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History of Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia
Thu, 08/05/2010 - 16:41 — adminINTRODUCTION The IRFU was established in May 2004 by a small group of founding volunteers to target the development of Rugby for Indonesian Nationals.
I was fortunate enough to travel to Auckland, New Zealand to attend both of the 2011 RWC Semi-Finals, as well as the titanic Final between the mighty All Blacks and neversay-die French XV. Outside of attending these matches I represented Indonesian Rugby at the Tenth IRB General Assembly on Monday October 17 and also found time in between the...
The weekend of September 24th and 25th saw over 450 rugby players descend on the "Island of the Gods" for the 2011 version of the Xclusive Property Bali Rugby Fest. But this was a tournament very different to most others when the news came through that a Nedland's player, Mike Denton, had passed away on the early hours of Saturday morning due...
The 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) kicked off on Friday September at Eden Park, Auckland, when the home town favourites for the 2011 title (and every title since 1987), the NZ All Blacks played their Pacific neighbours Tonga in the first match of a 48-match tournament that culminates in the Final on Sunday October 23. The first weekend of...
Recently a meeting hosted by Indonesian Rugby was held to discuss the possibility of inaugurating a Jakarta Schools Rugby Union tournament in late-2011 for children modeled on the highly successful Jakarta Schools Soccer Tournament. Indonesian Rugby since its inception in May 2004, has had an ideal of setting up such a competition for school...
The Indonesian National Rugby Team, better known as the Rhinos, created history on Saturday June 25, when they narrowly defeated Pakistan 20-19 in the 3rd/4th Playoff Match of the 2011 HSBC A5N Division 3 Tournament, thanks to a last gasp try on the full-time bell by halfback, Kirk Arundale. It was the first time that the Rhinos had beaten an...
