World Rugby has announced details of its 2016 anti-doping testing and education programme (Keep Rugby Clean) , the most scientific and comprehensive programme ever operated in the sport. The comprehensive in and out-of-competition programme, run in partnership with national member unions, ...
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Hong Kong improve their World Rugby Rankings
Hong Kong improve their World Rugby Rankings, Hong Kong ended their Asia Rugby Championship 2017 campaign with a 39-3 win over Korea at the Hong Kong Football Club Ground on Saturday. Having beaten the same opposition 43-17 in Incheon a week earlier, the victory ensured Hong Kong of second place ...
Get Into Rugby expansion drives World Rugby growth in 2016
Get Into Rugby expansion drives World Rugby growth in 2016 Nearly two million girls and boys, including 610,700 in Asia, participated in Get Into Rugby in 2016 5 million men, women and children, of which 562,535 are in Asia, now playing the game Women and girls account for more than a ...
Rugby World Cup 2019 pool draw on 10 May, 2017 in Kyoto Japan
World Rugby and the Japan 2019 organising committee will host the Rugby World Cup 2019 pool draw on 10 May, 2017 in Kyoto's State Guest House. The iconic venue is a national symbol in Japan and has played host to globally important meetings, including hosting world leaders at the 2016 G7 ...
World Rugby announces historic agreement on long-term calendar harmony
Global calendar agreement sets out international schedule from 2020-32. Optimised calendar promotes compelling, competitive and meaningful tests Long-term agreement creates commercial certainty for all unions 39 per cent increase in tier one v tier two fixtures with emerging nations ...
World Rugby Training & Education Centre opens at Qingdao Experimental High School, Shandong, China
World Rugby, Qingdao City Education Bureau, Qingdao Rugby Association & Qingdao Sharks, unveiled the World Rugby Training & Education Centre at Qingdao Experimental High School in Chenyang District, Qingdao, Shandong, China. Local QD TV Channel 4 and print media were on site to ...
Young refugees become part of the rugby family in Austria
Syrian refugees and young people displaced from other war-torn countries are now able to call on the support of a ‘second family’ thanks to an initiative created and managed by Austrian rugby international Udo Richson. Since its launch 2015, Rugby Opens Borders (ROB) has helped to integrate ...
WANG Shao Ing Appointed to World Rugby Women’s Advisory Committee
Asia Rugby congratulates Wang Shao Ing on her appointment to the prestigious World Rugby Women’s Advisory Committee. Shao (Singapore Rugby Union) is currently a Judicial Officer (JO) serving on the Disciplinary Committees of both Asia Rugby and World Rugby. She was most recently appointed to be a ...
World Rugby First Aid in Rugby (FAIR) course In Colombo Sri Lanka
The first FAIR course in Sri Lanka was extremely well supported, from pre-course setting up of a participant “buddy system” to help with translation of the online modules -a few candidates needed this and appreciated the innovation- through to the end of the tournament 3 days later. There was a ...