Brad Mika has named an unchanged side for Malaysia’s first home match of the 2019 Asia Rugby Championship. The Bukit Jalil National Stadium plays host to Korea on Saturday and the former All Black makes three changes to his starting XV for the match. Amirul Abas, Hashraffuddin Basir and ...
Malaysia here to make history in ARC
Malaysia will play host this Saturday as the Asia Rugby Championship second round takes place in Kuala Lumpur. Having lost 50-12 in Incheon, Malaysia will attempt to record a historic first-ever victory in the ARC against Korea on home soil. Fixtures and Results ...
Japan set for final push on sevens series
Japan currently sit 15th in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with just two rounds remaining in London and Paris. The side ranked 15th after the 10th event will be relegated and replaced by Ireland for the 2019/20 Series. With a home Olympic Games on the horizon, Japan know the importance of ...
Asia Rugby Women’s Championship Division I providing pathway to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021
The Asia Rugby Women’s Championship Division I will double up as part of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 qualification process. In June China, India, Singapore and the Philippines will have an opportunity to take a step closer to qualifying for the women’s showpiece event in New ...
Asia Rugby most represented region in World Rugby’s #TryAndStopUs campaign
Tuesday 21 May saw World Rugby announce their landmark global campaign to revolutionise women’s rugby. #TryAndStopUs With a new ‘Women in Rugby’ brand identity, the global campaign ‘Try and Stop Us’ was also launched. The campaign has initially identified 15 women and girls involved in ...
Sweta Shahi: “I want to break down barriers and change the mindset”
Sweta Shahi might only be 19 but she has already achieved a lot on her journey from a rural village in north-east India to becoming an international sevens player. Shahi had never heard of the sport when she was spotted by the Bihar state rugby secretary during an athletics’ meet that she was ...
World Rugby launches global campaign to revolutionise women’s rugby
World Rugby unveils new global identity, brand proposition and campaign for women’s rugby #TryAndStopUs campaign features 15 inspirational women and girls with ‘unstoppable’ qualities from around the globe Huge growth in women’s rugby to 2.7 million participants with a 28 per cent increase in ...
UAE up to 64th in World Rugby rankings
Following their Asia Rugby Championship Division II title, the UAE are also celebrating a rise in the World Rugby rankings. Having beaten Guam 82-7 and then Thailand 50-12, the UAE benefited from two big victories in the space of three days to leave them six places higher than before the ...
Learning curve for Malaysia as Korea score eight tries in Incheon
With the first match of the 2019 Asia Rugby Championship done and dusted, Korea head into match two following a bonus point win over Malaysia. The two sides now travel to Kuala Lumpur for the second round before both sides face Hong Kong at home and away. Korea scored eight tries through eight ...
UAE gain promotion to Division I with impressive win against Thailand
The UAE will compete in next year’s Asia Rugby Championship Division I after beating Thailand 50-12 in the Division II final on Saturday. Fixtures and Results >>>>>>>#ARC2019D2 Division II final With the hosts having beaten Kazakhstan and the UAE proving too much for Guam ...
