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Rugby Africa postpones U20 Barthés Trophy Due To Coronavirus Concerns

With view to the current development of the coronavirus and related health concerns, Rugby Africa has announced to postpone the U20 Barthés Trophy until further notice. In consultation with Kenya Rugby Union and World Rugby, the following statement has been issued: Khaled Babbou, President Rugby Africa stated on behalf of the Rugby Africa Executive Committee: […]

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New Challenger Series to Boost Rugby Sevens’ Expansion

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 fan engagement perspective, World Rugby is launching men’s and women’s Sevens Challenger Series to develop the next generation […]

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Algerian Rugby Federation, Officially Accepted As Affiliate Member Of World Rugby

The young Algerian rugby federation formed in 2015, and who joined Rugby Africa in December 2016 filed its application in 2018 with World Rugby. After a favorable decision from the World Rugby Council last September, yesterday marked the last step in the process with the executive committee’s vote. This was done and Algeria joined the […]

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Qualifiers For The Women’s Rugby World Cup, A First For Africa!

Together with their partner’s Société Générale, Rugby Africa’s official bank, and with the support of World Rugby, Rugby Africa will organise the first qualifiers for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Africa, the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup, at the Bosman stadium in Johannesburg, starting on August 9th, National Women’s Day in South Africa, and finishing […]

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Record hosting interest for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022…

…Record hosting interest for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022: Eleven unions – including South Africa and Tunisia – confirmed their expression of interest World Rugby has confirmed that a record number of unions have formally expressed their interest in hosting Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022. Eleven unions – Argentina, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, […]

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World Rugby, Rugby Africa Organise One Week Training In Mauritius

Three Rugby Africa delegates, Daniel Granett, John Bosco Muamba and Regional Training Manager Denver Wannies made the trip to Mauritius to facilitate a SuperWeek. On the agenda: five days of training on refereeing, coaching and sports medicine. In context with the Indian Ocean Islands Games (JIOI) scheduled for July 19-28, medical training sessions were held […]

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Triple Win For African Rugby on The Global Stage As Nigeria Rugby Is Welcomed Back By World Rugby In Dublin

World Rugby elects Mr Alexander from South Africa on its executive committee, adopts Burkina Faso as a new associate member and welcomes back Nigeria as a full member SA Rugby president Mr. Mark Alexander was elected to the World Rugby’s Executive Council in elections held in Dublin on Wednesday. “It is a huge honour to […]

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India, China, USA and Brazil Top Drivers Of Growth Within Rugby’s 800 Million-Strong Following

\Rugby has nearly 800 million followers globally, while more than 338 million considering themselves fans, with India, China and the USA alone constituting almost 33 per cent of the population, according to the largest-ever market research into fan trends and perceptions conducted by World Rugby. Published as the Rugby World Cup 2019 trophy tour visits […]

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World.Rugby Launches Dot Rugby As Global Rugby Community Invited To Join Digital Revolution

World Rugby has made history by launching the .rugby internet domain name, kicking-off a digital revolution that will deliver multiple promotional benefits to the global rugby community. World Rugby’s website has become http://www.world.rugby and all of the international federation’s digital properties, including email addresses, are being seamlessly transitioned as part of a phased major digital […]

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Rugby Africa Launches 2018 International Bronze Cup

Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the Africa Region of World Rugby, today launched the 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup between Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritius and Rwanda that is scheduled to take place at the Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina-Ghana on Wednesday 7 and Saturday 12 May 2018. Mrs Coralie van den Berg, Managing Director of Rugby Africa, said […]

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Rugby Africa Launches 2018 International Bronze Cup

The Chess Pro tour will enter a crucial stage with the commencement of the Masters’ Series (a.k.a Battle of the Titans) event between IM Olufemi Balogun and IM Oladapo Adu, the battle between Former Nigerian national Champions which will hold at the Orchid Hotels and Event Center Lekki on the 12th of May, 2018. Amongst […]

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Get Into Rugby Expansion Drives World Rugby Growth In 2016

We are very pleased that Africa has shown the greatest development of the game through the Get into Rugby program. These results are due to the hard work and commitment of all the Regional Development Officers, and the high level of administration within Rugby Africa all who have collaborated extensively with World Rugby in order […]

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