Hosts Korea beat Hong Kong 12-7 in the final of the Asia Rugby Olympic Games qualifier to book their spot at next year’s Tokyo 2020. Seongmin Jang will steal the headlines after crossing in sudden death extra time, scoring a length of the field try having turned Hong Kong over on their own try ...
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Royce Chan from Hong Kong part of 7 female coaches selected for Women’s Sport Leadership Academy
Seven female coaches from rugby sevens and the 15-a-side game have been selected to participate in the Women’s Sport Leadership Academy for High Performance Coaches (WSLA HPC) as part of a pilot programme in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Supporting Recommendation 6 of ...
Minami hopes Japan’s women can create their own history
Japan women’s prop Saki Minami believes her team-mates can draw inspiration from the Brave Blossoms’ historic Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign as they plot their path to New Zealand 2021. Minami captained her country on the July tour to Australia and will be involved again in L’Aquila on Saturday as ...
Hong Kong face Belgium and Spain in November tests
Hong Kong play 27th ranked Belgium on 16 November at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Brussels, and 16th ranked Spain the following weekend, (23 Nov.), at the Estadiu Central Universidad Complutense de Madrid ground during this month’s international test window. Coach Andy Hall will bring a group of ...
China aim for ‘historical’ moment in rugby sevens Olympic qualifier
This weekend China will play host to the Olympic Games qualifier with one rugby sevens women’s team heading straight to Tokyo. With World Rugby Sevens Series experience, and having finished second in this year’s Asia Rugby Sevens Series, hosts China are among the favorites to qualify. Team ...
Thailand set for Olympic dream tilt in China
Thailand Women's Sevens Team Captain Piyamat Chomphumee has given her thoughts on this weekend’s Olympic Games qualification tournament in China. Thailand are in a pool alongside Kazakhstan, Singapore and the Philippines and will be aiming to join Japan in the 12-team tournament next year in ...
Kazakhstan name squad for Olympic Qualifier In Guangzhou
Valerii Popov has named the 12-woman squad for Kazakhstan ahead of this weekend's Olympic Games qualifier in China. Kazakhstan will be one of the favorites this weekend after a strong performance in the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series where they finished third behind the already qualified Japan ...
HKRU names 14-strong Women’s Sevens travel squad for Olympic Qualifiers
HKRU Women’s Sevens Squad has been named for this weekend’s Olympic qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Hong Kong are second seeds in Pool A in the Qualifier on 9-10 November 2019 at the Guangzhou University Town Sports Centre Stadium, with the winner earning automatic entry to next summer’s ...
Impact Beyond ‘Mini World Cup’ unites children from across Asia at Japan hero’s club
Impact Beyond 'Mini World Cup' X Rugby tournament , As Kenki Fukuoka was writing his name in Rugby World Cup history by scoring Japan's decisive try against Ireland in Shizuoka on Saturday, 750km away at the Genkai Junior Rugby Club, a room full of children from across Asia, below, were going into ...
Coach joseph names Japan team for match against Ireland
Japan coach Jamie Joseph has named his team for the Pool A match against Ireland at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on Saturday, 28 September: Japan V Ireland Japan have made four changes to the starting XV that defeated Russia 30-10 in the opening match at RWC 2019. Captain Michael Leitch drops to ...