Tag: Rugby
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Pakistan Launches First Domestic League report
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 12, 2012: Domestic League, Rugby in Pakistan has received a huge boost with the announcement that a national club Fifteens league has been established to serve the burgeoning interest that exists in the Game there. The league consists of 20 teams playing across a number of divisions with the winners being…
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Olympic Gold dust rubs off on Rugby Sevens
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 12, 2012: Australia men’s and women’s Rugby Sevens captains, Ed Jenkins and Rebecca Tavo, were offered a tantalising glimpse into the life of an Olympian when they met up with three-time Olympic medallist, swimmer Melanie Schlanger, ahead of the Gold Coast Sevens. A resident of the Gold Coast, Schlanger won gold…
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Women’s Teams Announced for Dubai Sevens
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 11, 2012: Dubai Sevens, The International Rugby Board has today announced the six invited teams that will take their place alongside the core sides for the inaugural leg of the first ever IRB Women’s Sevens World Series (WSWS). The series, which kicks off in Dubai on November 30-December 1, is set…
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Hungarian Government has reaffirmed
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 11, 2012: The Hungarian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the development and growth of Rugby as the country kicked off the European qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2015 with victory against Bulgaria last Saturday. At a special meeting with IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset in the country’s capital Budapest last…
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Captains launch new HSBC Sevens World Series
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 11, 2012: The captains of the 15 Series core teams from around the world joined together today at a stunning seaside location at Surfers Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast to launch the HSBC Sevens World Series 2012/13. The Gold Coast Sevens Fever Pitch, organised by the Australian Rugby Union, is set…
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Women Qualify for Rugby World Cup Sevens
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 07, 2012: Fiji, China and Japan have booked their places at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 after safely negotiating the Asian Women’s Sevens Championship to leave only one place remaining at the showpiece in Moscow from 28-30 June. That will be filled by the winner of the South American qualifier, which…
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Asia’s Top Women’s Sevens Teams Dream
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 05, 2012: Sevens Teams Dream, The race to secure a place at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 continues with the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) Women’s Sevens Championship taking place in Pune, India, this weekend. Asia is one of the fastest-growing Rugby regions and the IOC’s decision to include Rugby Sevens…
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Inaugural IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Set
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 04, 2012: Inaugural, The International Rugby Board has today announced the first ever IRB Women’s Sevens World Series. It is set to take place in four global destinations, underscoring the IRB’s commitment to the ongoing growth and development of Women’s Rugby around the world and is another significant step in the…
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European road to Rugby World Cup 2105 begins
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 03, 2012: With three years to go until Rugby World Cup 2015 in England, the race to book a place at the sport’s showpiece event will gather pace in the coming weeks as European qualifying gets underway. Hungary host Bulgaria in Kecskemét on Saturday in the opening match, with the Webb…
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A global snapshot of what’s going on
Dublin – Ireland, Oct 02, 2012: AROUND, North America/Caribbean: In an amazing story that demonstrates the great spirit of Rugby and highlights the character of one of the Game’s more remarkable players, Canadian broadcaster CBC profiles Lindsay Hilton, scrum-half for Halifax Tars in Nova Scotia, who was born without any limbs. Despite this obvious disability,…