•The seventh leg of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour arrives in the Philippines • Webb Ellis Cup to climb active volcano for touch rugby session with local junior players • Activities joined by members of the Philippine Volcanoes team that won the Asia Rugby Division 1 title earlier this ...
Impact Beyond
Rugby World Cup 2019 Impact Beyond legacy program unites Japan rugby community
The Rugby World Cup 2019 Organising Committee and Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) announced the launch of the Dream Beyond 2019 Future Plan under the umbrella of World Rugby’s global tournament legacy program - Impact Beyond 2019. The plan will see the Organising Committee and JRFU working ...
Rugby players from Laos, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan meet for international tag rugby competition at RKU
Young rugby coaches and players from Laos, Vietnam and Philippines will be visiting Japan on 27 June-2 July to take part in the RKU ChildFund Pass It Back Cup. Hosted in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki by Asia Rugby and Ryutsu Keizai University, this is one of many lead-up events to the Rugby World Cup 2019 ...
The star factory in Nepal ~ Rugby In Nepal #AsiaRugby
Rugby In Nepal, Situated 28km north of Kathmandu Valley sit Nepal Police Higher Secondary School, also known as the star factory. With 60 boys and 60 girls playing rugby continuously throughout the year it is no surprise they won the U14 national title this year. It is this school that ...
Japan on track to host a very special Rugby World Cup 2019
Japan on track to host a very special Rugby World Cup 2019 Preparation on track ahead of year to go milestone Exceptional domestic and global ticketing demand with more than two million applications to date Over 500,000 participants in Asia 1 Million legacy project World Rugby has ...
Record numbers Get Into Rugby in 2017 #Getintorugby #AsiaRugby
Record numbers Get Into Rugby in 2017 9.1 million players globally, more than a quarter women and girls Over two million girls and boys participated in Get Into Rugby in 2017 Rapid growth in Asia with 18 per cent increase in Get Into Rugby compared to 2016 A record number of girls and ...
Webb Ellis Cup set to visit the Great Wall of China as the #RWC2019 Trophy Tour arrives in Beijing
The Webb Ellis Cup will visit schools, the historic Chinese home of rugby; the China Agricultural University, and hosts a Get Into Rugby training session at the Great Wall of China. • The sixth leg of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour arrives in Beijing • The Tour aims to inspire rugby’s next ...
Asia 1 Million, Pakistan
The project Asia 1 Million has been running since May 2016 when Asia Rugby Council agreed on launching the project with the aim of engaging one million new player participants in Asia by 2020 as part of the Impact Beyond 2019 programme for Rugby World Cup 2019. Project Asia 1 million has made a ...
Kazakhstan leads on Asia 1 Million projects with Safeguarding workshop
As part of the Asia 1 Million project Asia Rugby has invested in Central Asia, and as part of that investment, a Safeguarding workshop took place during the Asia Rugby Championship Division III Central competition. Safeguarding workshop With coaches from hosts Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan ...
RWC 2019 volunteer programme set to showcase Japanese rugby’s spirit of ‘no-side’
The Japan Rugby 2019 organising committee has today launched ‘Team No Side ’– the official volunteer programme for Rugby World Cup 2019.‘Team No-Side’ will be made up of 10,000 volunteers who will be the faces of the tournament, showcasing rugby’s values and Japan’s world-famous welcome at Asia’s ...