Are you a young woman, or know a young woman, who is empowering girls through sport? Women Win is excited to be partnering with supermodel Adwoa Aboah, Gurls Talk and Nike to launch the Women Win Made to Play Fund, which is aimed at getting and keeping girls physically active. The fund will ...
Tickets on sale for HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens 2019
Sport Singapore, Singapore Sports Hub and the Singapore Rugby Union today announced ticketing details for the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens 2019, the eighth stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019 which takes place on 13-14 April at the iconic National Stadium. Tickets are on sale now ...
Inspiring start in 2019 for rugby in Kuwait
2019 has begun in an inspiring way with the positive steps from within Asia Rugby continuing. On 12 Jan a World Rugby Level 1 Coaching Course took place in Kuwait with 20 participants taking part in this ground breaking event. It was the first time a coaching course was held inside Kuwait and ...
New Coach Iain Monaghan takes Women’s Sevens squad to Coral Coast Sevens in Fiji
A fresh-faced Hong Kong squad will hope to hit the ground running at the McDonald’s Coral Coast Sevens in Sigatoka, Fiji on Thursday. The team, under new women’s sevens coach Iain Monaghan, and featuring four players on debut out of the 14-woman squad, will look to reprise their Cup final ...
World Rugby and unions advancing evidence-based approach to injury-prevention
In a year set to see the most rigorous tournament player welfare standards ever at Rugby World Cup 2019, the focus areas build on significant progress in the management of injuries, particularly concussion, (the latest Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project for the English elite game ...
Get into rugby helps rugby to grow in Malaysia
Rugby in Malaysia has grown impressively over the past few years. Thanks to the efforts of the Get Into Rugby (GIR) Trainers who had tirelessly educating the children around the country. With some former national players involving in the program, rugby is now one of the biggest sports in ...
Rugby Helping Young Women In Pakistan
[Pakistan Rugby], How In Pakistan, women are defying gender norms and traditional economic pathways to become professional rugby players – even allowing some of them to earn more than anyone else in their family. At a rugby ground in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, a group of young women ...
2018 Asia Rugby Tournaments Standing 15s
2018 Men’s & Women’s 15s Placings #ARC Asia Rugby Championship Hong Kong make history in ARC decider Hong Kong beat Korea 39-5 at the Hong Kong Football Club to claim their first-ever Asia Rugby Championship title. On a historic day for the hosts, their win saw them go unbeaten in ...
Shibuya International Rugby Club win 2018 Rhino Grass Roots Rugby Award
Tokyo-based Shibuya International Rugby Club has beaten a world-class field of community-driven rugby organisations to win the 2018 Rhino Grass Roots Rugby Award. Shibuya International Rugby Club (SIRC) were joined on the strongest-ever shortlist for the prestigious award by SOS Kit Aid, Balkans ...
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont awarded a knighthood for services to rugby
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont has expressed his gratitude and says that he is “honoured and humbled” after being awarded a knighthood for services to rugby in HM The Queen’s New Year’s honours list. The honour is in recognition of a champion of rugby, who has dedicated his life to the ...