Other News

• A passage to the Hong Kong Sevens?

  The Asian Rugby Sevens Series road-show moves on to the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu this weekend for the Borneo Sevens.

  30 Oct 2009

• Angkor Tens

  The Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh will host the Angkor Tens this coming Saturday. Twelve teams, initially split into four pools, will battle for the title which was won last year by local club Sisowath Knights.

  22 Oct 2009

• Partner with Rugby in Asia

  Rugby in Asia is actively seeking partner companies in order to sustain the growth of the site and thereby give rugby union the publicity, in the Asia / Middle East region, that it richly deserves. This is an opportunity to receive wide-ranging promotion of your company whilst, also showing solid support for the game you love.

  19 Oct 2009

• Survivors cap Summer off in style

  The Oakwood Seoul Survivors capped off a huge summer of rugby by extending their 15-a-side winning record at Seoul’s Olympic Stadium and fielding two squads in the Gangnam 10s tournament this past weekend.

  18 Sep 2009

• Korea steals the show

  Korea beat its fiercest rugby rival Japan twice in the past 24 hours to take the gold medal at the first ever Asian Rugby Sevens Series event, the Shanghai Sevens, held yesterday and today at the Shanghai Rugby Club.  In the 3rd/4th place decider Hong Kong topped Chinese Taipei 24-10.

  14 Sep 2009

• Top spot for Hong Kong

  Hong Kong comprehensively outplayed Chinese Taipei to win the Olympus Capital Asian Junior Rugby Tournament 37-0 and secure their spot as the second best under-20 team in the continent.

  14 Sep 2009

• City RFC visits Seoul for landmark day of rugby

  Last weekend, City RFC of Hong Kong made the flight to Seoul to take on the expat rugby clubs of Seoul and the Korean Women’s National Team. It was a landmark day for the Seoul teams, who had never hosted a touring side as a community, and it was a great chance to showcase a sport that is still growing in Korea.

  14 Sep 2009

• Fat Boy Tens 2009

  The 6th Fat Boy Tens as expected was a roaring success and all expectations are that it will raise more money than ever for various local charities and for the development of the game of rugby in the Philippines. The first of a series of articles will deal with the rugby itself.

  11 Sep 2009

• Sun Hsin-Chien is hat-trick hero for Chinese Taipei

  Hong Kong and surprise finalists Chinese Taipei are into the final of the Olympus Capital Asian Junior Rugby Championships.  The final will be played at 17.30 on Saturday, 12 September, 2009 at the Hong Kong Football Club. 

  10 Sep 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

• Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei advance on first day of Olympus Capital Asian Rugby Junior Championships

    Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei emerged victorious from the first day’s match action in the Olympus Capital Asian Rugby Junior Championship held today at the Hong Kong Football Club, Hong Kong.

  07 Sep 2009

• Hong Kong look to dominate on home territory

  The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union’s Under 20 men’s team will join six of Asia’s premier Under 20 sides in the upcoming Olympus Capital Asian Rugby Junior Championship.  The Tournament will be held over three match days on Saturday, September 5; Wednesday, September 9; and Saturday, September 13, 2009.  All matches will be played at the Hong Kong Football Club.

  04 Sep 2009

• Survivors second half destroys City’s hopes

    For the second weekend in a row, the Oakwood Seoul Survivors treated their legion of vocal supporters to a magnificent day of rugby on the banks of the Han River. The Survivors made much of defeating both summer touring sides - REME and City RFC - in consecutive weeks and delivered on that promise emphatically with a 67-5 drubbing of the Hong Kong tourists.

  01 Sep 2009