The following article about Indonesia Rugby, JICA and RKU Promotion of rugby in 8 Provinces has been kindly submitted by Indonesia Rugby. PRUI (Indonesian Rugby Union Association) and Ryutsu Keizai University (RKU) from Japan successfully introduced Rugby to 3,707 children in 8 (eight) different ...
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Asia Rugby leads the way in Get Into Rugby numbers.
71% of all global Get into Rugby numbers reported up to 29 February 2020 came from Asia Rugby unions Asia Rugby member union continued to lead in participation numbers recorded through the Get Into Rugby Programme. Asia Rugby unions contributed 71% of the global GIR numbers. The Asia Rugby ...
World Rugby update on COVID-19 response measures
World Rugby has today announced further action in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. After detailed and constructive dialogue with the respective host and participating unions, and with the wellbeing of the global rugby family at heart, the following events have been postponed: The ...
Asia Rugby says Farewell to Ross Mitchell
Ross Mitchell, General Manager of Asia Rugby, will be retiring from Asia Rugby at the end of this month. He has been involved with rugby in Asia for over 45 years. Ross arrived in Hong Kong in 1975 and started playing for the Police Rugby Club. In the late 80s he 'took up the whistle’ and went on ...
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series postponed
World Rugby has taken the decision to postpone the women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series tournament that was due to be played in Stellenbosch on 28-29 March in response to the continued COVID-19 situation.The health and safety of participating teams, tournament event staff and spectators ...
Japan cements new status as rugby’s biggest broadcast market
Rugby World Cup 2019 sets new broadcast records and inspires new audiences Most-watched rugby event ever inspires a new audience for rugby Most-watched Rugby World Cup Final ever, despite challenging time-zone for participating nations Japan smashes domestic market broadcast record ...
Asia Rugby puts player welfare first, postpones tournaments schedule until end of June 2020
Asia Rugby decided to postpone all Asia Rugby competitions scheduled from 1-3-2020 to 30-6-2020 until further notice. This is in response to continued health concerns related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Asia Rugby President, Mr Qais Al Dhalai said: “The health and safety of ...
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce the appointment of a new CEO
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Asia Rugby CEO, Mr Johny Stavrinou. Johny is the founder and previous President of Cyprus Rugby and has previously served as CEO / Commercial Manager of a number of international companies. “We are fortunate to have someone of Mr Johny ...
2020 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship (RWC 2021 Qualifier) postponed
Following the decisions on 14 February to reschedule this year’s Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens tournaments, in light of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, Asia Rugby, in coordination with its participating unions, is rescheduling the 2020 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship in Hong Kong until the provisional ...
China, Japan and Kazakhstan to take part in Sevens Challenger Series event for women
World Rugby has today unveiled details of the inaugural HSBC Sevens Challenger Series event for women, which will take place at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa on 28-29 March, 2020. The standalone event will see 12 teams who have qualified from all six World Rugby regions ...