World Rugby has announced the match official appointments for the Women’s 6 Nations 2018, which kicks off on Friday, 2 February. Following a ground-breaking year for women’s rugby on and off the field, there is huge anticipation ahead of what promises to be a hugely competitive tournament. World Rugby referee of the year and Women’s
World Rugby has underscored its commitment to furthering gender equality at all levels of the organisation by announcing sweeping reform of its Council with an ambition of at least one-third women’s representation from next year. In an historic and unprecedented decision spearheaded by Chairman Bill Beaumont, World Rugby will increase the number of people who
World Rugby has announced the shortlists for the prestigious Men’s and Women’s 15s Players of the Year awards for 2017, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo on 26 November. Following a stellar year for international rugby, the shortlists for the ultimate accolade feature players
On the eve of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland, World Rugby has announced details of a leadership forum to identify ways to inspire the next generation of female leaders and accelerate the development of women in rugby on and off the field of play. The two-day forum, which will take place in Belfast
Yesterday (6 April) on International Day of Sport for Development and Peace World Rugby announced the five organisations which have been selected to join its Spirit of Rugby programme. They are: Khelo Rugby Rio Rugby FC SOS Kit Aid Terres en Mêlées Trust Rugby International All five are using rugby for societal development, be it on
The men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will feature gold, silver and bronze medals for the first time from the 2016-17 season. In a move that will align the annual series with the Olympic Games, World Rugby has also announced an exciting restructuring of the final competition day, driving greater meaning for teams
The global rugby family has joined the international sporting community in celebrating #OlympicDay as excitement builds ahead of rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016. With 43 days to go until the Games, preparations are on track for very special and successful rugby sevens events and World Rugby has been leading the #OlympicDay celebrations
Beaumont unanimously elected Chairman and will begin term on 1 July Agustín Pichot becomes first-ever Argentinian to serve as Vice-Chairman Elections cap historic day for World Rugby as new governance model is implemented Rugby experiencing record global growth and popularity with 7.73 million players Bill Beaumont and Agustín Pichot have been elected World Rugby Chairman
More than two million women regularly playing rugby worldwide as record growth continues 25 per cent of global players are female while 36 per cent of all Get Into Rugby participants are girls Stars of women’s rugby set to make history at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Global rugby community gets behind #IWD2016 Stars from the
With 155 days to go until rugby sevens makes its Olympic Games debut, World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset believes that Rio 2016 will be a game-changing moment for a sport that is experiencing record global growth. Speaking ahead of the rugby sevens test event at the Deodoro Olympic Park this weekend, Lapasset said that Olympic
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