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– Terence Khoo appointed as Asia Rugby Deputy President
\n– Brand new Asia Rugby Grand League to see lights in quarter one 2024
\n– Asian Games 2022 (postponed to 2023) will feature the Rugby Sevens event confirmed during the period 24th to 26th September 2022
\n-Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held as a stand-alone event in 2023

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Asia Rugby concluded successfully its End of Year Council Meeting with 35 member unions and over 60 delegates attending virtually.

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With 95% of eligible votes, Asia Rugby voted to appoint President Qais Al Dhalai as World Rugby Council Member at its Extraordinary General Meeting held on 12th December 2022 seeing Al Dhalai taking dual roles as Asia Rugby President together with World Rugby Council Member.

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Furthermore, Asia Rugby passed special resolution to create a new position of Deputy President and voted in Mr. Terence Khoo to fill in the new position until the remainder of the current term that runs until the end of year 2024.

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Council was briefed on the brand new Asia Rugby Grand League, a clubs franchise-oriented competition planned to see lights during quarter one and two in the year 2024. Eight targeted national federations have been identified and will commence constructive collaboration during the first working group meeting scheduled for Friday 3rd February 2023 in Singapore. The concept will be rolled out on phases running from the year 2024 to 2027.

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Asia Rugby revamped sevens and fifteen competitions structures have been approved by Council during its mid-year meeting in Kyrgyzstan on 4th July 2022.

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Council was briefed on the latest details of Asian Games 2022 including the importance of every national federation to coordinate with its relevant National Olympic Committee to ensure compliance to the below timelines:

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– Entry by Sport: 20/2/2023 at 24:00 (Beijing Time, GMT +8)
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The initial allocated slots for Rugby Sevens are 12 teams men and 12 teams women, however, Asia Rugby is in continuous engagement with the Organizing Committee to increase the slots to 16 teams men and 16 teams women.

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Asia Rugby and World Rugby agreed that the Olympic Qualification Tournament should be held as a stand-alone event in 2023. Further ongoing\u00a0 discussion\u00a0 on the format of the\u00a0 tournament and the number of teams to participate,

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During the most recent Council meeting, National federations were briefed on the ongoing intensive talks and cooperation between Asia Rugby and World Rugby that have been established and continuing for the foreseeable future to ensure a successful commencement of the revamped competitions from January 2024 onwards.

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The post Asia Rugby voted in Qais Al Dhalai as World Rugby Council Member at an Extraordinary General Meeting appeared first on Asia Rugby.

