Other News

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Sri Lanka reach half-century to avoid the drop

  Sri Lanka put the disappointment of Wednesday's loss to Chinese Taipei behind them to register a convincing 51-17 win over Thailand and avoid relegation to Division 2 in 2010.

  15 Apr 2009

• Gulf and Chinese Taipei set to battle it out

  Chinese Taipei who came within a whisker of promotion to this year’s Top Five in 2008 will again have the opportunity to stake their claim for a berth in the elite competition in 2010. In Saturday’s final they will play home side the Arabian Gulf and the winners will not only gain promotion, but the added bonus of the chance to qualify for the World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

  15 Apr 2009

• Asian 5 Nations 2009 Division 1 fixtures

  The Division 1 tournament of the Asian 5 Nations will be contested in early April with a berth in the premier flight for 2010 on offer for the winners. The fixtures are posted below. All games will be played at the new state of the art 7he Sevens Rugby Stadium in Dubai. Wednesday 8th April Sri Lanka v Chinese Taipei 6pm Wednesday 8th April Arabian Gulf v Thailand 8pm Saturday 11th April Loser v Loser 3pm Saturday 11th April Winner v Winner 5pm

  05 Feb 2009