Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens schedule confirmed,In a reverse from the previous edition in Rio, the men’s rugby sevens competition will take place first, running over three days from 26-28 July 2021, with the women’s competition following on 29-31 July 2021, which sees the gold medal match ...
Afghanistan Rugby Federation , Inside Asia Rugby
Asia Rugby announced on the 8th of July that Afghanistan Rugby Federation was granted full membership of Asia Rugby. A historic milestone for the Union that has overcome many obstacles. In the last two years, the Union has been working on all aspects of growing the game. Asia Rugby President ...
Ghaith Jalajel takes over the role of Asia Rugby Competitions Consultant.
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce that Ghaith Jalajel who is currently the Development Consultant for West Asia, will be taking on an additional role as Asia Rugby Competitions Consultant. Ghaith has been involved in Rugby in Asia since 2004 and is a World Rugby Master Trainer. He has extensive ...
Asia Rugby Live “Giving back to the game”
We are back this Sunday 12th July at 11 Am UAE (+4 GMT) with the 12th Episode of Asia Rugby Live with 4 more amazing guests. The topic of episode 12 we talk about “Giving back to the game”, as our 4 coaches involved with coaching Asian team’s share their stories of how they ended up coaching ...
Cambodia, Iraq and Palestine join the Asia Rugby Family and Afghanistan becomes a full member of Asia Rugby
Asia Rugby announced that Cambodia Federation of Rugby, Iraq Rugby Committee and Palestine Rugby Committee have been granted Asia Rugby Associate membership bringing the number of national unions in membership to 34. Afghanistan Rugby Federation has also been granted full membership. All ...
Chinese Taipei: Return to Rugby tournament and Get into Rugby festival
This Article and images about "Chinese Taipei Return to Rugby tournament and Get into Rugby festival " have been kindly submitted by Chinese Taipei Rugby Football Union. Taipei hosts Post-COVID19 First Rugby Tournament The Ministry of Education has approved, with the collaboration of Taipei ...
Thailand returns to rugby with a Rugby Roadshow “Rugby On Tour Clinic”
Thailand Rugby Roadshow “Rugby On Tour Clinic”, The Thailand Rugby Union has launched a unique way to spread rugby across Thailand as the Thai government has Issued the unlock phase 6 and so various activities can now take place. As all major planned tournaments, such as the Asia 7s tournament, ...
Kazakhstan women aiming for Rugby World Cup return
Kazakhstan women have come out of the international wilderness and are now hoping to make it to their seventh Rugby World Cup. In July/August last year, the Kazakhs beat China 23-13 on aggregate in a two-legged Asia Rugby Division 1 play-off, despite lacking competitive game time over the last ...
New Zealand awarded titles as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 concluded
Following a comprehensive consultation process the remaining rounds of the women’s and men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 in Langford, London, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong have been cancelled due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the 2020 Series to ...
How rugby sevens became an Olympic sport #OlympicDay
Humphrey Kayange was preparing for the penultimate event of the 2008-09 World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham when he received a momentous request. An email had pinged into his account inviting the Kenyan to remain in London after the tournament to join the team that would make rugby’s case for ...