Hong Kong U20s won the Asia Rugby men’s Sevens title for a third successive year with a 26-14 victory over Chinese Taipei in the final. Luke Rae-Howard and Harry Laidler both crossed for impressive tries in the first-half, before Rae-Howard added two more to grab a hat-trick before the half-time ...
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Eden stars as Hong Kong win women’s U20 Sevens competition
Jessica Eden scored two first-half tries to help Hong Kong to a 29-7 victory over Thailand in the final of the Asia Rugby U20 Women’s Sevens. Fixtures and Results >>>>> #ARu20W7s Florence Symonds also continued her fine form across the weekend adding her sixth try of the ...
Schedule announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020
Women’s competition increases to eight rounds Six tournaments will be combined men’s and women’s events Los Angeles announced as the location for USA men’s tournament Record-breaking audience engagement figures with over 198 million video views in 2019 World Series 2020 serves as crucial ...
Kazakhstan win Promotion and keep their dream alive of a 7th World Cup appearance
Kazakhstan wins the second leg of two-match series 15-0 And the win the series by aggregate 10 points after overcoming 5 point deficit from 1st leg. China came into the Match with a five-point lead having beaten Kazakhstan 13-8 in the first leg of the two-legged play-off doubling up as a Women’s ...
Japan set for historic Rugby World Cup with 50 days to go
#50DTG Rugby World Cup, Rugby fever is gripping Japan as final preparations for Asia’s first Rugby World Cup are being fine-tuned across the 12 host cities, match venues and team camps. Today, organisers can confirm that 85 per cent of the 1.8 million tickets have now been sold, reaffirming ...
Norfarahana Aziz: “I feel very proud to have inspired other Malaysian women to play rugby”
I feel like even if I have a big problem and I want to give up, I won’t give up,” Norfarahana Aziz replied when asked whether playing rugby union made her feel ‘unstoppable’.“I try to overcome the problem and to solve the problem with the help of my rugby team-mates, my manager and my ...
Singapore slip down rankings after India’s historic win
Singapore's Asia Rugby Women's Championship Division I campaign has seen them fall five places in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings. Following on from last Wednesday’s 51-7 defeat to eventual champions China, over the weekend Singapore became India’s first scalp at test level, losing ...
Phoenix Xu: “If you start to play rugby, you cannot stop”
Phoenix Xu ,The return of rugby to the Olympic Games has opened up the sport to players from a myriad of new and emerging nations. And hoping to join the qualified teams in Tokyo next year will be China’s first female referee, Phoenix Xu. Phoenix was introduced to rugby at university, where ...
China take step closer to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021
China, playing in only their second international since 2011, won the Asia Rugby Women’s Division 1 title with a 68-0 victory over the Philippines. Having beaten Singapore in their first match, China continued their fine form and will now face Kazakhstan for a spot in next year’s Asia Rugby ...
Squads named for Malaysia v Hong Kong in Kuala Lumpur
Brad Mika and Andy Hall have named their respective sides for this weekend’s Asia Rugby Men’s Championship match between Malaysia and Hong Kong. The match will take place at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium and after their impressive 30-24 bonus point defeat, Malaysia will be buoyed heading into ...