In a historic first for the Rugby World Cup, 18 Olympians from nine nations are set to take to the field at Japan 2019, the first Rugby World Cup to be held in Asia, which begins on Friday when hosts Japan take on Russia at Tokyo Stadium. Three years ago in Brazil, rugby sevens made an explosive ...
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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 ...
World Rugby celebrates one year to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
24 July 2019 marks exactly one year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Rugby sevens will take place at the Tokyo Stadium from 27 July to 1 August 2020 15 rugby sevens teams have so far qualified for the Games Qualified men's teams: Argentina, Canada, Fiji, Great Britain, Japan, New ...
Series a key component of Japan’s Olympic preparation
Japan finished their Las Vegas Sevens campaign in disappointing fashion, finishing 15th overall. They now head to Vancouver for round six of the series, but their attention is firmly placed on the Olympic Games in 2020. https://twitter.com/i/status/1102135272639250432 Taking place ...
Japan win Bronze medal At Youth Olympic Games #YOG
Three days of thrilling rugby sevens action came to a conclusion on Monday with The Japan Junior 7s claiming the bronze medal as they convincingly beat South Africa 28-5 in the bronze medal match, Stand our player for Japan was Taisri Knoshi one of the highest scorers of the tournament with 7 ...
Rugby sevens set to light up Buenos Aires 2018
One hundred and forty-four young men and women, representing 11 countries from World Rugby’s six regional associations, are in Buenos Aires for the third Youth Olympic Games where the rugby sevens competition kicks off on Saturday at the Club Atletico San Isidro sede la Boya. Six men’s and ...
Japan set for Youth Olympic Games in Argentina
As Buenos Aires prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games this month, Asia will have two representatives in the rugby sevens competition. The schedule sees the six men’s and six women’s teams play five round-robin games before placing games during the sixth and final competition session on 15 ...
Race for Olympic Games qualification begins
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to act as principle qualification route for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s world series increases to six rounds with addition of HSBC USA Women’s Sevens Australia women and South Africa men current title holders Men’s and women’s World Series 2020 qualifier ...
Match schedule for Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games
World Rugby has confirmed the rugby sevens match schedule for the hotly-anticipated Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, Rugby sevens to be played over three days in six sessions Each participating team to play six games during the tournament Medal games to be played on 15 ...
Asian pathway to Tokyo 2020 announced
Rugby sevens’ Olympic qualification pathway for Tokyo 2020 has today been confirmed by the International Olympic Committee and World Rugby. Twelve teams will compete for medals in both the men's and women's rugby sevens competitions from 27 July-1 August at Tokyo Stadium. Japan’s men’s and ...