Ahead of the Asian Games, Asia Rugby sat down with Japan women’s sevens captain Chiharu Nakamura to look ahead to the tournament. Having won silver in 2014, Japan will be aiming to go one better when they take to the field this weekend. They face Thailand, Kazakhstan and hosts Indonesia in ...
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Hong Kong suffer defeat to Samoa in World Rugby U20 opener
Hong Kong U20 Team got their World Rugby U20 Trophy campaign underway against Samoa, the tournament’s opening match. The Trophy will run from 28 August – 9 September, with only the pool winners continuing their chances of qualifying for next year’s Championship. A 41-20 defeat to Samoa ...
Malaysia hope to make own history at Asian Games
Malaysia 7s team will be one of the teams to watch at the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia. Having seen their fifteen-a-side counterparts take centre stage during the recent Asia Rugby Championship, the sevens team are raring to go for the Asian Games this weekend. Having won hearts globally ...
Eight teams begin their quest for World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018 success
The 11th edition of the World Rugby U20 Trophy kicks off in Bucharest on Tuesday with eight teams doing battle for the title, and the right to compete in the U20 Championship in Argentina next year. Samoa return to the competition after their relegation from the Championship in 2017, and are one ...
Pakistan 7s Team to compete against Asian giants in the Asian Games
Pakistan 7s Team, The Asian Games is well and truly underway but this week sees rugby sevens comes to the party. With 12 men’s and eight women’s sides set to compete in Jakarta, all sides are looking to test themselves against the best in the continent. For Pakistan, who face a tough pool ...
Hong Kong set for World Rugby U20 Trophy tilt
Hong Kong head coach Stephen Dowse has announced a 26-man squad to compete at the upcoming World Rugby U20 Trophy in Romania. World Rugby U20 Trophy >>>> Fixtures and Results Mark Coebergh and Sam Tsoi will co-captain the side, with their first match the tournament opener against ...
Rugby India reaches 50,000 target
Taking full advantage of the atmosphere created by the record breaking Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy tour in India, Rugby India targeted reaching 50,000 new Get Into Rugby participants in just 15 days. The program ran from 1-15 August and Rugby India successfully delivered more than their ...
Host Hong Kong go for two golds In Asia Rugby U20 7s
Hong Kong’s U20s sevens squads will host seven men’s teams and four women’s teams in a one-off battle for the region’s age grade sevens title at this week’s 2018 Asia Rugby U20s Sevens at Kings Park (10-11 August). Hong Kong are hunting for a fifth straight title in the men’s competition and the ...
Rodden and Kawasaki appointed for another year on the WR 7s Series Match Officials Panels
Asia Rugby top match officials Matt Rodden (HKRU) and Sakurako Kawasaki (JRFU) were appointed for another year on the WR 7s Series Match Officials Panels. The Two referees were also appointed to the panel of referees that officiated at the very successful World Rugby Sevens World Cup 2018 which ...
The Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour reaches the Taj Mahal
The Webb Ellis Cup continues its journey through India visiting the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra and Red Fort in Delhi Whilst in Delhi, fans and players from rugby clubs across the city were inspired by rugby’s greatest prize The Trophy Tour now moves to Mumbai where it will visit one of the ...