\n", "content_text": "– Terence Khoo appointed as Asia Rugby Deputy President\n– Brand new Asia Rugby Grand League to see lights in quarter one 2024\n– Asian Games 2022 (postponed to 2023) will feature the Rugby Sevens event confirmed during the period 24th to 26th September 2022\n-Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held as a stand-alone event in 2023\nAsia Rugby concluded successfully its End of Year Council Meeting with 35 member unions and over 60 delegates attending virtually.\nAsia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai\nWith 95% of eligible votes, Asia Rugby voted to appoint President Qais Al Dhalai as World Rugby Council Member at its Extraordinary General Meeting held on 12th December 2022 seeing Al Dhalai taking dual roles as Asia Rugby President together with World Rugby Council Member.\nFurthermore, Asia Rugby passed special resolution to create a new position of Deputy President and voted in Mr. Terence Khoo to fill in the new position until the remainder of the current term that runs until the end of year 2024.\nAsia Rugby Deputy President Terence Khoo\n \nCouncil was briefed on the brand new Asia Rugby Grand League, a clubs franchise-oriented competition planned to see lights during quarter one and two in the year 2024. Eight targeted national federations have been identified and will commence constructive collaboration during the first working group meeting scheduled for Friday 3rd February 2023 in Singapore. The concept will be rolled out on phases running from the year 2024 to 2027.\n\nAsia Rugby revamped sevens and fifteen competitions structures have been approved by Council during its mid-year meeting in Kyrgyzstan on 4th July 2022.\nCouncil was briefed on the latest details of Asian Games 2022 including the importance of every national federation to coordinate with its relevant National Olympic Committee to ensure compliance to the below timelines:\n– Entry by Sport: 20/2/2023 at 24:00 (Beijing Time, GMT +8)\n– Entry by Number: 15/3/2023 at 24:00 (Beijing Time, GMT +8)\n– Entry by Name: 15/6/2023 at 24:00 (Beijing Time, GMT +8)\nThe initial allocated slots for Rugby Sevens are 12 teams men and 12 teams women, however, Asia Rugby is in continuous engagement with the Organizing Committee to increase the slots to 16 teams men and 16 teams women.\n\nAsia Rugby and World Rugby agreed that the Olympic Qualification Tournament should be held as a stand-alone event in 2023. Further ongoing\u00a0 discussion\u00a0 on the format of the\u00a0 tournament and the number of teams to participate,\nDuring the most recent Council meeting, National federations were briefed on the ongoing intensive talks and cooperation between Asia Rugby and World Rugby that have been established and continuing for the foreseeable future to ensure a successful commencement of the revamped competitions from January 2024 onwards.\n \nThe post Asia Rugby voted in Qais Al Dhalai as World Rugby Council Member at an Extraordinary General Meeting appeared first on Asia Rugby.", "date_published": "2022-12-15T00:36:20+08:00", "date_modified": "2022-12-16T09:32:47+08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.asiarugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/END-COUNCIL-2022.jpg", "tags": [ "Asia Rugby", "Qais Al-Dhalai", "Featured", "News", "World Rugby" ] }, { "id": "https://www.asiarugby.com/?p=7604", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/2020/11/19/world-rugby-full-member-status/", "title": "Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status and Nepal becomes an associate member", "content_html": "
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  • Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status
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At its virtual interim Council meeting today World Rugby officially welcomed three unions as full members and two new unions as associate members of the international federation, bringing the global World Rugby membership to 128 unions.

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Related News: Jordan and Qatar become associate members of World Rugby

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Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos have been awarded full member status having met all the relevant criteria, while Nepal and Panama become new associate members.

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The accession into full and associate membership of the five unions from three regions represents a key element of World Rugby\u2019s global growth strategy, ensuring that upon meeting the relevant criteria unions are provided with a framework and support to continue their growth and development as part of the World Rugby family.

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The expansion of the World Rugby membership follows the release of the\u00a0Global reach of rugby 2019\u00a0report earlier this month, which is based on studies conducted by global measurement and data analytics industry leaders Nielsen and found there to be 877 million followers and 405 million fans of rugby union worldwide in 2019, up 11 per cent and 18 per cent on 2018 figures respectively.

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NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL RISE IN RUGBY INTEREST >>

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Asia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai Commented on the occasion \u201c It is fitting that on the first anniversary of being elected as President of Asia Rugby that we hear this wonderful news for me there is no better gift on this day than seeing Asia Rugby family grow bigger and from strength to strength\u201d

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He further added \u201c I would like to thank the Presidents of the unions:\u00a0 Dr Hassan Mirzaaghabeik President of\u00a0Iran Rugby Association; Mr Virayouth Rathikoun President of Lao Rugby Federation and Mr Tanka Lal Ghising President of\u00a0Nepal Rugby Association\u00a0as they have worked tirelessly to grow the game in their respective countries and have also supported me in growing the game in Asia.

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I am committed to keep growing the sport of Rugby throughout Asia by empowering our member unions. I stand firm to my guiding principles of Equality,\u00a0Transparency and Accountability. As always\u00a0\u201cWe can do better but TOGETHER”

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The unprecedented growth has been driven by increases in women\u2019s interest and participation in the sport along with surging enthusiasm in rugby\u2019s emerging nations, with the number of rugby fans across the surveyed emerging nations up to 168 million, almost doubling since 2013 when the data began.

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Across 36 surveyed markets, there were more than 140 million female rugby fans in 2019, which marks a 29 per cent increase since 2018, and Iran has been at the forefront of driving women\u2019s rugby interest, with more women playing the sport than men. The number of registered players in Iran increased by 20 per cent from 10,000 to 12,000 between 2019-20 and more than 7,000 of those are female.

