Rest of the World

Rugby is one of the most played games in the world and you can follow the news from some of the smaller rugby playing nations on Rugby Rugby's Rest of the World section.

  • Saturday, 21. April, 2012

    Young talent wasted on drugs

    Talented young Namibian lock forward Andre de Klerk has made history for all the wrong reasons.

  • Thursday, 12. April, 2012

    Japan the Pacific Nations Cup hosts

    Preparations for Japan's staging of World Cup 2019 have been further boosted after the International Rugby Board announced that the 2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup will be hosted by the Japan.

  • Sunday, 25. March, 2012

    Mexico starts road to 2015 with win

    A record crowd for a rugby match in Mexico saw the home team comfortably dispatch Jamaica 68-14 in Mexico City to open their NACRA Caribbean Championship account with a victory in an entertaining match that also doubled as the opening World Cup 2015 qualification match.

  • Monday, 12. March, 2012

    Japan's Final decided

    In the Final of the All-Japan Championship Top League champion Suntory Sungoliath will play league runners-up Panasonic Wild Knights in Tokyo next Sunday.

  • Tuesday, 28. February, 2012

    Spain reign over Ukraine

    At the freezing cold Spartak Stadium in Alushta on the Black Sea, Spain beat Ukraine 41-6 in a European Nations, Division 1 match on Saturday.

  • Monday, 27. February, 2012

    Jones to go on the attack with Japan

    Former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones vowed Monday to bring his attacking style of rugby to Japan's national team, the day after piloting Suntory Sungoliath to the country's top club title.

  • Monday, 20. February, 2012

    Fourie stars in Japan

    Panasonic Wild Knights had two tries' help from Jaque Fourie in their surprise victory over Toshiba Brave Lupus in the semifinal of the Japan's Top League to fierce a final spot against Suntory Sungoliath in Sunday's Final at Tokyo's Chichibu Stadium.

  • Sunday, 12. February, 2012

    Spain win in Madrid

    Spain beat Georgia, the log leaders, 25-18 in Madrid on Saturday in a European Nations Division 1 match, Georgia's first defeat in the second year of a competition run over two years. There were some 10 000 spectators in the sunshine in Madrid where the temperature was about 8°C.

  • Saturday, 11. February, 2012

    Spain play tough Georgia in Madrid

    In a European Nations Cup Division 1 ('Six Nations B') match at the university grounds in Madrid on Saturday, Spain play Georgia, currently topping Division 1.

  • Friday, 20. January, 2012

    IRB boss to step down

    International Rugby Board CEO and Rugby World Cup Limited Managing Director Mike Miller is to step down from his roles at the end of January.

  • Monday, 26. December, 2011

    Jones to take Japan to new heights

    Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones, who took Australia to the 2003 World Cup Final, is expected to be named head coach of Japan's national rugby team to replace All Blacks legend John Kirwan.

  • Friday, 23. December, 2011

    Rugby in Afghanistan?

    Afghanistan kicked off its first official rugby tournament on Friday, with organisers hoping the game will one day be as popular as buzkashi, a kind of polo played with the carcass of a headless goat.