The Webb Ellis Cup will visit schools, the historic Chinese home of rugby; the China Agricultural University, and hosts a Get Into Rugby training session at the Great Wall of China. • The sixth leg of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour arrives in Beijing • The Tour aims to inspire rugby’s next ...
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Malaysia v Hong Kong Rugby World Cup qualifier to be streamed live
Malaysia v Hong Kong , The second match of the ARC 2018 Championship will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page. Hong Kong are the second side to travel to play Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, the 87,5000 capacity stadium built for the 1998 Commonwealth Games. With more ...
Qatar, Lebanon and Syria make international sevens debuts
Alongside the Asia Rugby Championship Division III West competition, a women’s sevens tournament also took place this week. Hosted by Lebanon, two Lebanese teams competed with both Qatar and Syria on Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of the ARC Div III W final between Lebanon and Iran. All three ...
RWC 2019 set to deliver record economic benefits
Japan 2019 set to deliver record economic output for a Rugby World Cup Nationwide impact spread through 12 host cities ¥216.6 billion (£1.5 billion) of additive value to be pumped into the Japanese economy Up to 400,000 international fans set to travel to Japan during the tournament ...
進め！ラグビー精神で We advance！With the spirit of Rugby. IWATE-KAMAISHI JAPAN UNO-SMILE CM TEAM
A truly inspiring story about how Rugby helped a city and its people recover from the terrible disaster that took place around Kamaishi on 11th March 2011: The Great East Japan Earthquake. Kamaishi is also one the Rugby World Cup Host City ...
Less Privileged Rugby Playing Schools In Sri Lanka Get A Boost From “SOS Kit” From UK
This project was initiated by Nazoomi Azhar who is the “SOS Kit” Aid Ambassador to Sri Lanka. He has been instrumental in organizing this and with his initiative SLR will be able to distribute sports goods to less privileged rugby playing schools and also children living in the rural areas, who are ...
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 qualification
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 will feature 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams across four days of competition at AT&T Park in San Francisco. There will be three aspects to the qualification process with teams qualified by virtue of their finish at RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow, via the HSBC World Rugby ...
Rugby 7s Youth Olympic qualifiers awaits U17 Ph Lady Volcanoes
The following article about the Philippine U17 girls rugby 7s team has been kindly submitted by Philippine RFU The U17 Philippine national girls Rugby team are on their final preparations for the upcoming Asian Qualifiers for the 2018 Youth Olympics. The tournament will be held in Dubai, United ...
World Rugby awards RWC 2023 to France
The World Rugby Council today awarded Rugby World Cup 2023 to France, which was selected following two rounds of voting during its interim meeting in London. France received 24 votes to South Africa’s 15 in the final round of voting. In the first round, France received 18 votes to South Africa’s ...
Growing the Game Digital Contest
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce the launch of its “Growing the Game Digital Contest”, which will run for 6 months until April 2018. Asia Rugby's member unions are encouraged to submit digital content and prizes will be awarded for best: Written articles; Photos; Videos Under ...