Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw to Take Place on 14 December in Paris
from World Rugby
– World Rugby rankings as of 1 January 2020 to be used to determine seedings
– Players, coaches and fans to follow RWC 2023 Draw live on World Rugby platforms
Category Archives: World Rugby
World Rugby Awards Ceremony 2020
December World Rugby Awards to Recognize Pandemic Heroes and Stars of the Decade – Canadian Jen Kish on Selection Panel
from World Rugby
– World Rugby Awards to take place in an innovate virtual format on Monday, 7 December, 2020
– Special edition will recognise rugbys front liners who showed great solidarity during the pandemic and honour the best from the last decade of rugby (2010-19)
RWC 2023 – France
Tomorrow, September 8th, Marks Three Years Until RWC 2023 Begins in France – Hosts Announce Focus on Social Responsibility and Promise Event Will Be a Symbol of Unity, Diversity and Change
from World Rugby
September 8th marks three years to go until France hosts Rugby World Cup 2023 and to celebrate the milestone, the France 2023 organising committee has announced details of how the flagship event will be the most socially responsible and sustainable rugby event ever.
Coaching Updates – September 2020
World Rugby Announces Rugby World Cup 2021 Coaching Internship Program: 12 Month Funding for One Female Coaching Internship per RWC Qualified Union
[ed. we haven’t heard who Rugby Canada has nominated yet for the 12 month paid internship.]
from World Rugby
World Rugby has launched a transformational Rugby World Cup 2021 Coaching Internship Programme, providing talent identified female coaches with a unique 12-month placement opportunity with a team competing at the showcase womens 15s event in New Zealand.
Sevens Updates – September 2020
World Rugby Announces $2.5M Funding for Olympic Qualified 7s Teams: Hamilton and Sydney 2021 Events Cancelled – Focus on Return in April 2021 with Singapore and Hong Kong
World Rugby today announced $2.5M USD funding towards Olympic qualified 7s teams. This just after England and Wales announced they were shutting down their 7s programs.
Rugby World Cups 2025 to 2031
World Rugby Announces Process for Selecting Hosts of Men’s 2027 & 2031 and Women’s 2025 & 2029 World Cups
World Rugby will select the next four World Cups (2 for men, 2 for women) in the same process. The World Rugby article below gives more details but basically the process starts Feb 2021 with a dialogue phase. The formal phase starts May 2021 with submissions expected by January 2022. Evaluation by World Rugby starts February 2022 and a vote takes place in May 2022.
World Rugby Sevens – July Updates
World Rugby Cancels Dubai and Cape Town Stops for 2020-2021 Sevens Series; Reviews Plans for Olympic Repechage and Challenger Series
Following the recently announced conclusion of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with New Zealand confirmed as both mens and womens champions, World Rugby and its partners are continuing to focus on planning for the 2021 Series and the build-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which are now less than one year away.
World Rugby Updates
World Rugby Recommends 2020 Modified COVID-19 International Calendar Between October 24th and December 5th
from World Rugby
The World Rugby Executive Committee has today recommended a revised temporary 2020 international calendar with the express objective of optimising recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic for the betterment of the global game at all levels.
RWC 2023 – June 2020 Updates
World Rugby Announce Qualification Process for RWC 2023 in France: Americas Qualifying Process Still Up in the Air
World Rugby announced it’s qualification for the men’s World Cup in 2023 in France. Their media release is appended below.
From a Canadian perspective, the teams Canada traditionally have to get by to qualify as America 1 or 2 are USA and Uruguay. During the previous World Cup cycle Canada lost to both teams and had to head to the repechage which they won to qualify.
Return to Play Updates – May 2020
World Rugby Approves 10 Optional Domestic Law Trials During COVID-19: Unions Can Apply to Implement One or More Variations to Comply with Local Government Directives
from World Rugby
The World Rugby Executive Committee has approved 10 optional domestic law trials which are designed to provide national member unions with further COVID-19 transmission risk reduction measures if required.