Japan women’s prop Saki Minami believes her team-mates can draw inspiration from the Brave Blossoms’ historic Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign as they plot their path to New Zealand 2021. Minami captained her country on the July tour to Australia and will be involved again in L’Aquila on Saturday as ...
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Strategies for game growth headline 14th world rugby general assembly
World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has opened the 14th World Rugby General Assembly in Tokyo, praising the Japanese for hosting one of the great Rugby World Cups, thanking the membership for global participation growth and calling on the game to work together to continue to evolve and attract a ...
Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020
Women’s competition increases to eight rounds Six tournaments will be combined men’s and women’s events Los Angeles announced as the location for USA men’s tournament Record-breaking audience engagement figures with over 198 million video views in 2019 World Series 2020 serves as crucial ...
Brave Blossoms on cloud nine
For all the talk of Wales potentially reaching the top of the World Rugby Rankings at the All Blacks' expense, it was two of Eddie Jones' former teams – Australia and Japan – and his current employers England who were the headline acts of the weekend.Japan Rugby Taking Japan for starters, the ...
Japan crowned U20 Trophy champions
japan will be competing among the elite of international age-group rugby once again in 2020 after digging deep to beat Portugal by the slenderest of margins in the final of the World Rugby U20 Trophy on Sunday. Leading 34-28 with two minutes left to play, Portugal were on the verge of securing ...
Malaysia reach all-time high in rankings
Malaysia have moved to within one place and just two-tenths of a point of Sri Lanka in the World Rugby Rankings following a 31-26 win against the Tuskers in Kuala Lumpur. Worth nine-tenths of a point, the victory lifts Malaysia above Croatia, Sweden and Morocco and into a historic high of 45th ...
World Rugby marks 200 days to Rugby World Cup 2019 with record breaking donations to ChildFund Pass it Back programme
Marking 200 days to go until Rugby World Cup 2019, World Rugby and ChildFund, the principal charity partner for Rugby World Cup, have confirmed that a record GBP £1.5 million has been pledged to ChildFund Pass It Back, strongly showcasing rugby’s values. In an incredible show of solidarity and ...
World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont knighted at Buckingham Palace
World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont says that he is “honoured and humbled” after being formally knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to rugby at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Sir Bill, who was named in The Queen’s New Year’s honours list in December 2018, was knighted at the ...
New Coach Iain Monaghan takes Women’s Sevens squad to Coral Coast Sevens in Fiji
A fresh-faced Hong Kong squad will hope to hit the ground running at the McDonald’s Coral Coast Sevens in Sigatoka, Fiji on Thursday. The team, under new women’s sevens coach Iain Monaghan, and featuring four players on debut out of the 14-woman squad, will look to reprise their Cup final ...
World Rugby and unions advancing evidence-based approach to injury-prevention
In a year set to see the most rigorous tournament player welfare standards ever at Rugby World Cup 2019, the focus areas build on significant progress in the management of injuries, particularly concussion, (the latest Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project for the English elite game ...