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Tokyo 2020 Luke Morahan on his trial at the Sydney Sevens and the lure of Tokyo 2020 Bristol Bears' flyer Luke Morahan returned to sevens at the Sydney Sevens this year, in a bid to make his way into Australia's squad for Tokyo 2020. A few months later, and with Tokyo 2020 rescheduled to next year, Morahan reveals how he intends to keep his Olympic dream alive.
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Regional Focus: Africa How Ivory Coast is emulating success in a bid to create a new generation of rugby talent The Ivory Coast rugby union began a new cycle a year ago with a brand new method: locally adapting solutions that work elsewhere in the world. Here general manager Olivier Diomandé reveals how these plans are progressing as the nation's men's side aspires to return to Rugby World Cup after a 25-year absence.
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World Rankings The World Rugby Rankings in numbers We take a look at some of the eye-catching numbers from the World Rugby Rankings in both the men’s and women’s game.
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Women in rugby Flying the flag for women’s rugby: Babalwa Latsha, the first African women’s player to go professional Springbok women’s captain Babalwa Latsha made history when she became the first African women’s rugby player to turn professional in January 2020. Here she shares her rugby journey and hopes for the growth and development of the women’s game.
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Regional Focus: North America ‘Captain America’ Blaine Scully on Cardiff Blues, the Eagles and Major League Rugby Blaine Scully – or ‘Captain America’, the nickname given to him by Cardiff Blues fans as he gained cult hero status at The Arms Park – only received a professional contract after a trial period at Leicester, but has since climbed to Challenge Cup success and captained his country at Rugby World Cup. Scully speaks to World Rugby about his career and rugby in the USA.
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Olympic Games Rugby at the Olympics: Creating sevens history at Rio 2016 Patricia Garcia, Jade Ulutule and Pierre Gilles Lakafia talk to World Rugby about Rio 2016 and their roles in the first men’s and women’s sevens matches to be played at an Olympic Games.
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MEDIA RELEASES International rugby set to resume in October as World Rugby Council approves temporary 2020 COVID-19 calendar An exciting programme of international matches is set to take place later this year after the World Rugby Council approved a temporary adjustment to Regulation 9 to accommodate the release of international players for revised 2020 windows.
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