Thailand women's sevens team were perhaps the surprise package at the recent Asian Games. Despite not winning a medal, they beat Hong Kong to reach the Cup semi-finals before losing to China 29-5. In the bronze medal match they lost 29-7 to Kazakhstan but their performances impressed many ...
Sri Lanka aim for historic Asia Rugby Sevens Series victory
Sri Lanka Sevens Team, Surdarshana Muthuthanthri believes a first-ever Cup win on the Asia Rugby Sevens Series is not far away. Having finished fourth in the recent Asian Games the Tuskers know they will be there or there about in this year’s Asia Rugby Sevens Series. But they will not be ...
Singapore in the spotlight on Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Series
After their performance in the Asian Games, Singapore women continue their development with three Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series events. The Hong Kong Sevens begins this weekend and Singapore are one of eight women’s teams competing not only for the individual and overall titles, but also for a ...
Asia Rugby Sevens Series to be streamed live
This year’s Asia Rugby Sevens Series will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page. With both the men’s and women’s events starting this weekend in Hong Kong there is a buzz around the sport following the recent Asian Games where Japan women and Hong Kong men made history. There are ...
Asian Games boosts Asia 1 Million project in Indonesia
Asia Rugby's commitment to growing the game across Asia got a boost from rugby sevens' recent participation in the Asian Games During the Games Asia Rugby and host union Indonesia ran an intensive training and education week delivering various World Rugby T&E courses as part of the Asia 1 ...
Hong Kong U20 Get First Win In World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018
World Rugby U20 Trophy 2018. Romania fans are still waiting to witness a home victory in this year’s competition after Paul Altier inspired Hong Kong to only their second ever World Rugby U20 Trophy win. The fly-half racked up 36 points, including a hat-trick of tries, to secure a meeting with ...
World Rugby and ChildFund launch transformational partnership for RWC 2019
ChildFund Pass It Back partnership aims to transform the lives of disadvantaged children in Asia Fans can opt-in to donate to the programme when purchasing tickets from 19 September Partnership forms key element of Rugby World Cup 2019 Impact Beyond legacy programme Rugby World Cup 2019 in ...
Rugby sevens teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Asia Rugby
World Rugby has confirmed the six men’s and six women’s teams that will participate in the rugby sevens competitions at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 13-15 October. Rugby sevens making second appearance at Youth Olympic Games Six women’s and six men’s teams ...
Rugby sevens shines in 18th Asian Games
With the dust settled on the Asian Games, rugby sevens was a fitting finale to the 18th edition in Jakarta. With the sport now firmly cemented in the Olympic family after its debut in Rio in 2016, the sport continues to go from strength to strength. This was another demonstration of that, this ...
Eight years of hurt undone with sensational gold in Jakarta
Hong Kong struck gold on an enthralling night in Jakarta, beating Japan 14-0 in the Asian Games final on Saturday. Tries from Yiu Salom and Alessandro Nardoni secured the historic gold, ending a run of two successive defeats to Japan in the last two Asian Games finals. For some players, ...
