2024 is shaping up to be another busy year of rugby in the Asian region, and social tournaments have announced confirmed dates for tens and sevens rugby – we look at the Asian Social Rugby Tournaments in 2024.
Updated Nvember 2024.
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Asian Social Rugby Tournaments 2024
Bangkok International Rugby Tens 2024
The largest Thailand social rugby tens tournament returns in its usual February slot and the Bangkok International Rugby Tens will run from the 17-18th February 2024.
The annual tournament offers youth, women’s, men’s and vets (Over 45s) categories, as well as touch rugby – in December 2023 it was confirmed all of the slots were full.
- Venue: Bangkok Patana Sports Complex, Thailand
- Date: 17-18 February 2024
KL Tigers International Rugby 10s
The KL Tigers Rugby Football Club has confirmed the KL Tigers International Rugby 10s 2024 tournament will take place from March 2-3 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.
More than 150 teams from the ages of 6 and up, from 10 countries are expected with the tourament fully booked.
- Venue: Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort, Malaysia
- Date: 2-3 March 2024
Borneo Classic Tens 2024 Vets
Taking place on 8th March 2024, a day before the annual Borneo 7s International Rugby Tournament 2024, the Borneo Classic Tens will be held for players who are 40+ years of age.
There is prize money for the 1st (USD $1,000) and 2nd (USD $500) ranked teams at the Borneo Classic.
- Venue: Eagles Rugby Club, Bandar Utama, Sandakan, Malaysia
- Date: 8 March 2024
Borneo 7s International Rugby Tournament 2024
The 19th Borneo 7s International Rugby Tournament will be held in conjunction with the 1st Sandakan Carnival from March 9th-10th, 2024 at the Eagles Rugby Club, Bandar Utama, Sandakan.
There is a target of as many as 400 international rugby players playing in 24 teams from around the globe for the “Greenest 7s in the World”.
The annual tournament has attracted high-calibre sevens national and specialist touring teams, and 2024 is set to include sides from; Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Hong Kong, France, Kazakhstan
- Venue: Eagles Rugby Club, Bandar Utama, Sandakan, Malaysia
- Date: 9-10 March 2024
Manila 10s International Rugby Festival 2024
The biggest Philippines social rugby tens tournament returned in 2023 following an enforced break due to the pandemic and the 33rd Manila 10s returns from 16-17 March 2024.
Online, the organisers announced “And we’re back! The Manila 10s International Rugby Festival will return on March 2024. The best social rugby tournament in the world is now open for inquiries.”
There are usually women’s, men’s, and vets tens rugby divisions at the popular tens rugby tournament.
- Venue: Manila, Philiipines
- Date: 16-17 March 2024
Hanoi 10s 2024
The Hanoi 10s 2024 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the northern Vietnamese social rugby club Hanoi Dragons, and the two-day social rugby tournament is open to women’s, men’s and men’s vets teams.
- Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam
- Date: 16-17 March 2024
Hangzhou Tens 2024
The Hangzhou 10s 2024 is hosted by the Harlequins & Wellington College and the one-day tournament will take place on 30th March 2024.
- Venue: Wellington College, Hangzhou, China
- Date: 30th March 2024
All Girls Rugby Sevens 2024
The AGIR 7s returns in 2024 at Kings Park in Hong Kong from 29-30 March 2024!
The All Girls International Rugby 7’s tournament aims to showcase teams from Hong Kong and beyond across 7 different age grades in the leadup to the Hong Kong Sevens.
The update was made on their Instagram and there is no news on their Facebook page.
- Venue: Kings Park, Hong Kong
- Date: 29-30th March 2024
Kowloon RugbyFest 2024
The very popular Kowloon RugbyFest returns to the leadup week of the Hong Kong Sevens and is scheduled to be the 20th edition of the Social Tens tournament which features women’s and men’s rugby, as well as Men’s Vets (Over 40).
The rugby tournament has not been played since 2019 – find out more about the teams and pools in 2024 here.
- Venue: Hong Kong
- Date: 4 April 2024
Krabi Beach Rugby 5s 2024
Thailand South Rugby is organising the Krabi Beach 5s 2024 and the registration forms indicate the following divisions will be played:
- Open category (Men/Women)
- Youth category (Under 18 years old, Boys/Girls)
- Rippa Rugby for youth (Under 14 years old, Boys/Girls)
This takes place a week before the annual Songkran New Year celebrations in Thailand.
