News and Features
Invictus
11 Jan 2010
Released last month in the United States and coming to a screen near you soon, wherever you live, ‘Invictus’ is the 2009 biographical drama film based on Nelson Mandela’s life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup Finals in South Africa.
Partner with Rugby in Asia
19 Oct 2009
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.
Two years to go
09 Sep 2009
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.
Olympic return is within touching distance
14 Aug 2009
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.
New I.R.B. Laws Website
31 Jul 2009
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.
Bledisloe is off to the Land of the Rising Sun
22 Jul 2009
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.
Welcome to Rugby in Kyrgyzstan.
Other News
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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
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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
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Uzbekistan wins home regional in HSBC Asian Five Nations
Uzbekistan cruised past Kyrgyzstan 31-12 at the Stadium Yoshlik in Tashkent, Uzbekistan today to win its regional tournament on the first occasion it has hosted the HSBC Asian Five Nations.
15 Jun 2009
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Kyrgyzstan tops Mongolia in Uzbekistan Regional Tournament
Kyrgyzstan topped Mongolia 38-21 in today’s opening match of the HSBC Asian Five Nations Uzbekistan Regional Tournament. Kyrgyzstan will now face the hosts in the decider on Saturday, 13 June, in what should be a tantalizing encounter between the two neighbouring countries after their 15-all draw in last year’s Regional Tournament played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
11 Jun 2009
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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
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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
