As the excitement builds for the kickoff of the Asia Rugby season with the Combined Division 1 & 2 Championship 2024, Asia Rugby has announced the group of match officials who will oversee the exhilarating clashes set to unfold at the Racecourse Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka. With teams from ...
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Excitement Builds as Colombo Prepares to Host Asia Rugby Men’s Division 1
Asia Rugby Division 1 Championship 2024 will kick off the Asia Rugby season with Sri Lanka back in action in what promises to be a very exciting tournament with Sri Lanka hosting Qatar, Kazakhstan and India. Originally, this year’s Asia Rugby Men’s Division 1 was to be contested by Sri Lanka, ...
Asia Rugby Reinstates Sri Lanka Rugby as Full Member
The Sri Lanka Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs officially confirmed the cancellation of the gazette notification dated April 1st, 2022. Considering this, Asia Rugby has made the prudent decision to reinstate Sri Lanka Rugby as a full member of Asia Rugby. During its meeting on April 9th, ...
Asia Rugby grants green light for Sri Lanka to participate in the elite continental sevens tournament
Asia Rugby announced the inclusion of the Sri Lanka Men’s and Women’s rugby teams in the last two legs of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the teams will play under the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee flag. Careful consideration was given by the Asia Rugby Executive Committee for a one-time ...
Asia Rugby President receives Sri Lanka Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs
On Thursday 6th October, Asia Rugby President, Qais Al Dhalai received Honorable Mr. Roshan Ranasighe, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of Sri Lanka at the Asia Rugby offices in Dubai to discuss matters relating to the suspended Sri Lanka Rugby. The discussions were mainly focused on finding ...
Asia Rugby and Sri Lanka Olympic Committee Presidents Meet Post-Suspension:
Asia Rugby and Sri Lanka Olympic Committee Presidents Meet Post-Suspension Qais Al Dhalai Assures Suresh Subramaniam of AR's Support to Sri Lankan Rugby, Players and Athletes After the suspension of Sri Lanka Rugby by Asia Rugby in April this year, Asia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai met Sri ...
Asia Rugby Suspends Sri Lanka from all Regional Activities
Asia Rugby announces the suspension of the membership of Sri Lanka Rugby: at an Extraordinary Sub Meeting of Asia Rugby Executive Committee (EXCO) it was unanimously decided to ratify the decision of the EXCO at its meeting on 9th April 2022 in Thailand to impose a full and immediate membership ...
Asia Rugby confirms temporary membership suspension for Sri Lanka
At its meeting on the 9th of April 2022 in Phuket, Thailand, the Asia Rugby Executive Committee (EXCO) has discussed at length the contrary positions of the Sri Lanka Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee in relation to the suspension of the Sri Lanka ...
The Bradby Shield – Sri Lanka schools’ coveted Rugby encounter
The Rolls-Royce of schools’ Rugby encounters in the Island, having begun in 1920, the game was transformed into a two-legged, shield encounter in 1945 (76 Years) after Royal College Principal E.L Bradby put forward the idea. The first historic match was played on the 31st of July, 1920 (100 years ...
Philippines and Sri Lanka to meet in U19 Division I finale
Philippines and Sri Lanka will meet at the Yongchuan Sports Centre in Thailand with the winner taking the Asia Ruby Men’s U19 Division I title. Both sides were victories in their semi-finals, with Thailand and China now facing off in the third-place play-off. Fixtures and Results ...