Other News

• A sevens tournament with a difference

  Those of who have experienced a visit to Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore or any of the other numerous sevens tournaments throughout the region, will have realised that many get as much pleasure from the party style atmosphere, more often than not fuelled by generous helpings of alcoholic beverages, as they do from the quality rugby on display.

  16 Oct 2009

• 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

• KB Pythons takes the double

  THE Belait Pythons were celebrating well into last night after winning the Darussalam Cup for the first time after beating the Knights Rugby Football Club 14-5 at the Jerudong International School field.

  18 Aug 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

• Pythons lose game, but win title

  THE Knights Rugby Football Club beat the Belait Pythons 10-7 in the last game of the Brunei Rugby Football Union (BRFU) League yesterday, but failed to win the league by an agonising one point.

  10 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

• WE ARE OFFICIALLY LIVE

  Please accept this notification that we have now OFFICIALLY GONE LIVE. It’s taken a while, but if you were enjoying the site before then get ready. We are about to pick up the pace! As John D. Rockefeller said, "The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well." All the best for now. Editor

  30 Apr 2009

• Can McGeechan mastermind a repeat of 1997?

  All true rugby fans will be looking forward with great anticipation to the month of June. The British and Irish Lions will tour South Africa playing ten matches including 3 tests against the World Champions, the Springboks.

  24 Apr 2009

• Laos snatch victory from jaws of defeat

  The home fans, the Laos bench and their entire coaching staff were sent into raptures by the smallest man on the pitch on Saturday evening. With only eight minutes remaining Pakkham Sengsourivong, the pintsized right wing showed a clean pair of heels to his pursuers after intercepting on his own 22 metre line and sprinting 80 metres to cover himself in glory.

  30 Mar 2009

• Brunei out-muscle Cambodia to register Asian 5 Nations win

  Brunei’s 21-10 win over Cambodia will provide some solace, however there is now no possibility of them topping this regional Asian 5 Nations group. Cambodia will also need to improve dramatically from tonight’s performance and register at least a 16 point margin of victory over the hosts Laos, to prevent them coming out on top.

  25 Mar 2009