Other News

• Lions roar on day three

  Day three’s action saw the losing teams from day’s one and two pitted against each other and it made for some intriguing, if sometimes somewhat one sided games.

  29 Sep 2009

• An upset in the ranks

  Army Ambala, promoted as Callaghan Cup champions last year and seeded eleven overturned fourth seeds Army Green in what was one of two upset results in the first round of matches at the 76th All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament over the weekend. Their 10-6 victory in a forward oriented game is indicative of the strength in depth of Indian Army rugby and with defending champions Army Red, brimming with internationals, yet to play the civilian club sides present cannot fail to be apprehensive about taking on any of these teams.

  28 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Seven magnificent finals

  First of all, hats off to China. They travelled to Thailand with the tag of heavy favourites and they proved without doubt, to all present that they were worthy of that pre-tournament billing. Not only that, they did it with style, playing fast open rugby and running in some classic seven’s scores. They are blessed throughout their entire twelve woman squad with raw speed, sure handling and bags of confidence and there’s very little answer to that combination in seven a-side rugby.

  01 Jun 2009

• Asian Women’s Sevens Championships

  Fourteen women’s sevens teams from across the full bredth of Asia will head to the Royal Thai Navy Stadium in Sattahip, Chonburi this coming weekend. In the first division the teams will play in two groups. Group A sees hosts Thailand pitted against the traditionally strong Kazakhstan team, Taiwan, the Arabian Gulf and Iran.

  27 May 2009

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  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