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HOW WOMEN ARE CHANGING THE GAME IN IRANIAN RUGBY >>

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Iran Rugby Federation Head of Women\u2019s Rugby Development Nahid Biyarjomandi, who founded the first women\u2019s rugby club in Iran, is an Unstoppable \u00a0and her involvement in\u00a0World Rugby\u2019s global \u2018Try And Stop Us\u2019 campaign\u00a0has had a positive impact in her homeland. Iran has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2013 and is a full member of Asia Rugby.

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Burkina Faso is an up-and-coming West African rugby nation led by Union President Rolande Boro, who is also a Rugby Africa Executive Committee Member and World Rugby Council member. Boro is a participant on World Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s Executive Leadership Scholarships programme\u00a0and an influential member of\u00a0Rugby Africa’s Women\u2019s Advisory Committee.

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Burkina Faso have performed well over the past years in West Africa regional competitions as well as at the Africa Youth Games. The Federation Burkinabe de Rugby has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2018 and a full member of Rugby Africa.

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Rugby World Cup 2019 hosted in Japan, the first held in Asia, broke fan engagement records and boosted rugby\u2019s\"\"

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profile across the continent and Laos was heavily involved in this breakthrough moment for the world\u2019s most populous and youthful continent, as a host country of the ChildFund Pass It Back programme, Rugby World Cup 2019\u2019s principal charity partner. The programme benefitted more than 25,000 underprivileged young people in Asia via rugby and life skills through the generosity of the global rugby family who raised a record-breaking \u00a32 million for the initiative.

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The Lao Rugby Federation has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2005 and is a full member of Asia Rugby.

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Nepal\u2019s addition as an associate member follows the successful hosting of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour in December 2018 when the Webb Ellis Cup made its first-ever visit to Nepal and more than 2,500 people took part in a Get Into Rugby festival in Kathmandu, before the famous trophy reached its highest point to date as it was taken 5,500m up in the Himalayas. Nepal Rugby Association has been a full member of Asia Rugby since 2018.

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Meanwhile Panama (Uni\u00f3n Paname\u00f1a de Rugby) is a small but growing union and a member of Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby, a region which contributed significantly to the growth in emerging nations\u2019 rugby interest in 2019.

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In addition to the new members, it was confirmed that Cameroon has been reinstated as a member.

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World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: \u201cWorld Rugby is delighted to welcome Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos as new full members and Nepal and Panama as associate members as we continue our commitment to the sustainable global growth of the sport combined with strong governance.

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\u201cWe are dedicated to increasing the breadth and diversity of the global game and the progress being made in countries such as these is a great tribute to the many talented coaches, administrators and volunteers involved in growing the sport across the emerging nations.

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\u201cIncreasing the interest, participation and executive positions for women in rugby is a key objective for World Rugby so it is particularly pleasing to see the leading roles being played by women in both the Burkina Faso and Iran unions. As members of the World Rugby family we will work with these unions to provide them with continuous support and a solid framework to accelerate the growth of the sport in their countries.\u201d

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Lao Rugby Federation CEO and 2020 World Rugby Women\u2019s Executive Leadership Scholarship member, Viengsamai Souksavanh commented: “Becoming a full member of World Rugby has been our dream and we are thrilled to be able to finally accomplish this during Lao Rugby\u2019s 20 year anniversary. Our thousands of coaches and players, over half of whom are female, across Laos will be joining us in celebrating this great accomplishment and in working even harder to use the boost of full membership to expand and develop rugby even further across the country.”

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Dr Hassan Mirzaaghabeik, President Iran Rugby President said: \u201cIran Rugby has gone through difficult conditions to reach today. So at this point,

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I would like to thank the people who have helped Iran move forward in the development of rugby in Asia, including Sir Bill Beaumont,

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World Rugby Women\u2019s Rugby General Manager Katie Sadleir, Qais Al-Dhalai and all the World Rugby representatives in Asia.

