World Rugby has dropped a dramatic change to the RWC 2021 Asia Qualification Pathway and confirmed that Japan has automatically qualified for Rugby World Cup 2021 as the highest-ranked team in the region. This means that Kazakhstan and Hong Kong […]
The Callum Lewis Memorial Trophy 2021 is contested by the Chiang Mai Cobras and the Bangkok Southerners in northern Thailand on 23rd October. We love hearing about the various trophies up for grabs across Asia, especially unique silverware that exist […]
After many delays caused by the global pandemic, the vibrant local Chinese rugby club scene will see the All China Cup (ACC) 2021 Grand Final be played on Saturday 16th October, between Shanghai Rugby Football Club and Guangzhou Rams RFC. […]
Following the recent changes to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021, the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 schedule has been announced by World Rugby. World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “We now look ahead to the return […]
The Phuket International Rugby Tens 2022 has announced the dates of the three-day social rugby tournament as 13-15 May 2021. The 2020 and 2021 events were both cancelled due to the global pandemic. The organisers said on October 8th 2021 […]
As part of the World Rugby partnership with Mastercard, the one-year mark to the women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 has seen the announcement of the first seven youth unstoppables. In June 2021, World Rugby announced details of a transformative five-year […]
The inaugural Premier Rugby Sevens (PRS7s) championship gets underway on 9 October 2021 and although it’s firmly a US-based rugby tournament, the games are free to watch from Asia. We introduced this new rugby tournament in a previous article and […]
World Rugby has announced the first tickets for Rugby World Cup 2021 will go on sale in October 2021, one year before the women’s showcase tournament is set to be played in New Zealand. World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont […]
As part of the revamped schedule for the Asia Rugby tournaments, Doha will be hosting the Asia Rugby Men’s & Womens 7s Trophy West Asia from 8-9 October 2021. The tournament was initially meant to be hosted in Lebanon, but Lebanon […]
Thailand is one of the few nations that has returned to rugby action in 2021 and the Bangkok International Rugby 10s organisers have announced the provisional dates for the tournament in 2022 as 26th & 27th of February. The popular […]
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