Sean Horan, New Zealand women’s silver medal-winning coach at Rio 2016, is set to lead another side at an Olympic Games after his new charges China used their recent HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series experience to overpower a largely youthful Hong Kong team and win the Asia Rugby qualification tournament on home soil in Guangzhou,
Eight women’s teams will compete at the Asia Women’s Sevens in Guangzhou, China on 9-10 November for Asia’s second place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The winners of the two-day tournament, hosted at the Guangzhou University Town Sports Centre, will earn automatic qualification to next year’s summer Games with the teams finishing in second
South Africa’s Pieter-Steph du Toit and England’s Emily Scarratt have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2019 in association with Mastercard respectively at the World Rugby Awards in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday.On a night to remember at The Prince Park Tower, only 24 hours after South Africa had lifted
World Rugby has announced the shortlists for the prestigious Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards for 2019, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November. Following a stellar year for international rugby culminating in a very special Rugby World Cup 2019, the
Asia’s first Rugby World Cup will leave an important and lasting legacy for tens of thousands of children in the region 25,000 children and youth to benefit from their involvement in rugby for development programme ChildFund Pass It Back More than 1.8 million tickets sold, with 50 per cent increase in opt-in ticket donations in
Typhoon Hagibis has hit the 2019 World Cup hard and caused a massive reaction from disappointed players, officials and spectators. It has its bearing too on the course of the next World Cup, to be fought out in New Zealand in two years time. As two greats of the Italian game, Leonardo Ghiraldini and Sergio
England Women Sevens head coach Charlie Hayter has named his squad for the opening round of the 2019/20 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Glendale, Colorado on 5-6 October 2019 (streamed live on WorldRugby.org). Jodie Ounsley is set to make her World Series debut after joining from Tyrrells Premier 15s outfit Loughborough Lightning this
Hosts South Africa and Kenya are now just one win away from securing the region’s qualification ticket to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand after maintaining their winning records on Tuesday in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Johannesburg. South Africa and Kenya will meet in a winner-takes-all title decider in the Rugby
World Rugby has today launched a new ‘Women in Rugby’ brand identity and landmark global campaign ‘Try and Stop Us’ aimed at driving increased participation and engagement among fans, audiences, players and investors in the women’s game. The global campaign, developed with the support of national unions and regions, uses striking imagery and the inspiring
World Rugby will break new ground in the development of the women’s game with the first women’s High Performance Academy taking place at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport in South Africa from 6-11 May. The Academy will involve 43 delegates from 16 unions over a week long programme and forms a key element of World
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