World Rugby

The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) has today (Thursday) become the latest national union to confirm its interest in hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed its interest in bidding to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Vancouver will host a round of the World Rugby Sevens Series from 2015-16, rugby union’s global governing body has announced.

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, will trial a new Hawk-Eye system in selected games in the Pro12 European club competition from this week ahead of the possible use of the technology during the 2015 World Cup.

World Rugby has opened a tender process to find the host of its 2017 Women’s World Cup, which will be a special edition of the tournament tying in with the Olympic and World Cup Sevens cycles.

Rugby union’s global governing body has embarked on a new era by concluding its rebrand from the International Rugby Board (IRB) to World Rugby.

The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) has reportedly clinched a four-year deal to host a leg of the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) Sevens World Series national team tournament at its new National Stadium from 2015, with Paris and Vancouver set to join as fellow new entrants on the calendar.

Rugby union’s world governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB) has unveiled a record investment programme for 2014, the second year of its current four-year funding cycle, despite recording a planned operating loss in 2013.

Rugby union’s world governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB) will change its name to World Rugby in November as part of a rebranding programme.

Bernard Lapasset, the president of the International Rugby Board, the global governing body of rugby union, is now “much more confident” that organisers of the Rio 2016 summer Olympics will provide an ideal platform for rugby sevens’ debut at the Games.

Canada and England will host rounds of the Women’s Sevens World Series after the International Rugby Board (IRB) announced the competition’s schedule for 2014-15.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that the 2015 edition of its Junior World Championship under-20 national team tournament will take place in the Italian regions of Lombardia and Emilia Romagna.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has appointed Ridzal Saat as its rugby services manager in Asia as part of an effort to drive growth of the sport in the region ahead of Japan’s hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympic Games.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has received tender documents from 17 national unions interested in hosting a round of the Sevens World Series from 2015-16.

International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has confirmed that the governing body is considering the introduction of an U20 Sevens World Cup tournament.

International Rugby Board chief executive Brett Gosper has admitted that the governing body would like a Japanese team to join the Super Rugby club rugby union tournament.