To help celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, Asia Rugby is putting a spotlight on some of the inspirational women in the region. In the first of our series, we spoke to Sri Lanka captain Sanjeewani Wijethilaka. Sri Lanka women are on the rise and their 7s side put in some excellent ...
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Olympic dreams continue at Harvard
For one Chinese girl, an Olympic dream continues at Harvard. Originally from Shanghai, Sofie Fella is studying psychology and economics having moved to America, but continues to impress in her short rugby career. She plays Varsity D1 Rugby at Harvard, having only started playing rugby ‘for ...
SLRFU takes rugby to 5,000+ children in 26 days
The Sri Lanka Rugby Union has recently been on a groundbreaking journey around the country, looking to develop rugby at the grassroots level. In collaboration with MTV/MBC Network, the goal was to introduce, promote and develop the sport within schools in all districts and provinces around the ...
Pools and schedule announced for HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens 2019
HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens acts as round four of the women’s series New Zealand currently lead women’s series standings Japan confirmed as invitational team The pools and match schedule have been announced for the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens on 20-21 April, the fourth round of the HSBC World Rugby ...
China continues to expose young players to world-class opposition
With only a week to go until the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series resumes again in Sydney, four teams will get an early run-out in the Women's Fast Four Tournament in Hamilton, an invitational event which takes place during the men's series event at FMG Stadium. World champions and series ...
Positive steps taken by Bangladesh Rugby for a busy 2019
2019 has already been a successful year for the Bangladesh Rugby FU with the recent Volunteer Coaches Orientation Course. From the course, 32 new volunteer coaches, 13 of which are female, have joined the rugby development team within Bangladesh with a purpose of spreading rugby more widely in ...
Women Win launch the Made to Play Fund
Are you a young woman, or know a young woman, who is empowering girls through sport? Women Win is excited to be partnering with supermodel Adwoa Aboah, Gurls Talk and Nike to launch the Women Win Made to Play Fund, which is aimed at getting and keeping girls physically active. The fund will ...
Rugby Helping Young Women In Pakistan
[Pakistan Rugby], How In Pakistan, women are defying gender norms and traditional economic pathways to become professional rugby players – even allowing some of them to earn more than anyone else in their family. At a rugby ground in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, a group of young women ...
The second Singapore Life Girls Rugby TRC Cup a great success.
"The second Singapore Life Girls Rugby Tanglin Rugby Club Cup took place 0n the 8-9 December 2018. Beekay Delos Santos from Davao Rugby in the Philippines was enthusiastic. "We are very pleased seeing an all-girls tournament and for us to participate in such an event. The organizers have achieved ...
Successful Women’s Forum held as Asia Rugby celebrate 50th anniversary
A Women in Rugby Leadership Forum was held on 13 December in Bangkok as part of Asia Rugby’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Hosted by Asia Rugby and World Rugby Council member Ada Milby, delegates were able to discuss and celebrate the incredible work being done by Asia Rugby and its member ...