World Rugby

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.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has become the first summer international sports federation to sign up to the International Olympic Committee’s Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS) in an effort to stamp out the threat of illegal betting, match-fixing and corruption in rugby union ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

British sports tracking technology company Hawk-Eye has said it is in talks with the International Rugby Board (IRB) about providing a replacement to the controversial television match official (TMO) system ahead of the 2015 World Cup.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced the Women’s World Cup will take place every four years from 2017 as part of a three-point plan designed to grow the flagship national team tournament.

Rugby World Cup Limited chairman Bernard Lapasset has said organisers in England are on course to deliver a “record-breaking” edition of rugby union’s showpiece event in 2015.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced Portugal as the host for its 2015 Junior World Rugby Trophy (JWRT).

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has appointed Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chairman Michael Hawker to the Rugby World Cup (RWC) board.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has reported an unprecedented level of interest in hosting its Sevens World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens events, ahead of the sport’s Olympic debut at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has called for greater promotion of rugby union in Japan as the country prepares to host the 2019 World Cup.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that John O’Neill has stepped down as a director of Rugby World Cup Limited, the company that operates rugby union’s showpiece quadrennial national team tournament.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has appointed Alan Gilpin as head of Rugby World Cup, the organising body of international rugby union’s showpiece event.