Neha Pardeshi is the captain of the Indian women’s national team, and one of the pillars of women’s rugby in Asia. Having had such an impact since starting to play at the age of fifteen, she was recently invited to educate some of the country’s most renowned sports writers on cricket, football ...
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The story behind women’s rugby in Iran
It might not be the first country on everyone’s lips when discussing rugby, but rugby is on the up in Iran. While the men’s national team will compete in the ARC Division III West division in April against Qatar, Lebanon and Jordan, the women’s game is actually growing at a quicker rate, says ...
Hong Kong Sevens Squads Warm Up For The Hong Kong 7s at Borneo Sevens
The Hong Kong Men’s and Women’s national sevens squads will take part in the Borneo Sevens (16-18 March) as preparation for the upcoming World Rugby Sevens Series Qualifier tournaments played as part of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. The women are the second seeds in Group A, facing ...
Samanatha Feusi (Hong Kong) and Ada Milby (Philippines ) recipients of the inaugural World Rugby Leadership Scholarships
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, World Rugby announced the inaugural recipients of its Leadership Development Scholarships. The scholarships, introduced as a key objective of World Rugby’s wider strategy to accelerate the global development of women in rugby, aim to maximise the rugby ...
Girls From Sos Children’s Village Compete In The Rugby Asian Qualifiers For The 2018 YOG
The Following Article about 3 girls from SOS Children’s Village, Davao, Philippines Journey to Dubai UAE as part of U17 Philippine National Girls Rugby Team has been Kindly submitted by the Philippines RFU. 3 girls from SOS Children’s Village in Davao namely Angelie Krista Hifume, Angela Jessa ...
Hong Kong Women’s Seven Reach Final at Fiji Coral Coast Sevens
Hong Kong’s brilliant run to the final of the women’s competition ended at the last hurdle at the Fiji Coral Coast Sevens on Friday, with Kevin West’s team falling 19-12 to local team Striders. Tries to Chong Ka-yan and Nam Ka-man weren’t enough to get Hong Kong home, but West was more than ...
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 will feature 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams across four days of competition at AT&T Park in San Francisco. There will be three aspects to the qualification process with teams qualified by virtue of their finish at RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow, via the HSBC World Rugby ...
Rugby India U17 Girls “big heart and are courageous”
This Article about the Rugby India U17 Girls has been kindly Submitted By Rugby India. Asia Rugby Under 17 Championship (Youth Olympic Games – Asia Qualifiers) Dubai, UAE 29th&30th November, 2017 The Indian U-17 Girls Rugby team competed at the Asian Qualifier for the Youth Olympic Games ...
Women’s rugby breaks new ground in Dubai
With women’s rugby on a high following approval of the World Rugby Women’s Plan 2017-25, the reward for the winning team will be a place at the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games in 2018. Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Thailand Sri Lanka and UAE ...
Sri Lanka Girls set sights on Olympic Youth Game
The following article about the Sri Lanka U17 girls rugby 7s team has been kindly submitted by Sri lanka Rugby. The Sri Lanka U17 girls left the Island with intentions of booking a spot for the youth Olympic Games in Buenus Aires next year as they participate in the Asian Qualifiers in ...