Rugby 7's Club Championship and Snow Rugby to be shown in Dubai As part of the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in February 2020, a working meeting between the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Russian Rugby Federation, Igor Artemyev and the President of the Asia ...
The seven rules driving Japan women’s Tokyo 2020 preparation
Japan Women team manager Akane Kagawa has revealed the seven commandments it is hoped will help inspire the Sakura to win Olympic gold in Tokyo. Kagawa was a guest on Asia Rugby Live last month and made no secret of the fact that the hosts were determined to win the sevens tournament at the ...
Brett Gosper to leave World Rugby to join NFL Europe and UK
World Rugby can confirm that Chief Executive Brett Gosper is to leave the international federation early in 2021 to become the head of NFL in Europe and the UK. In almost nine years at the helm of World Rugby, Gosper has overseen transformational change of the international federation, ...
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 ...
Asia Rugby holds Annual General Meeting and Council meeting Remotely
Asia Rugby’s Council Meeting and Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Sunday 29th of November 2020 via Zoom application with full house attendance. Both meetings were chaired by Asia Rugby President Mr. Qais Al Dhalai with an attendance from World Rugby’s personnel the Head of Development ...
Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status and Nepal becomes an associate member
Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status Nepal and Panama become new associate members of international federation World Rugby membership rises to 128 unions across all continents Nielsen research published this month recorded 405 million rugby fans globally ...
Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw to be confirmed in Auckland next week
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Melodie Robinson, Dr Farah Palmer and Dan Carter as RWC 2021 ball presenters RWC 2021 Draw to be broadcast live on SPARK from 07:30 NZT / 18:30 GMT (19 November) Elma Smit and Ugo Monye to host exclusive online RWC 2021 Draw Show via World Rugby digital ...
Karina Soerjanatamihardja putting structures in place for Indonesia women’s rugby
If Karina Soerjanatamihardja has one grievance in life so far, it is that she was unable to fulfil her “full potential” as a rugby player. Soerjanatamihardja can count on one hand the number of matches she has been able to play in the last few years. That is primarily because, away from the ...
Bangladesh RFU staying true to their pledge
Keeping true to their vision of growing game to a greater audience within the country the Bangladesh RFU successfully conducted a 3 day Rugby Training and Education camp in the capital city of Dhaka. The 3–day camp saw 31 District officers from all over the country. Bangladesh Rugby Hosted the ...
New report highlights global rise in rugby interest in 2019
A new global study from Nielsen has recorded 877 million followers and 405 million fans of rugby union worldwide in 2019, up 11 per cent and 18 per cent on 2018 figures respectively Related News: Over two million new rugby participants in Asia shows impact beyond Rugby World Cup 2019 A ...