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Iranian women are more active in rugby today than men and this is due to the efforts of Nahid Biyarjomandi.\u201d

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Tanka Lal Ghising, Nepal Rugby Association President said: \u201cI would like to express my sincere thanks to World

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Rugby from Nepal, a nation containing Mount Everest for this immense recognition in World Rugby as an associate member. It has been a great achievement to develop rugby in Nepal under my leadership since 2012. We are delighted by the recognition of our continuous devotion to the sport. The dimensions of Nepal Rugby have increased with this decision and Nepal is eager to bear the new responsibility.\u201d

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Manuel Valdivia, President of the Uni\u00f3n Paname\u00f1a de Rugby said: \u201cAs a young and hardworking Union we are very happy and grateful to World Rugby for recognising our effort to increase the number of rugby players in Panama and to maintain a strong relationship with the other unions in our region. It has not been an easy task to involve more people in this\u00a0 sport we love but our passion lies in envisioning a future with more children and young people involved with the oval ball playing in green rugby fields. That\u00b4s why we\u00b4ll continue to move forward to achieve more and more together.\u201d

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The post Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status and Nepal becomes an associate member appeared first on Asia Rugby.

\n", "content_text": "Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status\nNepal and Panama become new associate members of international federation\nWorld Rugby membership rises to 128 unions across all continents\nNielsen research published this month recorded 405 million rugby fans globally\nGrowth is driven by a surge in interest in emerging nations and women\u2019s rugby\n\nAt its virtual interim Council meeting today World Rugby officially welcomed three unions as full members and two new unions as associate members of the international federation, bringing the global World Rugby membership to 128 unions.\nRelated News: Jordan and Qatar become associate members of World Rugby\nBurkina Faso, Iran and Laos have been awarded full member status having met all the relevant criteria, while Nepal and Panama become new associate members.\nThe accession into full and associate membership of the five unions from three regions represents a key element of World Rugby\u2019s global growth strategy, ensuring that upon meeting the relevant criteria unions are provided with a framework and support to continue their growth and development as part of the World Rugby family.\nThe expansion of the World Rugby membership follows the release of the\u00a0Global reach of rugby 2019\u00a0report earlier this month, which is based on studies conducted by global measurement and data analytics industry leaders Nielsen and found there to be 877 million followers and 405 million fans of rugby union worldwide in 2019, up 11 per cent and 18 per cent on 2018 figures respectively.\nNEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL RISE IN RUGBY INTEREST >>\n\nAsia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai Commented on the occasion \u201c It is fitting that on the first anniversary of being elected as President of Asia Rugby that we hear this wonderful news for me there is no better gift on this day than seeing Asia Rugby family grow bigger and from strength to strength\u201d\nHe further added \u201c I would like to thank the Presidents of the unions:\u00a0 Dr Hassan Mirzaaghabeik President of\u00a0Iran Rugby Association; Mr Virayouth Rathikoun President of Lao Rugby Federation and Mr Tanka Lal Ghising President of\u00a0Nepal Rugby Association\u00a0as they have worked tirelessly to grow the game in their respective countries and have also supported me in growing the game in Asia.\nI am committed to keep growing the sport of Rugby throughout Asia by empowering our member unions. I stand firm to my guiding principles of Equality,\u00a0Transparency and Accountability. As always\u00a0\u201cWe can do better but TOGETHER”\n\nThe unprecedented growth has been driven by increases in women\u2019s interest and participation in the sport along with surging enthusiasm in rugby\u2019s emerging nations, with the number of rugby fans across the surveyed emerging nations up to 168 million, almost doubling since 2013 when the data began.\nAcross 36 surveyed markets, there were more than 140 million female rugby fans in 2019, which marks a 29 per cent increase since 2018, and Iran has been at the forefront of driving women\u2019s rugby interest, with more women playing the sport than men. The number of registered players in Iran increased by 20 per cent from 10,000 to 12,000 between 2019-20 and more than 7,000 of those are female.\n \nHOW WOMEN ARE CHANGING THE GAME IN IRANIAN RUGBY >>\n\nIran Rugby Federation Head of Women\u2019s Rugby Development Nahid Biyarjomandi, who founded the first women\u2019s rugby club in Iran, is an Unstoppable \u00a0and her involvement in\u00a0World Rugby\u2019s global \u2018Try And Stop Us\u2019 campaign\u00a0has had a positive impact in her homeland. Iran has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2013 and is a full member of Asia Rugby.\nUnstoppable Asia\u00a0\nBurkina Faso is an up-and-coming West African rugby nation led by Union President Rolande Boro, who is also a Rugby Africa Executive Committee Member and World Rugby Council member. Boro is a participant on World Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s Executive Leadership Scholarships programme\u00a0and an influential member of\u00a0Rugby Africa’s Women\u2019s Advisory Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBurkina Faso have performed well over the past years in West Africa regional competitions as well as at the Africa Youth Games. The Federation Burkinabe de Rugby has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2018 and a full member of Rugby Africa.