WORLD RUGBY LAUNCHES ‘A GLOBAL SPORT FOR ALL’ STRATEGIC PLAN 2021–2025 TO GUIDE LONG-TERM GROWTH

Plan to guide long-term response to COVID-19 pandemic It is underpinned by a focus on evolving the game, with advancing player welfare at heart Strategy, which includes clear game-changing [...]

WORLD RUGBY CONFIRMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION NOMINEES

World Rugby has confirmed that three nominations for the vacant seat on World Rugby’s Executive Committee have been received. The election will take place at the international [...]

WORLD RUGBY WELCOMES GRANTING OF CONDITIONAL LICENSES FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS FRANCHISES TO JOIN NEW COMPETITION FROM 2022

World Rugby welcomes New Zealand Rugby Board’s decision to awardconditional licenses from Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika to join a planned newprofessional competition from 2022. The [...]

CONCUSSION EDUCATION DRIVING SURGE IN WORLD RUGBY COURSE COMPLETIONS TO 1.8M

World Rugby online learning course completions have surged in 2021 with more people per month engaging with the educational materials in the first three months of the year than in any other [...]

WORLD RUGBY PLAYER WELFARE & LAWS SYMPOSIUM CONCLUDES WITH PROMISING ACTIONS FOR THE GAME

Hosted over three days and five sessions, the symposium brought together more than 1,000 members of the rugby family and independent experts to discuss the latest science, knowledge, research and [...]

RUGBY SEVENS ‘ROAD TO TOKYO’ TAKING SHAPE

Fourteen international teams competing in Dubai on 2–3 and 8–9 April Combined event confirmed in Los Angeles over weekend of 25–27 June HSBC Paris Sevens – Marcoussis event postponed World Rugby [...]