Unstoppable Madam President: New Philippine Rugby Chief Ada Milby Prioritises ‘Safe Return to Play’ The first woman to be appointed to the World Rugby Council, in 2017, serving on the Regions Committee and Rugby Committee; member of the Asia Rugby EXCO since 2016, heading the Women Advisory ...
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Rugby sevens ‘Road to Tokyo’ taking shape
Rugby sevens’ journey on the ‘Road to Tokyo’ in preparation for the Olympic Games continues to take shape as 14 women’s and men’s international teams arrive in Dubai to participate in a competitive high-performance training camp, which includes two tournaments on 2-3 and 8-9 April. Watch Live ...
South Korean Jaesub Choi Co-opted as Asia Rugby Executive Committee Member
Jaesub Choi has been co-opted by Asia Rugby to fill a casual vacancy on the Executive Committee; he will take over the role with immediate effect. Mr Jaesub Choi said, “This is my great honor to be appointed as an EXCO member of Asia Rugby. I know what member unions expect me to do and what ...
Asanga Seneviratne and Trevor Gregory inducted as independent members of Asia Rugby EXCO
The Asia Rugby Executive Committee (EXCO) has unanimously approved the Nomination Committee's proposal of appointing Mr Asanga Seneviratne and Mr Trevor Gregory as independent members. As part of the continual governance reforms by Asia Rugby leadership, on the 12th of January 2021, Asia Rugby ...
Emirates Airline Dubai 7s Dates Announced for 2021 #7sWillReturn
The organisers of the Emirates Airline Dubai 7s have today announced that the 2021 edition of the tournament will take place on 2-4th December. The tournament will celebrate its 51st anniversary as the world of rugby returns to the desert following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to ...
Didik Mukrianto Co-opted as Asia Rugby Vice President
Doctor Didik Mukrianto, S.H., M.H. President of Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia (PRUI) has been co-opted by Asia Rugby Executive Committee to fill the vacant position of 3rd Vice President created by the resignation of a previous office bearer. Dr. Didik Mukrianto will take over the role as 3rd ...
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 ...
Michael Leitch scholarship for young Mongolian boy
Austin Gansukh CEO of Mongolian Rugby updated Asia Rugby on the Michael Leitch scholarship for young Mongolian boy Norvoo Davaajav In 2018, I was pleasantly surprised by an email sent to me by non-other than from Michael Leitch himself. We followed up with a phone call, where I was still a bit ...
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 ...