Captains from the 12 competing teams came together at the Shinozaki Hachiman Shrine in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Thursday, as the countdown continued to the fourth round of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2019 this weekend.While at the Shrine they had the chance to experience some Japanese ...
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Session times announced for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee has announced session times for the men’s and women’s rugby sevens competitions. As previously announced, the sevens will take place at the iconic Tokyo Stadium, a Rugby World Cup 2019 host venue, from 27 July-1 August. In a reverse to the Rio ...
Japan and Hong Kong name squads for Singapore Sevens
Japan and invitational side Hong Kong have named their 12-man squads for the eighth round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Singapore. For Japan, they will be aiming to make further strides to maintaining their place as a core side on the series ahead of a home Olympic Games next ...
Japan gear up for critical end of series campaign
Japan reached the Challenge Trophy final in Hong Kong to move themselves out of the relegation zone of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. With the Olympic Games taking place on home soil in 2020, a spot on the main World Series as a core side will play a crucial role in their preparation with ...
Asian sides miss out on sevens series qualification
Japan lost to Scotland 24-19 in the semi finals of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2019/20 season as they failed in their bid to gain promotion to the series. Despite two tries from Mateitoga Bogidraumainadave and a fifth try of the tournament for Yoko Suzuki, Scotland proved one step ...
Japan impress as Asian teams all progress
Japan women won all three of their HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series qualifier matches in a hotly contested day of competition. Having been relegated from the series last season they will be hoping for an automatic return to the series and will face hosts Hong Kong on day two in the quarter ...
Asian women’s teams named for series qualifier at Hong Kong Sevens
Ahead of this week’s HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Hong Kong, all 12 competing sides have named their final squads. For Asia, Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan will all be competing and looking to follow in the footsteps of China who won this tournament in 2018. Back then all ...
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 ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 on track to be a game-changer
World Rugby completed final Rugby World Cup 2019 review of 2018 World Rugby pleased with strong progress over the year Stage now set for one of the great game-changing Rugby World Cups Productive Team Managers’ Meeting demonstrates excellent operational progress World Rugby believes ...
World Rugby Museum Hosts Brave Blossoms: the History of Rugby in Japan
As the rugby world turns towards the land of the rising sun in anticipation of Asia’s first Rugby World Cup, the World Rugby Museum is hosting a new special exhibition ‘Brave Blossoms: the History of Rugby in Japan’. The Reg Clark (Rhino Rugby ) officially opened the Exhibition in ...