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 ...
Match Officials
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, ...
TIM BAKER BECOMES ASIA’S FIRST MATCH OFFICIAL AT SIX NATIONS LEVEL
Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) senior match official Tim Baker has been appointed to officiate in the 2017 RBS Women’s Six Nations (W6N), extending a series of premier appointments for Hong Kong’s top referee. The appointment follows on from Baker’s role at the Pacific Cup in Uruguay and his ...
World Sevens Series: Appointment of Asia Rugby Referees
World Sevens Series: Appointment of Asia Rugby Referees Two male and one female Referee from Asia have been appointed onto the World Sevens Series match officials panels for the 2016-2017 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Nori Hashimoto, Sukurako Kawasaki (JRFU) and Matt Rodden (HKRU) appointed ...