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19th Asian Games Match officals

Asia Rugby Announces Match Officials for the upcoming Asian Games

Asia Rugby is proud to unveil the team of match officials entrusted with upholding the highest standards of rugby during the 19th Asian Games. The ...

Match Officials Announced for Asia Rugby U20 Men’s and Women’s Sevens in Nepal

Excitement is building as the Asia Rugby U20 Men's and Women's Sevens tournament, hosted by the Nepal Rugby Association, draws near. The prestigious ...

Match officials Announced for Asia Rugby Women’s Championship

Asia Rugby has announced the appointment of match officials for the upcoming Asia Rugby Women’s Championship. The tournament, featuring Japan, Hong ...

Christabelle LIm Rugby Afirca

Unstoppable Christabelle Becomes Second Asian to Officiate at Africa Women’s Cup

When ‘unstoppable’ Christabelle Lim Mee, whistle at hand, stepped out onto the rugby pitch in Tunis yesterday, Sunday 14th October 2022, and took ...

Eri Kamimura Etches Name in Rugby History: Becomes First Asian Match Official, Woman or Man, to Officiate South Africa vs. Namibia Women’s XV

Eri Kamimura created history by becoming the first Asian Match Official to officiate in a Rugby Africa – Asia Rugby exchange programme on 23rd June ...

World Rugby online learning

Concussion education driving surge in World Rugby course completions to 1.8m

World Rugby online learning course completions have surged in 2021 with more people per month engaging with the educational materials in the first ...

Rugby Sevens in Olympic rugby sevens funding boosts

Rugby sevens match officials unveiled for Tokyo Olympics with 100 days to go

Squad of 22 match officials announced for the women’s and men’s rugby sevens competitions at the delayed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Squad of 22 ...

Alhambra Nievas

Pioneering Olympic female referee Alhambra Nievas excited by the next generation

As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games draw ever closer, we talk to Alhambra Nievas about her experience of refereeing the women’s gold medal match in Rio ...

Asia Rugby Documents

George Danapal Joins Asia Rugby as the Match Officials In-Charge

Asia Rugby is delighted to announce that Mr. George Danapal has joined the Regional Association as the Match Officials Development ...

rugby-law-trials

Big year for player welfare law trials kicks off #Playerwelfare

Player welfare is the sport's top priority and injury incidence in global elite rugby has reduced in recent years thanks to the sport’s ...