Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 is set to inspire young female rugby players from disadvantaged communities in Asia, with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), World Rugby, and Child Fund Pass It Back giving them the opportunity to visit Ireland and take part in an international rugby ...
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Hong Kong Women’s Tour of Spain | Asia Rugby
Spain’s 19-8 victory in this morning’s warm-up match ahead of Saturday’s test (3 June), shows that Hong Kong’s preparations for their debut appearance in the Women’s Rugby World Cup later this summer are progressing, but coach Jo Hull has warned her squad that it is not enough. On its 2015 tour ...
Super Series marks first step for Hong Kong on Road to Women’s RWC
The Hong Kong Women’s national rugby training squad will take their first steps along the road to the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland in August with tomorrow’s Super Series match at Hong Kong Football Club (13.30). The women became the first Hong Kong national rugby team to qualify for a ...
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 tickets on sale as pool schedule confirmed
Tickets for the pool stage of Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 go on sale today (Monday 9 January) at 09:00 (GMT) on Ticketmaster with match schedules now confirmed. The world's top players will battle it out for supremacy of their respective pools with games taking place across two venues in ...
Japan and Hong Kong qualify for Women’s World Cup
Japan will return to the Women's Rugby World Cup stage for the first time in 23 years after qualifying for next year's flagship tournament in Ireland courtesy of a 55-0 win over Fiji in Hong Kong. Not since the inaugural two tournaments in 1991 and 1994 have Japan competed at the highest level of ...
New-look Japan ready to take on Fijiana
Victory for Japan over Fiji in the second match of the Asia/Oceania WRWC 2017 qualification tournament would result in both the Sakura 15s and hosts Hong Kong making it through to the game’s flagship competition in Ireland next summer.The top two teams will progress to WRWC 2017, and having lost ...
Hong Kong clear first hurdle in Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifying stakes
Hong Kong beat Fiji 45-7 in the opening match of the triangular Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifier that also features Japan last night at King’s Park. A Fiji loss against Japan on Tuesday will see Hong Kong advance to its first ever Rugby World Cup in 2017. Natasha Olson-Thorne scored two tries ...
Hong Kong ready for Fiji face-off in Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifier
Hong Kong women’s national coach Jo Hull will encourage Hong Kong to stick to their own game despite Fiji’s expected physical superiority in Friday’s crucial 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifying opener at King’s Park. Hong Kong are hosting the three-team round-robin tournament this month which ...
Women’s Rugby World Cup Qualifier Hong Kong
Hong Kong are ready to grab their 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup dream with “both hands” according to coach Jo Hull ahead of December’s key qualifiers against Fiji and Japan in Hong Kong. Hull’s side host the three-team tournament that will determine the final two teams from Asia/Oceania for ...