevens Men’s Squad for this year’s Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy at Aspire Rugby Stadium in Doha has been announced. Qatar National Rugby Sevens Squad will participate at the ARST tournament that will be hosted by the Qatar Rugby Federation at Aspires Warm Up and Rugby Stadium ...
South Korea Victorious in Vientiane
South Korea women saved their best performance for last sweeping aside the tournament second seeds, India in the final match of the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy, 29-0, in a powerful display of Sevens rugby. And with the win, South Korea secured the promotion spot to the Asia Rugby Sevens Series ...
Philippines Lady Volcanoes set for ARWST 2017
The Philippine national women’s rugby team, more commonly known as the Lady Volcanoes, have their eyes set for this weekend in Vientiane, Laos. The Transcom Lady Volcanoes currently sit third in Southeast Asia; a promotion will boost the national team’s confidence ahead of the 2017 South-east ...
Indian Women’s Rugby team to play in the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy
The Societe Generale Indian Women’s Rugby team will compete in the Asian Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy to be held in Vientiane, Laos on 17th & 18th February 2017. The team is supported by Societe Generale, the financial partner of Rugby India and is participating under the aegis of the Indian ...
TIM BAKER BECOMES ASIA’S FIRST MATCH OFFICIAL AT SIX NATIONS LEVEL
Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) senior match official Tim Baker has been appointed to officiate in the 2017 RBS Women’s Six Nations (W6N), extending a series of premier appointments for Hong Kong’s top referee. The appointment follows on from Baker’s role at the Pacific Cup in Uruguay and his ...
UAE Rugby well prepared to celebrate UAE National Sports Day on Thursday
UAE Rugby is well prepared to celebrate UAE National Sports Day on Thursday, February 16th, hosting 4 touch-rugby festivals across the Emirates. Over 570 boys and girls are expected to compete in the Emirate-wide festival. At the Sevens Stadium, Dubai, 160 youths will take up the game, while ...
WR FAIR, India 2017 – a new private sector partnership.
Rugby India’s medical education programme for 2017 got under way on Jan 27th with two one day FAIR courses, supported and hosted in Delhi by ProHealth Asia, with a rugby injury and rehab workshop for all participants to complete this three day programme. Rugby India physios from Chennai, Mumbai, ...
Pass It Back to Launch in the Philippines
Pass It Back, an innovative sport for development program managed by ChildFund, is heading to a third country this month as a collaboration with the Philippines Rugby Union (PRFU) gets underway in Negros Occidental. This will be the program’s third country after Laos and Vietnam, which have seen ...