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Dec 8, 20 •
467 Views •
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• Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis and Bryan Habana named in Team of the Decade • Siya Kolisi mentioned in special edition featuring rugby’s heroes of the pandemic Three Springbok Rugby World Cup winners, Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis and...
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Oct 20, 20 •
316 Views •
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• Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw confirmed for 20 November 2020• Draw event to be held at SkyCity Theatre in the heart of Auckland• RWC 2021 Draw to be live streamed to global audiences via World Rugby digital channels World Rugby, and hosts New Zealand...
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Oct 15, 20 •
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South African rugby supporters can nail their colours to the mast by voting for the best Springbok and Blitzbok players, and a few superb tries scored by the Boks in the last decade, after World Rugby announced on Thursday that fans around the world will have...
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Oct 14, 20 •
474 Views •
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SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, and former Springbok Rugby World Cup winner Bryan Habana are among a host of leading international coaches and players who have been appointed to World Rugby interim committees. The global rugby authority...
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Jul 30, 20 •
673 Views •
Australia, Europe, General News, International, National, New Zealand, Rugby Championship News, Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup News, Six Nations, Six Nations News, South Africa, South Africa, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby •
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An exciting programme of international matches is set to take place later this year after the World Rugby Council approved a temporary adjustment to Regulation 9 to accommodate the release of international players for revised 2020 windows. The adjustment to...
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Jul 22, 20 •
499 Views •
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The World Rugby Executive Committee has today recommended a revised temporary 2020 international calendar with the express objective of optimising recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic for the betterment of the global game at all levels. Seeking to reconcile...
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Jun 8, 20 •
526 Views •
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• Process designed to promote regional strength and the best teams to rugby’s showcase event • 12 teams already qualified owing to top three pool placing at RWC 2019 • RWC 2023 on track to be a spectacular celebration of rugby and France World Rugby...
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May 18, 20 •
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• Hall of Fame themed week includes podcast, features, interviews and classic match footage• Physical Hall of Fame located in the town of Rugby, United Kingdom• New promotional video showcasing the greatest of our game This week, World Rugby will shine...
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May 15, 20 •
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Rugby Australia has secured $14.2m AUD in funding from the game’s global governing body, World Rugby as part of its COVID-19 rugby relief strategy. The emergency relief fund of approximately $160m AUD from World Rugby is being allocated to unions on an...
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May 15, 20 •
418 Views •
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The programme of international rugby matches during the 2020 July window has been postponed due to ongoing government and health agency COVID-19 directives, World Rugby has announced on Friday. Extended travel and quarantine restrictions that apply to...
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May 13, 20 •
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World Rugby is inviting the global rugby family to use the current void in rugby to download the latest version of its concussion app, learn from experts and take the test ahead of rugby’s restart. The app designed to educate general public, players,...
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May 13, 20 •
525 Views •
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World Rugby has announced that, with immediate effect, it will no longer be possible to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector. The minor amendment to Law 8 was approved by the World Rugby Council during its special meeting held via...
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May 12, 20 •
399 Views •
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The laws of rugby union have changed significantly since the game’s first law book in 1845. Its 37 rules were printed in a booklet now on display at the World Rugby Hall of Fame in Rugby, UK. Fast forward 175 years, the World Rugby Laws of the Game 2020 are...
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Apr 15, 20 •
710 Views •
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World Rugby has confirmed the nominations for the positions of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, which will be determined at the annual meeting of Council on 12 May, 2020. In accordance with the World Rugby Bye-Laws, member unions were invited to submit nominations...
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Mar 24, 20 •
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World Rugby supports the prudent and necessary decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to postpone the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The health and safety of the athletes, fans, and everyone involved is our...
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Feb 12, 20 •
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World Rugby announced on Tuesday that South Africa will host yet another major international tournament with the inaugural event on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for women heading to Stellenbosch next month. Twelve teams from all six of World...
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Jan 14, 20 •
1838 Views •
Australia, Europe, General News, International, IRB Laws, National, New Zealand, South Africa, South Africa, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, Top 14, Top 14, Varsity & Club, Varsity Cup, World Rugby •
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With rugby set to continue to experience exponential participation and fan growth as a new decade begins, World Rugby’s evidence-based drive to reduce the risk of injury in the sport continues to make a positive impact. Player welfare is the sport’s...
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Dec 18, 19 •
884 Views •
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The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, a new and exciting international rugby sevens competition, will be launched in February 2020 to boost rugby sevens’ development across the globe. With sevens experiencing exponential growth from a performance and...
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Nov 3, 19 •
2085 Views •
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South Africa’s Pieter-Steph du Toit and England’s Emily Scarratt have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2019 in association with Mastercard respectively at the World Rugby Awards in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday. On a night to...
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Nov 3, 19 •
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• Record 99.3 per cent attendance with 1.84 million tickets sold • Record 1.13 million people in fanzones • Record 54.8 million television audience for Japan v Scotland (Japan team involved in top 5 biggest ever television audiences) • Record 437...
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Oct 31, 19 •
872 Views •
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The Springboks as well as South Africa’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, have been nominated for prestigious honours in the World Rugby awards.The Springboks have been named as contenders for the title of Team of the Year while Erasmus is among the five...
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Oct 30, 19 •
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The contenders for the International Rugby Players (IRP) Try of the Year 2019 have been revealed, with the winner to be announced at the World Rugby Awards in Tokyo on 3 November. Three of the tries shortlisted were scored at Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan...
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Oct 30, 19 •
1081 Views •
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Three countries are represented in the nominees for the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year 2019 award in association with Tudor. The nominees for this prestigious award, now in its fifth year, are Joe Cokanasiga (England), Herschel Jantjies (South...
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Oct 29, 19 •
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World Rugby has today announced that the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay will join the World Rugby Council, the international federation’s primary decision-making forum. Uruguay become the 52nd member of Council, following in the footsteps of Fiji and Samoa who...
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May 16, 19 •
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· Appointments confirmed for 63 matches of 2019 Test season · All 23 Rugby World Cup 2019 match officials in action · Appointments made for RWC 2019 warm-up...
