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IRB Statement on Samoa On October 27, the IRB was made aware of concerns raised by the Samoa senior men’s national squad regarding the administration of the Samoa Rugby Union. This included an indication that the players would withdraw from the match against England on November 22 if their concerns were not heard. Subsequently, the […]
Engage with the world of Rugby at ConfEx 2014 …and since the Rugby family won’t be meeting again until after Rio 2016, it’s an unmissable opportunity! Just before RWC 2015 and Rugby Sevens’ Olympic debut, ConfEx unites our sport’s key stakeholders with the rest of the global Rugby industry, to network, share ideas and do […]
Ray Williams Wins Prestigious IRB Award Pioneering rugby coach and dedicated administrator Ray Williams has been named as the 2014 winner of the prestigious Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service as a mark of the significant positive contribution he has made to the game throughout his lifetime. In 1967, Williams changed the way rugby coaching […]
Avan Lee, the IRB’s general manager of sevens, believes the Twenty20 of rugby will continue its rapid growth because of Olympic inclusion Photo: IRB / MARTIN SERES LIMA Avan Lee is a man on a mission. His task, to improve the popularity of sevens, has been aided considerably by the decision to include the sport […]
The International Rugby Board has underscored its commitment to ensure that the world’s top players are included within its decision-making structures with the establishment of the first World Rugby Athletes’ Commission. The Executive Committee approved the commission’s terms of reference at its meeting in Singapore on Thursday and establishment comes with the full support of […]
IRB Clarification on Olympic Eligibility The International Rugby Board has announced the details of rulings made by the IRB Regulations Committee relating to Regulation 8 (eligibility) and 9 (player release) to further assist Member Unions with their Olympic Games Rugby Sevens preparations. With the global qualification process for Rugby Sevens’ Olympic Games debut set to […]
Fiji, France, China and South Africa Qualify for IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Fiji, France, China and South Africa will play at every event on the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2014/15 after reaching the Cup semi-finals of the qualifier at Shek Kip Mei Sports Ground in Hong Kong on Saturday. The Fijians had entered […]
The International Rugby Board (IRB) has signed up Prozone as the official performance analysis partner of the 2014 IRB World Rugby Conference and Exhibition (ConfEx), which takes place at the Hilton London Metropole on November 17-18. As part of the agreement, Prozone will conduct an official break-out workshop alongside the main plenary conference. The workshop […]
Eleven NZ greats inducted into IRB Hall of Fame Eleven legends of New Zealand Rugby have been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame at a special ceremony in Auckland on Friday August 21, staged the night before a Bledisloe Cup match in Eden Park. This latest induction represents the incorporation into the IRB Hall […]
Host Cities Announced for IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2014/15 Canada and England are the latest countries to join the list of IRB Women’s Sevens World Series hosts. Langford in British Columbia will welcome the women’s competition to its shores as it hosts round four of the series on April 18-19, 2015 at the Westhills […]
