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Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union, is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby.Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 36 member unions in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam.
The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. [1] The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was called the Asian Five Nations from 2008 to 2014.
Rugby union in Asia is governed by the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU). As of December 2009 [update] there are 28 ARFU member unions, of whom 15 are full members of World Rugby , and six further associate members of World Rugby in Asia. [ 1 ]
Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments. [1] The format of the series is a single round-robin where the four teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner. The team finishing at the bottom of the standing are relegated to the 2025 Asia Rugby Division 1 ...
The 2023 Asia Rugby Championship is the seventh annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2023 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments. [1] The format of the tri-nations series is a single round-robin where the three teams play each other ...
The Rugby Federation of Uzbekistan was established in 2002, becoming a full member of ARFU (Asian Rugby Football Union) and full member of World Rugby (then called IRB). The Rugby 7's National Championship of Uzbekistan is regularly held among men's and women's teams. From 2011 for the first time in 20 years a regular 15-a-side Rugby National ...
The 2024 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top four teams in Asia excluding Japan.
Rugby was first introduced into the Dutch East Indies, during the colonial period. [2]In 1983, it was recorded that there were four rugby clubs in the country, namely the International Sports Club (consisting of businessmen) based in Jakarta, another based in Kalimantan (mostly of French origin), another based at Bandung (with a 15 ft rise between the touchlines), and the fourth, bizarrely was ...