The captains of the 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams competing at the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 in Stellenbosch over a pair of combined events taking place at Markotter Stadium on 20-22 and 28-30 April 2023 gathered on Tuesday at Gardens Rugby Club on the slopes of the iconic Table ...
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World Rugby to further explore the Television Match Official Bunker concept
World Rugby confirms that it is further exploring the Television Match Official Bunker concept to review foul play involving head contact, starting at the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa. ...
Madrid to host first World Rugby Sevens Series Grand Final from 2023-24
Madrid will host the Grand Final of the reimagined World Rugby Sevens Series for three years from the 2023-24 season, World Rugby and the City of Madrid have confirmed. ...
World Rugby looks to enhance the flow of the game with law application guidelines
World Rugby has announced a series of law applications which will be implemented game-wide from 1 January 2023 aimed at speeding up the game. ...
Syria welcomed as World Rugby Associate Member
Rugby’s global expansion continued as three new national unions were approved as associated members at the interim meeting of World Rugby Council in Auckland, New Zealand on 10 November. St. Lucia ascended to full member status, while the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Syria were confirmed ...
Rugby Sevens returns to Hong Kong as 2023 Series kicks-off
The 16 team captain’s gathered on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on 4-6 November, which sees the famous tournament return to Hong Kong Stadium for the first time since 2019. ...
World Rugby launches reimagined Get Into Rugby programme to drive player retention
World Rugby is inviting national member unions to apply to participate in the pilot programme for its reimagined Get Into Rugby programme, the non-contact, mixed gender entry level of the sport worldwide which has attracted more than six million participants since its launch in 2016. ...
Emirates and World Rugby to ‘Fly Better’ at Rugby World Cup 2023 and 2027
World Rugby and Emirates have announced an extension of the Dubai-based airline’s long-standing relationship as a Rugby World Cup Worldwide Partner. ...
Teams aim for promotion at World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile
The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series will take place in Santiago, Chile on 12-14 August, with promotion to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 the prize at stake for the men's and women's tournament winners. ...
Canon joins the Rugby World Cup commercial family for New Zealand 2021 and France 2023
Canon named Worldwide Partner for Rugby World Cup 2021 and will be the tournament’s Official Imaging Partner and Official Camera Partner Japanese company comes on board for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France as Official Imaging Supplier Canon and World Rugby continue their long-standing ...