- Venue: Aonang Krabi, Thailand
- Date: 6-7 April 2024
Fat Boy 10’s Hong Kong 2024
The Fat Boy Pigs, organisers of the tournament, announced the HK edition will take place on Saturday 13th April 2024 at Kings Park on pitches 1 & 2.
They said online: “This is the weekend following the Hong Kong 7’s and we would like to invite players from all over the world to stay on after the 7’s weekend and to put your boots on the following weekend.”
The social rugby tournament will be made up of the following divisions:
- Men’s Open
- Men’s Vets (40 years and over)
- Women’s Open
- Venue: HKFC, Kings Park (Hong Kong)
- Date: Saturday 13th April 2024
Yiwu Mustangs Invitational 10s 2024
Yiwu Mustangs Rugby Club will be hosting the second Yiwu Mustangs Invitational 10s 2024 on 20th April.
- Venue: Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China
- Date: 20th April 2024
Chengdu 7s Rugby Tournament 2024
Chengdu Rugby is hosting a social 7s rugby tournament celebrating Star Wars Day on May 4th with a Star Wars theme.
- Venue: Chengdu, China
- Date: 4th May 2024
Pattaya 10s 2024 (Chris Kays Rugby Memorial Tournament)
The Pattaya Tens is due to be held in May 2024 and includes Men’s social rugby with several Thai teams (local and expat) involved over the two-day event, as well as other rugby clubs from the region. There is also an option for Mixed Touch in 2024.
In 2023, the Chris Kays Memorial Tens was held at Horseshoe Points Resort, Pattaya, and the same venue has been confirmed for 2024.
- Venue: Horseshoe Point Resort & Country Club Pattaya, Thailand
- Date: 4-5th May 2024
Jakarta 10s 2024
The Jakarta Komodo Rugby Club confirmed the social tournament will take place on May 18th and feature Men’s and Vets (over 40) 10s, and Women’s 7s rugby.
- Venue: GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Date: 18 May 2024
Beijing Sino 10s Tournament 2024
The Beijing Sino 10s 2024 features a number of teams on 25th May at the Baxi United Sports Club.
After the conclusion of the tournament, Beijing Ducks face Guangzhou Rams RFC in a XVs match for the All China Cup Semi-Final, the winner will play Shanghai Rugby Football Club in the final
- Venue: Beijing, China
- Date: 25th May 2024
Indochina Cup 2024 & Luke Walley Touch Tournament
The contact Indochina Social Tens tournament involves teams from Cambodia & Vietnam, and is due to be played on May 25th 2024 – hosted by the Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club in Cambodia.
This year, they are also inviting contact women’s teams as well as hosting the Luke Walley Touch Tournament concurrently and registration is open to interested teams until the first week of May.
- Divisions: Men’s Contact (Indochine Cup), Women’s Contact, Mixed Touch
- Venue: ISF Sports Ground, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Date: 25th May 2024
Phuket Rugby 11s 2024
The Dimbulla Estate Phuket International Rugby 11s was held at Thanyapura Sports Club in 2023 and fielded Women’s, Men’s, and Vets social 11s rugby.
This is one of several 11s rugby tournaments planned by the same organisers in 2024.
The dates for 2024 are scheduled for June and official registration can be completed now.
- Venue: Alan Cook Ground, Phuket, Thailand
- Date: 7-9 June 2024
Shanghai Cup 10s 2024
The CRFA and SRFA will host the Shanghai Cup 10s 2024 in June 2024, which is the weekend of the Dragon Boat races.
There will be Men’s and Women’s 10s rugby, as well as match officiating (Level 1&2) and coaching (Level 1) workshops are planned.
- Venue: Jiangwan Stadium, Shanghai, China
- Date: 8-9 June 2024
Taiwan International Tens 2024
More details need to be confirmed but the Taiwan Social Tens rugby tournament is planned to be held in mid-June 2024.
- Venue: TBC, Taiwan
- Date: 15-16 June 2024
Qingdao Beach Rugby 2024
The Qingdao Beach Rugby will take place from 24-25 August 2024.
- Venue: Qingdao, China
- Date: 24-25th August 2024
Dimbulla Danang International Rugby 11’s 2024
The inaugural Danang rugby tournament is due to run from August 31-September 1 2024 and is open to Men’s Open, Women’s Open, and Men’s Vets O35’s divisions – a new addition to Asian Social Rugby Tournaments 2024.
