The unique spirit and character building values of rugby were on show today as 16 international captain’s attended the Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver ahead of the HSBC Canada Sevens on 7-8 March. While preparing for the sixth round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, which will be ...
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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 ...
Future Stars of Asia Rugby: Malaysia u19 Captain Muhamad Hafiezie
This article about Malaysia u19 Captain Muhamad Hafiezie has been kindly submitted by Malaysia Rugby Union Being a student-athlete is difficult but being the captain and managing studies at the same time is a lot of hard work and responsibility. For a young Malaysian, who was leading the team ...
Rugby India’s Get Into Rugby Program ranked No 1 globally 2019
This Article about Rugby India's Get Into Rugby Program has been kindly provided by Rugby India As per the World Rugby’s Get Into Rugby (GIR) Statistic report 2019, India now ranks at the top of the rankings globally, reaching out to 214,053 new rugby participants through World Rugby’s outreach ...
Hong Kong to host Asia Rugby’s ‘Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 qualifier’
Asia’s final qualifier competition for the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 shall be held in Hong Kong in mid-March. Our 3 unions competing for a place at the RWC are Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan. Matches are scheduled to take place as below: Saturday 14 March: Hong Kong v ...
Lao Rugby Kicks of 2020 by Hosting the DHL Vientiane 10s
This story about the Vientiane 10s has been kindly provided by the Lao Rugby Federation Later this month rugby players and enthusiasts from Lao PDR, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, UK and Australia will come together in Hanoi and Vientiane for the second consecutive DHL ...
Sevens Challenger Series to boost rugby sevens’ expansion
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 ...