Asia Rugby has today announced with great regret the cancellation of the Asia Rugby Division III East in its current format, which was initially scheduled for the 1st and 4th November, 2017 in Vientiane, Laos. While Asia Rugby had exhausted various options to provide a Division III competition in ...
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Can top ranked Sri Lanka see off the challengers? #ARC2017 D1 #RWC2019 Qualifier
Ahead of Sunday’s first matches in this year’s ARC Division 1, today’s ‘State of the Union’ report is on the top seeds and one of the region’s oldest unions, Sri Lanka. Always hovering around 40th in the World Rugby rankings and by far the highest of the 4 competing countries, they enter the ...
Japan Defeat Valiant Hong Kong | #ARC2017 | Japan Vs Hong Kong
Japan beat Hong Kong 29-17 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Saturday to move ever closer to securing the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship. But the visitors can take heart from a spirited performance that left coach Leigh Jones ruing what might have been. “From a pure coaching ...
Brave Blossoms host South Korea | ARC2017 | Game 2 Preiview
Brave Blossoms host South Korea Round 2 of the Asia Rugby Championship shifts to Japan on Saturday with the Brave Blossoms hosting South Korea in a rematch of Round 1. And it is fair to say there were contrasting moods in the two camps as they flew over this week from Incheon to Tokyo. South ...
South Korea ready to tackle Japan in Tokyo | #ARC2017 | M2 Japan v Korea
South Korean coach John Walters has named a side with only two changes for the crucial second Asia Rugby Championship match on Saturday against Japan in Tokyo. The forward pack, which performed solidly in last week’s 47-29 loss in Incheon, remains unchanged, whilst there are two changes in the ...
Yutaka Nagare will lead the Brave Blossoms at the Asia Rugby Championship
TOKYO (April 10) – Uncapped scrumhalf Yutaka Nagare will lead the Brave Blossoms at the Asia Rugby Championship, head coach Jamie Joseph announced Monday. Nagare will skipper a 37-man squad that contains 16 uncapped players at the tournament that sees the Brave Blossoms play South Korea and Hong ...
LEBANON STEAL VICTORY WITH FINAL PENALTY KICK | #ARC2017 | Iran v Lebanon
Iran v Lebanon In a dramatic climax to the Iran v Lebanon match played at the Dustlik Stadium in Tashkent, the Lebanese captain, Karim Jammal, lead with his boot and kicked a sideline penalty in the dying seconds to clinch victory over Iran winning 25-24. Jammal showed extreme composure in ...