The Asia Rugby Council approved the Executive Committee’s (EXCO) recommendation of changing the nomenclature of its 'Women's Advisory Committee', renaming it the Gender Equity Committee, whilst also endorsing the inclusion of individuals of both genders on this committee. In another move ...
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Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification Tournament
In line with the United Arab Emirates adopting a 4.5 day work week and weekends now consisting of Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday, World Rugby can today confirm that it has amended the dates of the Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification Tournament to 19th and 25th February 2022. Taking ...
Asia Rugby pushes female representation in Committees to 30%
Asia Rugby pushes female representation in Committees to 30% Asia Rugby appointed six new members to various standing committees for the period January 2021 until December 2024. - Ms Aigul Jartybayeva the President of Kazakhstan Rugby Federation to be appointed as the 2nd Deputy Chair of the ...
HKRU Women’s VIIs squad announced for Olympic repechage in Monaco
The Hong Kong, China women’s sevens squad taking part in the Tokyo Olympics repechage in Monaco on 19-20 June was announced today by the Hong Kong Rugby Union. Twelve teams from all over the world will be vying to reach the final with the top two teams from Monaco booking their tickets to ...
Nahid and Sarah recipients of Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships
World Rugby paves the way for future leaders in rugby with 12 new Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships 2021 awarded Twelve new Executive Leader Scholarship recipients in 2021 World Rugby investment to date for the transformational programme stands at almost £500,000 Forty-nine global ...
The seven rules driving Japan women’s Tokyo 2020 preparation
Japan Women team manager Akane Kagawa has revealed the seven commandments it is hoped will help inspire the Sakura to win Olympic gold in Tokyo. Kagawa was a guest on Asia Rugby Live last month and made no secret of the fact that the hosts were determined to win the sevens tournament at the ...
Rugby World Cup 2025 set to break new ground as tournament expands to 16 teams
World Rugby has confirmed that the women’s edition of the Rugby World Cup 2025 will expand to 16 team Women’s edition of the Rugby World Cup to increase from 12 to 16 teams from 2025 onwards Decision directly delivers against core pillar of the transformational women’s rugby strategic plan ...
Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw to be confirmed in Auckland next week
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Melodie Robinson, Dr Farah Palmer and Dan Carter as RWC 2021 ball presenters RWC 2021 Draw to be broadcast live on SPARK from 07:30 NZT / 18:30 GMT (19 November) Elma Smit and Ugo Monye to host exclusive online RWC 2021 Draw Show via World Rugby digital ...
New global women’s rugby survey aims to bridge gender data gap
New global women’s rugby survey aims to bridge gender data gap, A global research collaborative group has launched the largest ever women-specific rugby injury research project to collect valuable data that they hope will make the game safer. Women’s rugby has undergone rapid, global growth in ...
How women are changing the game in Iranian rugby
Rugby in Iran, Rugby union has been played in Iran for longer than you might think. Used informally in military training from at least the 1940s, the game fell out of favour following the Iran Revolution of 1978-79. Aside from the exploits of Tehran-born scrum-half Aadel Kardooni, who played for ...