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 ...
Race for Olympic Games qualification begins
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to act as principle qualification route for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s world series increases to six rounds with addition of HSBC USA Women’s Sevens Australia women and South Africa men current title holders Men’s and women’s World Series 2020 qualifier ...
Match schedule for Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games
World Rugby has confirmed the rugby sevens match schedule for the hotly-anticipated Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, Rugby sevens to be played over three days in six sessions Each participating team to play six games during the tournament Medal games to be played on 15 ...