Thailand women's sevens team were perhaps the surprise package at the recent Asian Games.Despite not winning a medal, they beat Hong Kong to reach the Cup semi-finals before losing to China 29-5.In the bronze medal match they lost 29-7 to Kazakhstan but their performances impressed many ...
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Asian Games boosts Asia 1 Million project in Indonesia
Asia Rugby's commitment to growing the game across Asia got a boost from rugby sevens' recent participation in the Asian GamesDuring the Games Asia Rugby and host union Indonesia ran an intensive training and education week delivering various World Rugby T&E courses as part of the Asia 1 ...
Rugby sevens shines in 18th Asian Games
With the dust settled on the Asian Games, rugby sevens was a fitting finale to the 18th edition in Jakarta.With the sport now firmly cemented in the Olympic family after its debut in Rio in 2016, the sport continues to go from strength to strength.This was another demonstration of that, this ...
Eight years of hurt undone with sensational gold in Jakarta
Hong Kong struck gold on an enthralling night in Jakarta, beating Japan 14-0 in the Asian Games final on Saturday.Tries from Yiu Salom and Alessandro Nardoni secured the historic gold, ending a run of two successive defeats to Japan in the last two Asian Games finals.For some players, ...
Hong Kong strike gold at the Asian Games
Hong Kong created yet more history at the 2018 Asian Games with a 14-0 win over Japan in the gold medal final in Jakarta.It was Hong Kong’s first-ever gold in the competition having finished as runners-up in 2010 and 2014, ending Japan’s run of three successive gold medals at the same ...
Historic victory for Japan women at the 2018 Asian Games
Japan women won an historic first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games with a 7-0 win over China in an enthralling final in Jakarta.Yume Hirano scored her sixth try of the Asian Games to give Japan a 7-0 lead and that was to be their only score of the match. Keyi Chen scored her 11th of the Games ...
Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live Scores and Updates
Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live Scores and Updates Day 3 1st September 2018Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live ScoresDay 3 Saturday 1st September 2018All times are Indonesia Local time (+7GMT) Games are delayed by 2 ...
Asia Rugby statement: Asian Games
Asia Rugby wishes to apologise to all the rugby stakeholders for the very unfortunate turn of events at the Asian Games whereby there was a 3 hour suspension of play on the morning of Saturday 1st September.This resulted due to appeals being lodged to the event organisers, the Olympic Council of ...
Medal contest heats up at Asian Games
The semi-finals are confirmed in the men’s competition after a pulsating day of action at the Asian Games in Jakarta.Japan, Sri Lanka, Korea and Hong Kong will compete for the three medals on offer after four enthralling quarter-finals on the second day of competition.Defending gold ...
Semi finals set in women’s competition at Asian Games
The semi finals are set at the 2018 Asian Games with four sides now vying for three medals in the women’s competition.Defending gold medallists China continued their impressive form at the Asian Games and will face Kazakhstan in the first semi final, while silver medallists in 2014 Japan ...