In 2012, the United Nations created a holiday on Oct 11 of each year to celebrate International Day of the Girl. It’s not always easy to be a girl - in fact, according to UNESCO, “116 million women across developing countries worldwide have never completed primary school and two-thirds of the ...
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Annual Leading Rugby & Growing the Game Conferences | #AsiaRugby
Aia Rugby has commenced a series of important annual conferences as part of the Impact Beyond legacy programme to strengthen the capacity of Unions to grow the game in Asia up to and after RWC 2019 in Japan. Following on from last year’s conferences in Bangkok, the UAE Rugby Federation is this ...
Korean and Uzbekistan Women train together In Korea | #GirlsPlayRugby | #ARW7s
The following article about has been kindly submitted by Owen McCaffrey, of Korea Recently the Korea Rugby Union invited the Uzbekistan Women's team to a joint training camp from 21-30 August 2017 to train and prepare for the upcoming Asian Women’s Sevens Series beginning in Korea on 14-15 ...
Japan Finish Ireland 2017 On A High With Victory Over Asian Rivals Hong Kong
Japan finished Ireland 2017 on a high with victory over Asian rivals Hong Kong to claim only their second win in Women's Rugby World Cup history. #WRWC2017 The Sakura 15 had emphatically beaten Hong Kong twice to win the Asia Rugby Women's Championship crown again in July, but this was a much ...
Womens Rugby World Cup 2017 | 11th Place Play-Off: Japan V Hong Kong
These two nations know each other very well, Japan having emphatically won their two most recent encounters in the Asia Rugby Women's Championship in July. Japan will end a 15-year wait for their second World Cup victory if they can make it three wins this year against the side they also beat ...
Hong Kong’s hunt for first win at Women’s Rugby World Cup continues
Coach Jo Hull’s Hong Kong squad showed it is applying the tough lessons of the pool stages to good effect at the Women’s Rugby World Cup after submitting their best performance against Spain in a 31-7 loss last night in Belfast. Hong Kong V Spain The 31-7 scoreline belies what was a pulsating ...
Hong Kong Put First Points On Board In Positive Performance Against Wales | Womens Rugby World Cup
Natasha Olson-Thorne became the first Hong Kong player to score a try in a Rugby World Cup as her side went down 39-15 to Wales in Dublin on Thursday. Hong Kong meant business from the outset and matched their more fancied opponents for the first 60 minutes, before fading late and letting Wales ...
Womens Rugby World Cup 2017 | Japan V Ireland
Japan’s women had threatened to produce an upset every bit as big as their male counterparts at the last Rugby World Cup as they led 14-0 at half-time after a penalty try and one from Mayu Shimizu. But resilient Ireland bounced back, as they did against Australia in round one, with Fitzpatrick ...
Hong Kong Excited To Face New Zealand At Rugby World Cup 2017
The Hong Kong Rugby Union has named the squad for its second match at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland. After opening the championship against the 2013 runners-up, Canada (ranked 2nd in the world), Hong Kong will now play New Zealand – ranked third in the world, tomorrow (kick-off at ...
#WRWC2017 France v Japan | Asia Rugby
France took themselves to the top of Pool C with a 12-try defeat of Japan in the day's final match at Billings Park. The 2014 bronze medallists had the bonus point wrapped up inside 16 minutes against the Sakura 15, flanker Romane Menager scoring a great solo try in the opening minute before ...