Asia Rugby pushes female representation in Committees to 30% Asia Rugby appointed six new members to various standing committees for the period January 2021 until December 2024. - Ms Aigul Jartybayeva the President of Kazakhstan Rugby Federation to be appointed as the 2nd Deputy Chair of the ...
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World Rugby welcomes Mastercard as founding global partner of Women in Rugby and unveils new marketing campaign
World Rugby has announced details of a transformative five-year partnership with Mastercard to accelerate the development of Women in Rugby, which will supercharge the international federation’s ambitious Accelerating the Development of Women in Rugby 2017-25 strategic plan. The ground-breaking ...
Scene set for super-charged Rugby World Cup as new dates in 2022 confirmed
Rugby World Cup 2021 will feature increased rest periods for all teams following World Rugby’s confirmation of the revised tournament dates which will now see New Zealand host the tournament between 8 October-12 November 2022. Matches will take place between 8 October–12 November 2022 in ...
World Rugby Launches New Global Competition And Aligned Calendar To Supercharge The Women’s 15s Game
Sixteen-team, three-tier WXV global competition set to begin in 2023 World Rugby to invest £6.4 million in its first two years Unified international 15s calendar to comprise of two playing windows on an annual basis, optimising player welfare and performance Ground-breaking global ...
Rugby World Cup 2025 set to break new ground as tournament expands to 16 teams
World Rugby has confirmed that the women’s edition of the Rugby World Cup 2025 will expand to 16 team Women’s edition of the Rugby World Cup to increase from 12 to 16 teams from 2025 onwards Decision directly delivers against core pillar of the transformational women’s rugby strategic plan ...
The Unstoppable Nahid Biyarjomandi
“Think about your passion, face your barriers” - Nahid Biyarjomandi Nahid Biyarjomandi is one of the “Unstoppables” who were chosen for the ‘Try and Stop Us’ campaign that was launched by World Rugby last year to promote women in rugby. This campaign features 15 inspirational women and girls with ...
Hong Kong to host Asia Rugby’s ‘Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 qualifier’
Asia’s final qualifier competition for the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 shall be held in Hong Kong in mid-March. Our 3 unions competing for a place at the RWC are Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan. Matches are scheduled to take place as below: Saturday 14 March: Hong Kong v ...
Japan women record opening series win in Incheon
Japan beat China 19-5 to lift round one of the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Incheon. With a home Olympics to look forward to next year, Japan will be using the Asian series as preparation and they got off to the perfect start. Fixtures and Results >>>>> LINK In the ...
Philippines women triumph in Jakarta
The Philippines women recorded a 100% record at the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy to claim promotion to next season’s Sevens Series. With Korea out of the running following defeat on day one, it came down to a round-robin between hosts Indonesia, India and the Philippines. Fixtures and ...
Indian Rugby sevens teams all set for Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
The following article about Indian Rugby sevens teams has been Kindly provided by Rugby India Rugby India announced the 12-member squads for the Indian Men’s & Women’s Rugby teams who will represent India at the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy which will be held at the G.B.K Sports complex in ...