- Venue: Danang, Vietnam
- Date: August 31-September 1 2024
Fat Boy 10’s Clark Philippines 2024
The annual tournament returns to the Philippines on 7 September 2023 at Challenger Field, Clark Air Force Base and is organised by the Pot Bellied Pigs RFC. The social rugby tournament divisions are:
- Men’s Open
- Women’s Open
- Venue: Challenger Field, Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines
- Date: 7th September 2024
Chiang Mai International 7s 2024
The Chaing Mai International 7s has been announced to take place in September 2024 and is open to Women’s and Men’s Open teams capped at 16 teams.
The tournament is being organised by the Lanna Rugby Club who have said that all raised funds will be put towards supporting the work they do with the Kids Ark Foundation and to create opportunities for other local youth rugby teams in the region.
Teams can enter via the online form and using the QR code below.
- Venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Date: 21 September 2024
KL Highland Games 2024 – Rugby
- Venue: Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort, Malaysia.
- Date: 28 September 2024
Bali Rugby Club 10s 2024
BRC have pencilled in 12-13 October 2024 for the Bali Tens and there will be Open Women & Men, Vets 35+ and Vets 45+ divisions.
- Venue: Bali, Indonesia
- Date: 12-13 October 2024
Colombo Rugby 11s 2024 – Postponed
A new tournament from the same organisers as the Phuket and Chiang Mai events, the Colombo Rugby 11s was set to make its debut in September 2024 with Men’s Open, Ladies Open, Men’s O 35’s Vets, and Mens U 20’s.
*This was originally announced as September but now looks to be held in October. Then it was announced to be postponed – They say due to the elections and “fragile political situation” but we also suspect they didn’t get as many teams registering as they hoped.
They said via Facebook; “It is our intention to bring the tournament to Colombo in September/October 2025, with the exact dates to be announced, once the stadium availability is confirmed.”
- Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: 25-27 October 2024 (Postponed until 2025)
Phnom Penh 10s 2024
The Cambodian tournament is being organised by the Phnom Penh Social Rugby Club in 2024 with a one-day tournament planned for October 26th for Men’s and Vets teams.
There is a tournament FB setup here
- Venue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Date: 26 October 2024
Chiang Rai Grassroots 7s 2024
The Chiang Rai Nothern Bears are organising the 7s tournament in Thailand in October 2024.
- Venue: Obojo School, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Date: 26 October 2024
COBRA 10s 2024
COBRA Rugby Club confirmed the return of the COBRA 10s in 2024 with the two-day competition running from 2-3 November. This tournament is the birthplace of 10s rugby and the organisers say, “Recognised by World Rugby, the popularity of COBRA’s invention has spread worldwide with the 10 a-side format the core of, just to name a few, the Hong Kong 10s, Brisbane Global 10s, Cape Town 10s, Bangkok 10s and Stockholm 10s.”
More details can be seen here.
- Venue: Padang Astaka, Malaysia
- Date: 2-3 November 2024
SCC 7s 2024
The 75th edition of the SCC 7s Rugby will take place from 8-10 November 2024, with an Academy tournament being played earlier in the week (2-3 November).
The Schools & Colleges will be played on the 8th November 2024, and the Internationals will be played from 9-10 November.
- Venue: SCC Padang, Singapore
- Date: 8-10 November 2024
Cebu 11 2024
The Cebu 11s 2024 will be played on November 16, 2024, at Abellana Stadium in Cebu City.
- Venue: Abellana Stadium, Cebu, Philippines
- Date: 16 November 2024
RBSC International 10s 2024
The RBSC International 10s are back in 2024, and when it used to take place, it was one of our favourite one-day 10s rugby tournaments in the region.
- Venue: RBSC, Bangkok, Thailand
- Date: 16th November 2024* (The original date was 30th November but it was changed in June)
Vientiane Tens 2024
The LRF (Lao Rugby Federation) is looking to hold its annual social tens tournament – the 18th edition – with a date of 15-17 November 2024.
The tournament used to be held at the start of the year but moved in 2023 to an October date.
There will be Women’s, Men’s and U18 Youth tens in action in the Laotian capital.
- Venue: Vientiane, Laos
- Date: 15-17 November 2024
Chiang Mai 11s 2024
From what we have seen, the Chiang Mai 11s are planned for 23-24 November with Men’s and Vets being offered.
At the end of September 2024, the organisers said there were teams coming from “Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam, across Men’s & Women’s Open & Men’s vets Divisions with some youth rugby in the mix.”
Free to attend for fans.
- Venue: Suthep Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Date: 23-24 November 2024
As more tournaments release their dates for 2024 – we will update this Asian Social Rugby Tournaments 2024 guide – so save the link and keep coming back to check for more information!
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