With just two matches left of this year’s Asia Rugby Championship Top 3, the race for Rugby World Cup qualification is set to step up a gear. Malaysia come into the match having suffered three defeats and therefore can’t win the Championship and progress to the next stage of qualification – a ...
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Chinese Taipei win Div II encounter with India to set up thrilling final in Pattaya #ARC2018
Chinese Taipei v India, Chinese Taipei beat India 44-5 on Wednesday and will now face Thailand in a winner-takes-all match on Saturday for the ARC Division II crown. Following an 18-12 win over India, Saturday will see either Thailand or Chinese Taipei become ARC Div II champions. In the ...
Thailand off to a winning start in ARC Div II , Thailand V India
Thailand got off to a winning start in this year’s Asia Rugby Championship Division II with an 18-12 win over India. In a round-robin competition both sides will now go on to face Chinese Taipei to see who will be crowned champions. In a tight affair, the deadlock was not broken until the 37th ...
Kazakhstan leads on Asia 1 Million projects with Safeguarding workshop
As part of the Asia 1 Million project Asia Rugby has invested in Central Asia, and as part of that investment, a Safeguarding workshop took place during the Asia Rugby Championship Division III Central competition. Safeguarding workshop With coaches from hosts Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan ...
Kazakhstan Wins Asia Rugby Championship Div3 Central Final Kazakhstan V Pakistan
In the Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 Central Final in a warm and sunny Almaty on Saturday it took World Rugby 61st ranked Kazakhstan just 10 minutes to find their feet against Pakistan, ranked 32 places below them. Tighthead prop, Vladimir Chernyh was the 1st to open the scoring from a ...
Korea impress to stay in Rugby World Cup contention #ARC2018
Korea beat Malaysia 67-12 in an entertaining fourth match of this year’s Asia Rugby Championship #ARC2018 in Incheon. Despite conceding nine tries, Malaysia gave a good account of themselves once more in Asia’s elite competition while for Korea, the win puts them back on top of the overall ...
Historic day for World Rugby as expanded Council meets for first time
On an historic day for World Rugby, 13 new union and regional association representatives have been welcomed onto an expanded World Rugby Council, the sport’s highest decision-making body. Expanded World Rugby Council convenes in Dublin for annual meeting 13 new members (11 female) ...
Teams announced for Rugby World Cup qualifier between Korea and Malaysia
With less than 48 hours to go until the fourth match of this year’s Asia Rugby Championship Top 3, both sides have been named. In Korea’s second successive home match they face Malaysia who are on their travels for the first time after losing both of their home matches. The first meeting ...
Korea v Malaysia Rugby World Cup qualifier to be streamed live
The fourth match of the ARC 2018 Championship will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page. Malaysia are the second side to travel to Incheon to face Korea after Hong Kong made it two wins from two on Saturday. Both sides will be looking to gain all-important wins as the race for the ...
From snow to Almaty, Mongolia blend experience and youth for Central competition
Mongolia rugby will take on Kazakhstan on Wednesday in the second match of the Asia Rugby Championship Division III Central competition. Despite being the favourites due to their World Rugby ranking, hosts Kazakhstan will not underestimate Mongolia. A lot of their preparation for this ...