The Rolls-Royce of schools’ Rugby encounters in the Island, having begun in 1920, the game was transformed into a two-legged, shield encounter in 1945 (76 Years) after Royal College Principal E.L Bradby put forward the idea. The first historic match was played on the 31st of July, 1920 (100 years ...
Japan hope to establish sevens culture through Tokyo 2020
Winning a medal in front of their home crowd is a goal for all Japanese athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. But Japan men’s sevens head coach, Kensuke Iwabuchi, also hopes to use the Games to establish a sevens culture in the country. Today marks one year until the men’s sevens tournament kicks off at ...
How women are changing the game in Iranian rugby
Rugby in Iran, Rugby union has been played in Iran for longer than you might think. Used informally in military training from at least the 1940s, the game fell out of favour following the Iran Revolution of 1978-79. Aside from the exploits of Tehran-born scrum-half Aadel Kardooni, who played for ...
World Rugby course completions reach 1.5 million as e-learning surges during COVID-19 pandemic
1.5 million people have completed World Rugby courses since their inception in 2007 More than 140,000 people across 85 nations undertake World Rugby e-learning so far in 2020, double the total annual figure in 2019 More than 70,000 players, coaches, administrators and volunteers have ...
Olympic Games the light at the end of the COVID tunnel for China Sevens
Head coach of the Chinese women’s Sevens team, Lu Zhuan says the postponed Olympics is allowing his squad to grow in skill and confidence ahead of next year’s Games in Tokyo. Despite the interruptions associated with the outbreak of COVID-19, Zhuan believes his athletes have continued to take ...
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens schedule confirmed
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rugby sevens schedule confirmed,In a reverse from the previous edition in Rio, the men’s rugby sevens competition will take place first, running over three days from 26-28 July 2021, with the women’s competition following on 29-31 July 2021, which sees the gold medal match ...
Mais Khoury, Yielding the way for Female Rugby Coaches in Jordan
In the last couple of years, Jordan Rugby has been part of various accomplishments, and one of these major achievements was the beginning of the Jordanian Women’s National Rugby team, which was founded in 2019. Ever since then, Jordanian female Rugby players have been greatly involved in the ...
Afghanistan Rugby Federation , Inside Asia Rugby
Asia Rugby announced on the 8th of July that Afghanistan Rugby Federation was granted full membership of Asia Rugby. A historic milestone for the Union that has overcome many obstacles. In the last two years, the Union has been working on all aspects of growing the game. Asia Rugby President ...
Ghaith Jalajel takes over the role of Asia Rugby Competitions Consultant.
Asia Rugby is delighted to announce that Ghaith Jalajel who is currently the Development Consultant for West Asia, will be taking on an additional role as Asia Rugby Competitions Consultant. Ghaith has been involved in Rugby in Asia since 2004 and is a World Rugby Master Trainer. He has extensive ...
Asia Rugby Live “Giving back to the game”
We are back this Sunday 12th July at 11 Am UAE (+4 GMT) with the 12th Episode of Asia Rugby Live with 4 more amazing guests. The topic of episode 12 we talk about “Giving back to the game”, as our 4 coaches involved with coaching Asian team’s share their stories of how they ended up coaching ...
