His Excellency Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Executive Office and the President of UAE General Authority of Sport met with the World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont His Excellency ...
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World Rugby Launches ‘A Global Sport For All’ Strategic Plan 2021-25
World Rugby has launched ‘A Global Sport for All – True to its Values’, a new strategic plan for the advancement and growth of the sport through to 2025. Plan to guide long-term response to COVID-19 pandemic It is underpinned by a focus on evolving the game, with advancing player welfare at ...
World Rugby appoints Alan Gilpin as new Chief Executive Officer
World Rugby has announced the appointment of Alan Gilpin as the international federation’s new Chief Executive Officer. Gilpin, 47, has performed the role of Interim Chief Executive following Brett Gosper’s departure in January and is highly regarded within the rugby and wider sport’s business ...
Players, female leaders and greater global representation on interim World Rugby committees
Rassie Erasmus, Melodie Robinson, Conrad Smith and Bryan Habana are among a host of leading players and coaches who have been appointed to World Rugby committees. Terrence Khoo and Ada Milby part of Regional Committee Ada Mibly also part of Community Rugby Committee Interim committees ...
World Rugby course completions reach 1.5 million as e-learning surges during COVID-19 pandemic
1.5 million people have completed World Rugby courses since their inception in 2007 More than 140,000 people across 85 nations undertake World Rugby e-learning so far in 2020, double the total annual figure in 2019 More than 70,000 players, coaches, administrators and volunteers have ...
World Rugby confirms election nominations
World Rugby has confirmed the nominations for the positions of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, which will be determined at the annual meeting of Council on 12 May, 2020. In accordance with the World Rugby Bye-Laws, member unions were invited to submit nominations for the position of World Rugby ...
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont awarded a knighthood for services to rugby
World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont has expressed his gratitude and says that he is “honoured and humbled” after being awarded a knighthood for services to rugby in HM The Queen’s New Year’s honours list. The honour is in recognition of a champion of rugby, who has dedicated his life to the ...
Global rugby community invited to join digital revolution
World Rugby has made history by launching the .rugby domain name, kicking-off a digital revolution that will deliver multiple promotional benefits to the global rugby community. World.Rugby seamlessly replacing worldrugby.org with .rugby domain name World Rugby unions and regions can avail ...
Historic day for World Rugby as expanded Council meets for first time
On an historic day for World Rugby, 13 new union and regional association representatives have been welcomed onto an expanded World Rugby Council, the sport’s highest decision-making body. Expanded World Rugby Council convenes in Dublin for annual meeting 13 new members (11 female) ...
Strong Financial Statements Reflect World Rugby’s Commitment To Global Investment
World Rugby's 2016 financial statements reflect an organisation that is on-track to meet financial targets for the 2016-20 cycle and committed to significant investment in sustainable growth programmes. An exciting year for the sport that featured rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut was ...