4 giugno 2012
Former All Blacks great John Kirwan, who has also coached Italy and Japan at Rugby World Cups as well as being an advocate for sufferers of depression, was honoured with a knighthood on Monday.
The 47-year-old was named a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the country’s Queen’s Birthday honours list for his services to mental health and rugby union. Read more >>
24 maggio 2012
Alessandro Cochi – Delegato allo sport di Roma Capitale – e L’Aquila Rugby 1936 sono stati premiati durante la serata di apertura della nona edizione del Rugby col Cuore, tenutasi ieri presso la location Giardini dell’Insugherata di Roma. Read more >>
11 maggio 2012
Il Commissario Tecnico della Nazionale Italiana Rugby Jacques Brunel, accompagnato dal Presidente del Comitato Toscano della FIR Riccardo Bonaccorsi, visiterà domani alle ore 11.00 l’Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer di Firenze, di cui già sono ambasciatori gli Azzurri Sergio Parisse, Gonzalo Canale e Martin Castrogiovanni. Read more >>
7 maggio 2012
Incoraggiare i giovani ad ampliare i propri orizzonti, oltre la passione per lo sport.
Con questo obiettivo, si è tenuta a Roma, il 7 maggio scorso presso l’Accademia Federale del Rugby (per il Centro Sud), una lezione sull’Africa. Read more >>
27 aprile 2012
Sabato 28 aprile p.v., alle ore 10, presso la Casa Circondariale di Frosinone, si terrà un incontro dimostrativo di rugby a favore della popolazione detenuta, organizzato dall’associazione Rugby col cuore, per portare lo spirito del rugby all’interno degli Istituti Penitenziari e diffondere i valori di questo sport – il rispetto, il sostegno reciproco, la fiducia, la correttezza – affinché diventino valori di tutta la società e strumenti di reinserimento sociale per i detenuti. Read more >>
18 aprile 2012
Representatives from the International Rugby Board were in attendance to witness a gripping London Prepares Wheelchair Rugby test event at the Olympic Park on Wednesday.
Four of the world’s top teams are going head over the next two days, with Australia, Canada, Sweden and hosts Great Britain looking to gain the psychological edge in what is one of only two events left on the calendar before the Paralympic Games. Read more >>
11 aprile 2012
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) today announced the appointment of Cure Kids as the Official Charity of the NZRU and All Blacks. Cure Kids funds research into children’s life-threatening illnesses and was selected from almost 60 charity applicants following a thorough process which got underway in November 2011.
The four-year partnership was officially unveiled at a reception in Auckland’s Pullman Hotel attended by members of the All Blacks and Black Ferns World Cup winning sides and representatives of the New Zealand Sevens side. Read more >>
6 aprile 2012
The IRB-supported sports kit recycling initiative LV= SOS Kit Aid continues to go from strength to strength with 2011 seeing a 40 per cent increase in donations for disadvantaged young people around the globe.
Established in 2001, SOS Kit Aid has been endorsed and supported by the IRB since 2002. In January 2011, SOS Kit Aid formed a joint venture with recreational cricket’s official charity The Lord’s Taverners and in May the same year the initiative secured a new headline sponsor, LV= to further boost its activities. Read more >>
1 aprile 2012
At the launch in the Aviva stadium in Dublin, Leinster Rugby captain Leo Cullen confirmed he will join the board of SIFE Ireland as a non-executive director.
Founded in the US in 1975, SIFE is an international, not-for-profit organisation which encourages university students to make a positive difference to their communities, while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders of the future. Read more >>
12 Febbraio 2012
Former All Blacks great Jonah Lomu needs a new kidney transplant and has lost 30 kg in weight since last September, the 36-year-old has told a New Zealand magazine in an interview.
Lomu, who scored 37 tries in 63 test appearances for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002, had a first organ transplant eight years ago but that kidney stopped functioning in October last year. Read more >>