Asia Rugby top match officials Matt Rodden (HKRU) and Sakurako Kawasaki (JRFU) were appointed for another year on the WR 7s Series Match Officials Panels. The Two referees were also appointed to the panel of referees that officiated at the very successful World Rugby Sevens World Cup 2018 which ...
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Asia Rugby Championship Match Officials Camp in Hong Kong. #ARC2018
The senior match officials from all spectrums who will be involved in the forthcoming Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) between Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia met in Hong Kong on 4 March for a pre-tournament camp. The 6 ARC matches this year are also 2019 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers with the winner of the ...
Asia Rugby Referees Appointed To World Rugby U20 Trophy & Sevens World Series
Asia rugby referees appointed to world rugby u20 trophy in Uruguay Asia Rugby is delighted to announce that 2 top referees from the Asian region have been appointed in the list of 5 Referees selected to officiate at the World Rugby U20’s Trophy in Uruguay: Tasuku Kawahara (JRFU) Stephen ...
Asia Leads The World With Global Law Trials
The trial laws begun by World Rugby in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August receive their first global airing at international level in Hong Kong on 4-5 August at Asia Rugby’s annual Under 20’s Sevens tournament. Hong Kong referees Matthew Rodden, Patrick Kwok, Stephen Yuen Kwok and Harry Parsons ...
Six law Amendments Added To Global Trial
The World Rugby Executive Committee has approved the addition of six law amendments to the programme of global law trials following positive trials in specific international competitions this year. The amendments, which relate to the scrum (Law 20) and tackle/ruck (Laws 15 and 16), are aimed at ...
Asia Rugby Championship 2017 Division 1 : Referee Appointments
The annual Asia Rugby Championship 2017 Division 1 tournament kicks off this Sunday in Ipoh, northern Malaysia, which this year is also a qualifier tournament on the pathway to Rugby World Cup 2019, whereby the tournament winner will be promoted to the Asia Rugby Championship next year for a shot at ...
Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) to implement TMO Protocols
Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) to implement TMO Protocols Asia Rugby is implementing for the first time some World Rugby Television Match Official (TMO) protocols in its Asia Rugby Championship (ARC), which begins in Korea this Saturday. Over the next 6 Saturdays, TMO’s with prior experience in ...
Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) Referee Appointments
With the HSBC Sevens World Series roadshow of the past 2 weekends departing Asia, the attention of Asia Rugby’s A Panel referees immediately turns to the region’s annual 15-a-side championship, which starts this weekend. The referee appointments are as follows: Saturday, 22 April 2017 South Korea ...
TOP REF CRAIG JOUBERT ATTENDS ASIA RUGBY’S ANNUAL REFEREES’ CAMP IN HONG KONG
Top World Rugby referee Craig Joubert kindly made time to address Asia Rugby’s panel referees and coaches of match officials (CMO’s) appointed to this year's Asia Rugby Championship (ARC), who attended the 2017 Referees' Camp, held this year in Hong Kong over the weekend of 1st April Some 20 ...
CLEVER RUGBY PLAYERS IN ASIA!
As the Sunwolves begin their 2017 Super Rugby campaign against the Hurricanes in Tokyo on Saturday, spare a thought for some of the Sunwolves players, and a number of others in the Asia Rugby region. Unions such as Hong Kong, Korea and Sri Lanka, who must adapt from current to amended laws, or back, ...