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, ...
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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 ...
RWC 2019 delivers record economic, social and sporting outcomes for Japan
Japan 2019 was the most economically successful Rugby World Cup ever, with nearly £4.3 billion generated in economic output according to a report published by EY today. National pride significantly boosted by successful tournament £4.3 billion generated in economic output 242,000 ...
Meet Anastassiya Khamova: One of Asia Rugby legends
Anastassiya Khamova from Kazakhstan has devoted her life for rugby and kept on giving this game everything she has in her power and talent and not only as a player but as a referee and as part of the team who made a presentation to the IOC- International Olympic Committee In October 2009 to include ...
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 ...
Rugby Returns Strong in Russia! : Russian Rugby Championship
On June 18, 2020 the “Liga Stavok - Russian Rugby Championship" season will start in Russia. The opening game RC “Lokomotiv” (Penza) – RC, and “VVA-Moscow Region” (Monino) will start in Penza city (Russia) at 15:00 (Moscow time). Moreover, the Russian Rugby Championship will be the first ...
Qualification process set for rugby world cup 2023
World Rugby has announced details of the qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. Process designed to promote regional strength and the best teams to rugby’s showcase event 12 teams already qualified owing to top three pool placing at RWC 2019 RWC 2023 on track to be a ...
The Unstoppable Nahid Biyarjomandi
“Think about your passion, face your barriers” - Nahid Biyarjomandi Nahid Biyarjomandi is one of the “Unstoppables” who were chosen for the ‘Try and Stop Us’ campaign that was launched by World Rugby last year to promote women in rugby. This campaign features 15 inspirational women and girls with ...
COVID-19 Restrictions Not Hampering South Korea’s Olympic Preparation
Despite the ongoing restrictions of COVID-19, South Korea’s men's sevens team continue to surge forward in preparation for the 2021 Olympic Games. The team has been running a series of at-home training sessions to ensure all players remain mentally and physically fit during ...
Asia Rugby Cancels Competitions Fixtures for the Third Quarter of 2020
Asia Rugby working with its Player Welfare and Medical Committee and relevant stakeholders and in line with the Return to Play guidelines provided by World Rugby has announced the prudent decision to Cancel all competitions scheduled from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020. Asia Rugby Calendar ...