South Korea scored late in the match to take a narrow 14-13 lead against UAE and hold on for the last few minutes of the game to claim victory in the 2016 Asia Rugby U19s Division 1 Championship held in Manila. South Korea qualified for the final beating the Philippines 26-10 earlier in the week ...
Hong Kong handed stiff test at Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 after loss to Japan
Hong Kong will face New Zealand, Canada and Wales at next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup after Jo Hull’s side produced a courageous display in Saturday’s final qualifier for the 2017 tournament losing 20-8 to Asian champions Japan. Both sides had already secured qualification for the 12-team ...
HONG KONG WIN ASIA RUGBY U19 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING FOR WORLD RUGBY JUNIOR TROPHY 2017
The Hong Kong U19's secured their path to the World Rugby Junior Trophy 2017 today in Kuala Lumpur by putting the hosts, Malaysia, to the sword with another clinical display in wet conditions in their final match of the Championship, 67 - 10. The win allows Hong Kong to join fellow Asian ...
Malaysia to host Olympic Solidarity Funded Asia Women’s Rugby Coaches’ T&E programme, 20th to 23rd Dec 2016
Asia Rugby, with the support of World Rugby, Olympic Solidarity, the Olympic Council of Malaysia and Malaysian Rugby, is set to conduct a four-day training and education programme in Malaysia designed specifically for female coaches and male coaches coaching in women’s rugby. The training ...
Nepal’s holds its first National Men’s and Women’s Club Rugby 7s
*Nepal Army Club men's, Gorkhali Rugby Club women's teams crowned Nepal Club 7s national champs Nepal's inaugural National Rugby Inter-club Men's and Women's Tournament concluded after tightly contested finals at the National Stadium in Kathmandu, with Nepal Army Club men's and Gorkhali Rugby ...
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 ...
Asia Rugby U19 Div 1 Championships | Singapore Team
The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) has named the Singapore U19 squad that will travel to Manila for the Asia Rugby Under 19 Division 1 Championship from 13th to 18th December 2016. Teams participating in the tournament are Singapore, United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Philippines. The Team will ...
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 ...
Madness and From The Jam headline 2017 Hong Kong Sevens Kick-off Concert
The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) today announced early details of the entertainment planned for the 2017 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens (7-9 April). Legendary British pop band Madness will get the party started as 2017 marks another expansive entertainment lineup for the Sevens with the ...
ARU19s 2016 Game 1: Hong Kong 54 v Chinese Taipei 8 | Game 2 Sri Lanka 27 v Malaysia 21
Asia Rugby U19s Championship 2017 Sunday, 11th December 2016 1 11 Dec 2016 Hong Kong Chinese Taipei 54-8 2 11 Dec 2016 Malaysia Sri Lanka 21-27 ...
