Japan lost to Scotland 24-19 in the semi finals of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2019/20 season as they failed in their bid to gain promotion to the series. Despite two tries from Mateitoga Bogidraumainadave and a fifth try of the tournament for Yoko Suzuki, Scotland proved one step ...
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Japan impress as Asian teams all progress
Japan women won all three of their HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series qualifier matches in a hotly contested day of competition. Having been relegated from the series last season they will be hoping for an automatic return to the series and will face hosts Hong Kong on day two in the quarter ...
Asian women’s teams named for series qualifier at Hong Kong Sevens
Ahead of this week’s HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Hong Kong, all 12 competing sides have named their final squads. For Asia, Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan will all be competing and looking to follow in the footsteps of China who won this tournament in 2018. Back then all ...
Pools and schedule announced for HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens 2019
HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens acts as round four of the women’s series New Zealand currently lead women’s series standings Japan confirmed as invitational team The pools and match schedule have been announced for the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens on 20-21 April, the fourth round of the HSBC World Rugby ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 on track to be a game-changer
World Rugby completed final Rugby World Cup 2019 review of 2018 World Rugby pleased with strong progress over the year Stage now set for one of the great game-changing Rugby World Cups Productive Team Managers’ Meeting demonstrates excellent operational progress World Rugby believes ...
World Rugby Museum Hosts Brave Blossoms: the History of Rugby in Japan
As the rugby world turns towards the land of the rising sun in anticipation of Asia’s first Rugby World Cup, the World Rugby Museum is hosting a new special exhibition ‘Brave Blossoms: the History of Rugby in Japan’. The Reg Clark (Rhino Rugby ) officially opened the Exhibition in ...
Match schedule confirmed for Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens 2018
The match schedule for the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens 2018, which takes place on 29 November-1 December, has been confirmed. Dubai again hosts both the men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, acting as the men’s series opener and round two of the women’s, following on from in ...
Triple double completed for Japan in Colombo
Japan Asian Sevens Champions. The third and final round of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Sri Lanka was won by Japan, who beat Hong Kong 19-5 for a third successive time in a Cup final. Having lost to Hong Kong in the gold medal final at the Asian Games Japan have bounced back to lift all three ...
Japan women complete clean sweep in series finale ARW7s
The Sakura Sevens beat Hong Kong – in the final to record an impressive third Cup title from three on the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. Having beaten China, Kazakhstan and now Hong Kong in the three respective finals Japan’s form continued in Sri Lanka. Honoka Tsutsumi got Japan off to a ...
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 ...