The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, a new and exciting international rugby sevens competition, will be launched in February 2020 to boost rugby sevens’ development across the globe. With sevens experiencing exponential growth from a performance and fan engagement perspective, World Rugby is ...
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New exhibition on the history of rugby at the Olympics
Ahead of the 2020 Olympics Games, the award-winning World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium has launched a brand new exhibition titled ‘Rugby and the Olympics’, which officially opened at the museum in December. Speakers at this exclusive event included RFU CEO, Bill Sweeney, formerly CEO of the ...
Asia Rugby U19 Championship review
Hong Kong narrowly qualified for next year’s World Rugby U20 Trophy with a 29-19 win over Korea. Results >>>>> Asia Rugby U19 [Championship] Having lost to Chinese Taipei in round two, this win was enough to see them qualify ahead of the hosts. Nicholas McGrory scored twice ...
Philippines and Sri Lanka to meet in U19 Division I finale
Philippines and Sri Lanka will meet at the Yongchuan Sports Centre in Thailand with the winner taking the Asia Ruby Men’s U19 Division I title. Both sides were victories in their semi-finals, with Thailand and China now facing off in the third-place play-off. Fixtures and Results ...
U19 Championship set for thrilling finale
The Asia Rugby Men’s U19 Championship will go down to the wire with Hong Kong, Korea and Chinese Taipei all still in the running for the title. Hong Kong will face Korea and Chinese Taipei meet Singapore on Saturday 14 December and all three sides head into the final round of matches with a ...
Global Fan Interest in Rugby World Cup Grows
Despite initial fears over early broadcast times in the Northern hemisphere and criticism of the tournament being held in Japan, online search statistics gathered during the Rugby World Cup 2019 show that global fan interest in the ninth edition of the competition grew dramatically for the first ...
Asia Rugby Awards 2019 Winners
The Asia Rugby Awards 2019 were announced at the 2019 EXCO and Council meeting in Bali on 16-17 November. The five winners are detailed below with information about the awards. 2019 WINNERS: Asia Rugby Award for Character: The International Cooperation Section of JRFU Asia Rugby ...
Asia Rugby rugby sevens men’s qualification tournament #Tokyo2020
Korea will host the Asia Rugby rugby sevens men's qualification tournament for The Games Of The XXXII Olympiad this weekend. With nine of the top Asian teams competing for a spot alongside Japan as Asia's representatives, the competition on 23-24 November at the Namdong Asiad Stadium, Incheon, ...
Malaysia squad announced for Olympic Games qualifier #Tokyo2020
Malaysia 7s team will be heading to Incheon, South Korea this week as they will be competing in the Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifier. The two-day tournament on 23-24 November sees Malaysia is in Pool A alongside Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. Fixtures and Results >>>>>>> ...
Sri Lanka Sevens with Olympic goal #Tokyo2020
Sri Lanka Rugby has selected a 12 member squad for the Olympic qualifier that will be worked off on the 23rd & 24th of November 2019 at the Namdong Stadium in South Korea. Fixtures and Results >>>>>>> #ARM7sQ The team led by captain Danush Dayan will leave the Island ...