\nRugby World Cup 2019 hosted in Japan, the first held in Asia, broke fan engagement records and boosted rugby\u2019s\nprofile across the continent and Laos was heavily involved in this breakthrough moment for the world\u2019s most populous and youthful continent, as a host country of the ChildFund Pass It Back programme, Rugby World Cup 2019\u2019s principal charity partner. The programme benefitted more than 25,000 underprivileged young people in Asia via rugby and life skills through the generosity of the global rugby family who raised a record-breaking \u00a32 million for the initiative.\n \nThe Lao Rugby Federation has been an associate member of World Rugby since 2005 and is a full member of Asia Rugby.\n\nNepal\u2019s addition as an associate member follows the successful hosting of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour in December 2018 when the Webb Ellis Cup made its first-ever visit to Nepal and more than 2,500 people took part in a Get Into Rugby festival in Kathmandu, before the famous trophy reached its highest point to date as it was taken 5,500m up in the Himalayas. Nepal Rugby Association has been a full member of Asia Rugby since 2018.\nMeanwhile Panama (Uni\u00f3n Paname\u00f1a de Rugby) is a small but growing union and a member of Sudam\u00e9rica Rugby, a region which contributed significantly to the growth in emerging nations\u2019 rugby interest in 2019.\nIn addition to the new members, it was confirmed that Cameroon has been reinstated as a member.\nSEE FULL LIST OF WORLD RUGBY MEMBER UNIONS >>\nWorld Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont said: \u201cWorld Rugby is delighted to welcome Burkina Faso, Iran and Laos as new full members and Nepal and Panama as associate members as we continue our commitment to the sustainable global growth of the sport combined with strong governance.\n\u201cWe are dedicated to increasing the breadth and diversity of the global game and the progress being made in countries such as these is a great tribute to the many talented coaches, administrators and volunteers involved in growing the sport across the emerging nations.\n\u201cIncreasing the interest, participation and executive positions for women in rugby is a key objective for World Rugby so it is particularly pleasing to see the leading roles being played by women in both the Burkina Faso and Iran unions. As members of the World Rugby family we will work with these unions to provide them with continuous support and a solid framework to accelerate the growth of the sport in their countries.\u201d\n\nLao Rugby Federation CEO and 2020 World Rugby Women\u2019s Executive Leadership Scholarship member, Viengsamai Souksavanh commented: “Becoming a full member of World Rugby has been our dream and we are thrilled to be able to finally accomplish this during Lao Rugby\u2019s 20 year anniversary. Our thousands of coaches and players, over half of whom are female, across Laos will be joining us in celebrating this great accomplishment and in working even harder to use the boost of full membership to expand and develop rugby even further across the country.”\n\n \nDr Hassan Mirzaaghabeik, President Iran Rugby President said: \u201cIran Rugby has gone through difficult conditions to reach today. So at this point,\nI would like to thank the people who have helped Iran move forward in the development of rugby in Asia, including Sir Bill Beaumont,\nWorld Rugby Women\u2019s Rugby General Manager Katie Sadleir, Qais Al-Dhalai and all the World Rugby representatives in Asia.\nIranian women are more active in rugby today than men and this is due to the efforts of Nahid Biyarjomandi.\u201d\nTanka Lal Ghising, Nepal Rugby Association President said: \u201cI would like to express my sincere thanks to World\n\nRugby from Nepal, a nation containing Mount Everest for this immense recognition in World Rugby as an associate member. It has been a great achievement to develop rugby in Nepal under my leadership since 2012. We are delighted by the recognition of our continuous devotion to the sport. The dimensions of Nepal Rugby have increased with this decision and Nepal is eager to bear the new responsibility.\u201d\nManuel Valdivia, President of the Uni\u00f3n Paname\u00f1a de Rugby said: \u201cAs a young and hardworking Union we are very happy and grateful to World Rugby for recognising our effort to increase the number of rugby players in Panama and to maintain a strong relationship with the other unions in our region. It has not been an easy task to involve more people in this\u00a0 sport we love but our passion lies in envisioning a future with more children and young people involved with the oval ball playing in green rugby fields. That\u00b4s why we\u00b4ll continue to move forward to achieve more and more together.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe post Iran and Laos achieve World Rugby full member status and Nepal becomes an associate member appeared first on Asia Rugby.", "date_published": "2020-11-19T13:29:53+08:00", "date_modified": "2020-11-19T13:36:08+08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.asiarugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MEMBERS.jpg", "tags": [ "Qais Al-Dhalai", "Nepal", "Iran", "Laos", "Featured", "Unstoppable", "Lao", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://www.asiarugby.com/?p=6652", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/2019/11/17/qais-al-dhalai-voted-as-new-asia-rugby-preisdent/", "title": "Qais Al-Dhalai voted as new Asia Rugby President as new EXCO named", "content_html": "

