The ascension of the three national unions from associate members was confirmed at the Annual Meeting of Council on Thursday. Nepal, Qatar and Turkey have been approved as full members at the Annual Meeting of World Rugby Council, which was held virtually on 11 May. Each of the three national ...
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Jordan and Qatar become associate members of World Rugby
The Jordan Rugby Committee, Qatar Rugby Federation and Turkish Rugby Federation have been welcomed as World Rugby associate members, bringing the number of national unions in membership to 127. World Rugby’s supreme decision-making body approved the recommendation of the Executive and Regional ...
World Rugby publishes the Arabic language version of the Laws Book
World Rugby has published an Arabic version of the laws of the game, which can be viewed online, along with playing charter, definitions and match official signals, the PDF book is downloadable. There are 450 Million speakers Arabic in the world and one of six official languages of the United ...
Qatar Host Olympic Gold Medalist Fiji Ahead of Dubai 7s
World Rugby Sevens Series champions and Rio Olympics gold medalists defeated Qatar’s national team, the Camels, 58-14 in an exhibition match played at the Aspire Zone Warm-Up Track in Doha on Sunday. The match was part of the activities lined up for the three-day visit of the Fijian team to the ...