The pools and fixtures have been announced for round two of this year's men's and women's Asia Rugby Sevens Series Korea 2018. After an enthralling first round in Hong Kong all eyes now turn to Korea for an all-important competition. In the men's draw current leaders Japan head Pool A ...
Asia Rugby Sevens Series Korea to be streamed live
The second of three rounds in this year's Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Korea will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page. With both the men’s and women’s competitions continuing this weekend in Korea after a two week break, there is a buzz around the sport following the recent Asian Games ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 anthem World in Union
With less than a year to go before Rugby World Cup 2019 ™ kicks off in Japan, tournament organisers have announced Japanese artist Kiyoe Yoshioka’s version of World in Union as the tournament’s official anthem. https://www.facebook.com/asia.rugby/videos/1917583191878309/ The lead ...
Japan 2019 set be most impactful Rugby World Cup to date
Impact Beyond 2019 programme on track to greatly accelerate growth of rugby in Asia 900,000 new rugby participants involved in Asia 1 Million project with one year to go Tag rugby introduced to 1,982 schools in Rugby World Cup 2019 host cities Asia is home to 60 per cent of world’s youth ...
RWC 2019 tickets back on sale as general public application period opens
Rugby World Cup 2019 Tickets are back on sale in Japan after the global window opened today for general public ticket applications. General ticket sales ballot application phase opens from 19 September-12 November Follows unprecedented demand for Rugby World Cup 2019 tickets during initial ...
Bahrain wins the 2018 Asia Rugby Western Clubs Champions League
Bahrain Rugby Club continued its fine tradition of being one of the Gulf region’s most successful clubs when it won the season opening 2018 Asia Rugby Western Clubs Champions League for the first time on Friday, 14 September, beating Abu Dhabi Harlequins 27-21. The mini-league, this year in ...
Asian pathway to Tokyo 2020 announced
Rugby sevens’ Olympic qualification pathway for Tokyo 2020 has today been confirmed by the International Olympic Committee and World Rugby. Twelve teams will compete for medals in both the men's and women's rugby sevens competitions from 27 July-1 August at Tokyo Stadium. Japan’s men’s and ...
Conference lays foundations for continued growth in Hong Kong
As Samantha Feausi told a conference last weekend, there was little chance she could have predicted the growth of women’s rugby in Hong Kong, or the role she would play in it, when she first picked up a ball 20 years ago. When a 14-year-old Feausi first attended a training session at Valley RFC ...
Japan strike gold in enthralling Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Japan won the first round of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series beating hosts Hong Kong in the final. In an enthralling 14-minute encounter it was Japan who got off to a flying start with a try by Kameli Soejima. Jose Seru double their lead which proved too much for a Hong Kong, with Japan ...
Japan claim women’s title in Hong Kong showdown
Japan stole the show once more in the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, beating China in a thrilling final in Hong Kong. Having won gold at the recent Asian Games, they trailed China 7-0 but tries from captain Chiharu Nakamura, her sixth of the tournament, and Raichelmiyo Bativakalolo ensured ...