UAE\u2019s Qais Al-Dhalai has been voted as the new Asia Rugby President succeeding Aga Hussain.

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In the EXCO and Council meeting in Bali on 16-17 November, the new EXCO was voted for by Asia Rugby\u2019s Members.

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Fawzi Khawaja (Pakistan) was re-elected as Vice President alongside Velayuthan Tan (Malaysia) who succeeds Yuichi Ueno (Japan).

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Mike Haynes was re-elected as treasurer while Terence Khoo (Singapore) succeeds Trevor Gregory as Asia Rugby\u2019s representative on World Rugby\u2019s Council.

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Gondo Radityo Gambiro (Indonesia) and Tanka Lal Ghising (Nepal) succeed Velayuthan Tan and Sung Soo Yoon (Korea) as Executive Committee Members

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\nMakoto Nishiki\u00a0 \u00a0 (Japan)
\nKakhramon Djalilov\u00a0 (Uzbekistan )
\nHerman Huang\u00a0 (Chinese Taipei )
\nGondo Radityo Gambiro\u00a0 \u00a0 *\u00a0 \u00a0 (Indonesia )
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\n", "content_text": "UAE\u2019s Qais Al-Dhalai has been voted as the new Asia Rugby President succeeding Aga Hussain.\nIn the EXCO and Council meeting in Bali on 16-17 November, the new EXCO was voted for by Asia Rugby\u2019s Members.\n\nFawzi Khawaja (Pakistan) was re-elected as Vice President alongside Velayuthan Tan (Malaysia) who succeeds Yuichi Ueno (Japan).\nMike Haynes was re-elected as treasurer while Terence Khoo (Singapore) succeeds Trevor Gregory as Asia Rugby\u2019s representative on World Rugby\u2019s Council.\nGondo Radityo Gambiro (Indonesia) and Tanka Lal Ghising (Nepal) succeed Velayuthan Tan and Sung Soo Yoon (Korea) as Executive Committee Members\n\nThe New Exco\nPresident\nQais Al-Dhalai\u00a0 \u00a0*\u00a0 (UAE)\nVice Presidents\n\u00a0Fawzi Khawaja\u00a0 * (Pakistan)\n\u00a0Velayuthan Tan * (Malaysia)\nHon Treasurer\nMike Haynes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0* (Hong Kong)\n\u00a0 \u00a0\nWorld Rugby Council Members\nTerence Khoo\u00a0 * (Singapore )\nAda Milby\nMembers\nNatapol Hemyoo\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Thailand)\nMakoto Nishiki\u00a0 \u00a0 (Japan)\nKakhramon Djalilov\u00a0 (Uzbekistan )\nHerman Huang\u00a0 (Chinese Taipei )\nGondo Radityo Gambiro\u00a0 \u00a0 *\u00a0 \u00a0 (Indonesia )\nTanka Lal Ghising\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 * (Nepal)\nNewly elected *\n \nAsia Rugby Facebook\n \nThe post Qais Al-Dhalai voted as new Asia Rugby President as new EXCO named appeared first on Asia Rugby.", "date_published": "2019-11-17T19:15:24+08:00", "date_modified": "2021-06-17T09:45:59+08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.asiarugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Head-Qais.jpg", "tags": [ "Qais Al-Dhalai" ] } ] }