Tag: World Rugby
World’s highest paid rugby player delighted he can be picked for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The world’s highest paid rugby player, Charles Piutau, is delighted he will be eligible to play for Tonga now...
How George Simpkin taught Fiji the ruck-and-run game for World Cup
OBITUARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Before Ben Ryan (2016 Fiji gold medal winners at the Rio Olympics) there was George...
Pressure on Beaumont to investigate homophobic slurs by Fiji rugby chief
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The pressure goes on re-elected World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont to investigate Fiji Rugby Union chief...
Pacific nations could hold sway in crucial World Rugby vote
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Nations could hold sway this weekend as the World Rugby vote for a chairman takes...
End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM
By Lance Polu in Apia
World Rugby must adopt a “one country one national team” in world competitions as it is done in the Olympics...
