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Rugby World Cup 2019

Rugby World Cup 2019Hosted once every four years, the Rugby World Cup is rugby's centrepiece event. It is the big stage that rugby players from all over the world dream of reaching. Held over the course of seven weeks, it is the 3rd largest sports event in the world after the summer olympics and the Football World Cup.

Tournament Dates 20th September (Fri) - 2nd November (Sat), 2019
Opening Match 20th September (Fri), 2019  Tokyo Stadium
Finals  2nd November (Sat), 2019 Yokohama Stadium, Kanagawa

India set for record Rugby World Cup coverage as Sony acquires exclusive broadcast rights

broadcast coverage of Rugby World Cup, Rugby India Get Into Rugby

Extensive deal reflects rapidly-growing interest across India India home to one of rugby’s largest fanbase RWC 2019 on track to be a very special, game-changing celebration of rugby the broadcast deal also covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Rugby ...

Global rugby family pledges record-breaking £2m to ChildFund Pass It Back initiative

ChildFund Pass It Back

Global rugby family pledges record-breaking £2m to ChildFund Pass It Back initiative • Donations will give over 25,000 disadvantaged children in Asia the opportunity to transform their lives through rugby • Funds raised from ticket purchasers has increased by over 50 per cent from RWC 2015 • ...

Japan name squad for Rugby World Cup 2019

Japan RWC 2019 squad

Japan RWC 2019 squad, Luke Thompson will become the sixth oldest player to have competed at a Rugby World Cup if selected for Japan's opening match against Russia at the Tokyo Stadium on 20 September. The 38-year-old, capped 65 times by the Brave Blossoms, will be 38 years and 157 days old by the ...

RWC 2019 set for broadcast innovation and records

Record broadcast footprint

Record broadcast footprint for rugby’s showcase event First 8K production of a rugby event Record audience anticipated for tournament’s opening match RWC 2019 the first World Rugby-produced tournament With one month to go until Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, Asia’s first tournament will ...

Asia will have unprecedented access to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan

Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan

Fans across key countries in Asia will have unprecedented access to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan after World Rugby announced the appointment of beIN Asia Pacific as exclusive rights holders for Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Singapore. For ...

Japan set for historic Rugby World Cup with 50 days to go

#50DTG Rugby World Cup

#50DTG Rugby World Cup,  Rugby fever is gripping Japan as final preparations for Asia’s first Rugby World Cup are being fine-tuned across the 12 host cities, match venues and team camps. Today, organisers can confirm that 85 per cent of the 1.8 million tickets have now been sold, reaffirming ...

Stage set for spectacular Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan with 100 days to go

100 days to go

With 100 days to go the stage is set for “very special and game-changing” Rugby World Cup 80 per cent of available tickets sold with unprecedented demand from fans in more than 170 nations Impact Beyond legacy programme has attracted 1.16 million new rugby participants in Asia Milestone ...

Rugby World Cup 2019 Mascots Ren-G call on rugby fans to ‘pass it back’ and help disadvantaged children in Asia

pass it back

With 101 days to go until the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, World Rugby and ChildFund are thrilled to announce that the world’s most famous and recognisable shishi – Ren-G – are lending their support as Ambassadors to ChildFund Pass It Back, a key component of Rugby World Cup 2019’s Impact Beyond ...

Preparation on track for a very special Rugby World Cup

Japan 2019

With five months to go until Rugby World Cup 2019 kicks off in Japan on 20 September, World Rugby has endorsed hosting progress, citing excellent ticket sales and record legacy outcomes as strong indicators of a very special and successful event. Tournament preparation on track with an ...

International rugby fans set to descend on Japan for RWC 2019

RWC 2019 ticket sales

With RWC 2019 ticket sales entering their final stages, international fans set to make up around 33 per cent of total ticket sales, with more than 600,000 tickets to be purchased by visitors from abroad Fans from England, Australia and Ireland make up the top three international ticket ...

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