In the last couple of years, Jordan Rugby has been part of various accomplishments, and one of these major achievements was the beginning of the Jordanian Women’s National Rugby team, which was founded in 2019. Ever since then, Jordanian female Rugby players have been greatly involved in the ...
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Kazakhstan women aiming for Rugby World Cup return
Kazakhstan women have come out of the international wilderness and are now hoping to make it to their seventh Rugby World Cup. In July/August last year, the Kazakhs beat China 23-13 on aggregate in a two-legged Asia Rugby Division 1 play-off, despite lacking competitive game time over the last ...
How rugby sevens became an Olympic sport #OlympicDay
Humphrey Kayange was preparing for the penultimate event of the 2008-09 World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham when he received a momentous request. An email had pinged into his account inviting the Kenyan to remain in London after the tournament to join the team that would make rugby’s case for ...
The Unstoppable Nahid Biyarjomandi
“Think about your passion, face your barriers” - Nahid Biyarjomandi Nahid Biyarjomandi is one of the “Unstoppables” who were chosen for the ‘Try and Stop Us’ campaign that was launched by World Rugby last year to promote women in rugby. This campaign features 15 inspirational women and girls with ...
Tackling inequality in sports: Syrian women In rugby by Sarah Abd Elbaki
Tackling inequality in sports:Syrian women In rugby has been submitted by Sarah Abd Elbaki who is a Mass Media and Communication graduate, Head of Women's Rugby Development in Syria, Assistant Coach for Syria National Men's team, First Arab Asian Woman Referee. Tackling inequality in sports: Syrian ...
World Rugby announce Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarship recipients in Asia
Four candidates from Hong Kong, Laos, Sri Lanka and Indonesia have been awarded scholarships 37 Executive Leadership Scholarships have been awarded worldwide since 2018 World Rugby recently extended the programme after game-changing outcomes Scholarship programme is a key strand of the ...
Asia Rugby announces Women’s Advisory Committee on International Women’s Day #IWD2020
Asia Rugby and it’s member unions celebrated International Women’s Day #IWD2020. Asia Rugby has taken a lead in gender inclusion at all levels of the game. Asia Rugby President took the opportunity to announce Asia Rugby Women’s Advisory Committee on International Women's Day. In announcing ...
Exciting opportunity for Women in Rugby in Asia
As part of World Rugby's continued support toward the aims of Accelerating the Development of Women in Rugby, they are once again offering the Women's scholarship program in 2020 . Information on the scholarship program is attached here for your reference with a reminder that to be eligible for ...
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 ...
RWC 2021 set to break new ground as tournament dates are announced
The dates for Rugby World Cup 2021 have been announced as tournament heads to Southern Hemisphere for first time Matches to be played at Waitakere Stadium, Northland Events Centre and Auckland’s Eden Park from 18 September to 16 October 2021 Tournament brand unveiled symbolising the power and ...