Other News

• Two years to go

  Exactly two years today the Rugby World Cup 2011 will kick off in Auckland, New Zealand with the first game being the hosts taking on Tonga.

  09 Sep 2009

• Olympic return is within touching distance

  Rugby seems set to return to the Olympic Games in 2016.  The International Olympic Committee’s executive board voted to include rugby sevens and golf at its Berlin executive board meeting yesterday.

  14 Aug 2009

• New I.R.B. Laws Website

  If you are a player or a coach at any level of the game it is mandatory that you have a grasp of the Laws of the game.

  31 Jul 2009

• Bledisloe is off to the Land of the Rising Sun

    Last year’s 4th Bledisloe Cup match, played in Hong Kong, between the Wallabies and the All Blacks netted both unions millions of dollars in much needed additional income and for that reason above any of the other more philanthropic suggestions, Asian rugby fans will have the opportunity to see two of the three highest ranked teams in the world battle it out in Tokyo’s National Stadium on 31st October 2009.

  22 Jul 2009

• Asian 5 Nations 2009; the final story

  All the matches in the 2009 Asian 5 Nations have now been completed and the final results are detailed below. Japan again dominated the Top Five, but Kazakhstan surprised everyone, not least Korea by finishing in second place. Next year the tournament will double as the qualifiers for the World Cup 2011. In the highly unlikely circumstances that the Arabian Gulf were to qualify it may cause some consternation, as their union is being officially split up into its constituent countries on December 31st 2010.

  08 Jul 2009

• Surely rugby sevens will get the nod

  Rugby sevens and golf have emerged as the favourites for inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Games. Seven sports; baseball, golf, softball, rugby sevens, roller sports, squash and karate recently put their case to the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland.

  25 Jun 2009

• Seven magnificent finals

  First of all, hats off to China. They travelled to Thailand with the tag of heavy favourites and they proved without doubt, to all present that they were worthy of that pre-tournament billing. Not only that, they did it with style, playing fast open rugby and running in some classic seven’s scores. They are blessed throughout their entire twelve woman squad with raw speed, sure handling and bags of confidence and there’s very little answer to that combination in seven a-side rugby.

  01 Jun 2009

• Asian Women’s Sevens Championships

  Fourteen women’s sevens teams from across the full bredth of Asia will head to the Royal Thai Navy Stadium in Sattahip, Chonburi this coming weekend. In the first division the teams will play in two groups. Group A sees hosts Thailand pitted against the traditionally strong Kazakhstan team, Taiwan, the Arabian Gulf and Iran.

  27 May 2009

• Kazakhstan grab second place in Asian Five Nations 2009

  The Nomads of Kazakhstan have settled in second place in this year’s HSBC Asian Five Nations Top 5 competition after dispatching Hong Kong 25 – 6 today in a rain-drenched Almaty.  Today’s win sees Kazakhstan finish with three victories from its four matches, good for 15 points on the table.  The Kazakhs have moved up an impressive two spots on their 2008 finish.

  25 May 2009

• Hong Kong aim for crucial bonus point

  Hong Kong travel to Kazakhstan tomorrow knowing they need their finest performance of this years’ Asian Five Nations to clinch the runners up spot behind crowned champions Japan. After a morale boosting 64-6 demolition of Singapore at the weekend Dai Rees’ men fly to Almaty requiring a win with a bonus point to achieve their pre-tournament aim of second.

  21 May 2009

• Day of tight results sees Korea and Kazakhstan squeak through

  Week three of the HSBC Asian Five Nations through up some fantastic matches with both games going down to the wire as South Korea narrowly escaped a second consecutive loss this week to Hong Kong as they eked out a 36-34 win. In the day’s late match, Kazakhstan managed to finish the better team after playing two men down for most of the last 10 minutes as they edged Singapore 22-19 in Singapore.

  11 May 2009

• South Korea out to avenge loss; HSBC Asian Five Nations makes first visit to Singapore

  South Korea hosts Hong Kong tomorrow (May 9) as the battle for second place honours in the HSBC Asian Five Nations (A5N) heats up. In Saturday's other match, Singapore gets its first taste of A5N rugby as the tournament comes to the Lion City for a vital home clash against Kazakhstan.

  08 May 2009

• Asian 5 Nations, Week 2

  Japan smashed their way to a 59-6 victory past Hong Kong to keep their slate clean at the HSBC Asian Five Nations championship on Saturday, while Korea’s perfect record was upended today after a 30-27 loss to Kazakhstan at the Central Stadium in Almaty.

  04 May 2009