In countries where it is common for girls to walk eight kilometres to school or work before facing the prospect of early marriage, there is no notion of sport as a cultural norm. For many girls and boys in Laos, a mountainous, landlocked country in south-east Asia, the norms of childhood as ...
Women’s series finale off to entertaining start in Colombo
Japan won both of their matches on day one of the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Sri Lanka as they continued their good form in impressive fashion. In the third and final round of the series Japan will be aiming to win a third Cup title on day two and were the only side to maintain a 100% ...
Rugby sevens set to light up Buenos Aires 2018
One hundred and forty-four young men and women, representing 11 countries from World Rugby’s six regional associations, are in Buenos Aires for the third Youth Olympic Games where the rugby sevens competition kicks off on Saturday at the Club Atletico San Isidro sede la Boya. Six men’s and ...
Women’s rugby leaders inspire in Sri Lanka #ARW7s
Australia women’s rugby legend Louise Burrows took part in a special day of events ahead of this year’s Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Series finale in Sri Lanka. On Friday Burrows was a guest speaker alongside World Rugby Council Member Ada Milby at a special captain’s breakfast for the eight ...
Asia Rugby U19 tournaments schedule announced
Chinese Taipei will host this year’s Asia Rugby U19 Championship and the Division I will be hosted by Thailand the schedules for both tournaments in December have been announced. Asia Rugby Under 19 Championship Division 1 Division 1 Fixtures and Results >>>> Division I sees four ...
Women’s Trophy provides pathway for Asia teams in Brunei
The Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy will take place on October 20-21 in Brunei, with 10 teams competing in the annual competition. With a place on the main series up for grabs, all 10 teams will be looking to be a part of the top sevens competition in 2019 and play a part in Olympic ...
Squads and fixtures announced for Asia Rugby Sevens Series decider
The squads and fixtures have been named and announced for the third and final round of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Sri Lanka. Series leaders Japan women are unchanged as they look to complete a hat-trick of titles with the likes of the impressive Yume Hirano, Chiharu Nakamura and leading ...
Japan set for Youth Olympic Games in Argentina
As Buenos Aires prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games this month, Asia will have two representatives in the rugby sevens competition. The schedule sees the six men’s and six women’s teams play five round-robin games before placing games during the sixth and final competition session on 15 ...
Asia Rugby Sevens Series decider to be streamed live #AR7s #ARW7s
The third and final round in this year’s Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Sri Lanka will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page. With both the men’s and women’s competitions culminating this weekend in Sri Lanka there is a buzz around the sport following the recent Asian Games where Japan ...
Huge month of international fixtures as teams accelerate #RWC2019 preparations
Final Rugby World Cup 2019 spot to be decided at repechage tournament in Marseille as Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and Kenya battle for qualification All 19 qualified unions in action during November window as preparations gather pace with less than a year to go World Rugby funding an exciting ...
