It has been 11 years since Tokyo has been part of the international 7s junket, however inclusion in this seasons HSBC World Sevens Tournament was a great success. While the early spring in Japan was a little cooler than the week before in Hong Kong, Sunday’s blue skies & huge crowds made up for Saturday’s [...]
This ex-pat rugby club in Tokyo, of predominately French players with a smattering of other nationalities thrown in, will celebrate their 25th Anniversary with several days of festivities and events from March 28th-April 1st. Established in 1987, La Lėgion Ėtrangėrė will commence their celebrations with a gala dinner at Le Petit Bedon on Wednesday March [...]
After the lunch time game of touch rugby between Shekou and the Dragons it was to coco park and Rapscallions for an evening of alcohol and food. The lads settled into delicious steaks and lamb chops and downed glass after glass of champagne and beer. A new president was named – Mr. Byron Trump, and [...]
The historical rivalry between rugby giants the Shenzhen Dragaons and the Shekou Pythons took another twist. Olivier “the beast” Faustini returned to competitive rugby with a glorious comeback. Absentee Captain, Yves Yoseph led the Pythons well, starting with his directions to the pitch. Yosephs’ hands-off approach to captaincy was effective, seeing the Pythons run in try [...]
Today, Australia’s party capital, the Gold Coast, is this season’s starting point for the International Rugby Board’s 7-a-side rugby jaunt. A nine venue carnival from Australia, through Dubai (2-3 Dec)& South Africa (9-10 Dec), then back to the Pacific in the New Year where Wellington, New Zealand, plays host 3rd & 4th of February. The [...]
The 26th, 27th and 28th of October saw ISNS enter 13 talented students into this year’s ACAMIS Rugby 10’s tournament at Dulwich College, Shanghai. A total of 8 international schools entered the tournament, creating a great opportunity for our students to meet and compete against students from all over the world. ISNS played a total [...]
It’s all rugby this weekend at Raps save for F1 on Sunday, come in grab one of our unique imported beers and check your favorite team play. Raps Live sports Schedule: Saturday Nov 12th 21:30 RUGBY: Heineken Cup – Group Stage, Round 1: Montpellier – Leinster 23:40 RUGBY: Heineken Cup – Group Stage, Round 1: [...]
A spiteful Brisbane Rugby Grand Final on Sunday, 25 September 2011, at Ballymore saw Sunnybank defeat Brothers 35-24. Played in glorious spring sunshine at the traditional home of Brisbane rugby, Ballymore, the Dragons side, studded with 7 Reds squad members and Melbourne Rebels fullback/halfback Richard Kingi, overcame a late charge by Brothers to win the [...]
Led by Brisbane born half-back, Tim Usasz, the USA tried to disrupt an already jilted Australian line-up on Friday at the 2011 RWC Pool C encounter in Wellington. Coming off a shocking loss 15-6 to Ireland the Wallabies were keen to erase that memory of the previous weekend with a solid performance against an aggressive [...]
The infectious glint in Irish talisman, Brian O’Driscoll’s, eyes when interviewed after their historic 15-6 victory over Australia at Eden Park, Auckland in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool C match last Saturday, was overwhelming. “I know there’s, you know, about 58-odd thousand people here and it felt like 57 of them were shouting for [...]
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