Rugby is really back in Asia and its fair to say the pandemic took a while to recover from in the region, but 2024 was incredibly busy and 2025 is looking to be another bumper year for social rugby tournaments in Asia. In this Asian 2025 Social Rugby Tournaments guide (which will be constantly updated), we preview the social tournaments which are announced for tens and sevens rugby.
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Updated October 2024.
Lanna 7s Cubs Cup 2025
Lanna Rugby Club is hosting the Lanna 7s Cubs Cup with 5 youth categories; U12 (mixed), U14 (Boys and Girls) and U16 (Boys and Girls).
The organisers said, “The Lanna Cubs Cup is not just a tournament—it’s a chance to create lasting positive impact, promote youth sports, and help raise awareness about the incredible work Lanna Rugby Club does for underprivileged youth.”
- Venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Date: 25 January 2025
Bangkok International Rugby Tens 2025
Still the largest Thailand social rugby tens tournament (and one of the biggest in Asia), the Bangkok International Rugby Tens will run from 15-16 February 2025.
The annual tournament includes a number of youth age groups as well as women’s, men’s and vets (Over 45s) categories, and touch rugby has been featured in recent additions.
- Venue: Bangkok Patana Sports Complex, Thailand
- Date: 15-16 February 2025
KL Rugby Tigers Tens 2025
More details still need to be announced but we have seen provisional dates of 22-23 February 2025 for this massive Malaysian social rugby tournament in Kuala Lumpur which is hosted by the KL Tigers RFC.
- Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Date: 22-23 February 2025
Manila 10s International Rugby Festival 2025
The biggest Philippines social rugby tens tournament returned in 2023 and the 34th edition is believed to be held on the weekend of 22-23 March 2025.
The Manila 10s organisers will announce more in due course but there are usually women’s, men’s, and vets tens rugby divisions at the popular tens rugby tournament.
- Venue: Manila, Philiipines
- Date: 22-23 March 2025
Hanoi 10s 2025
The Hanoi 10s is usually run in conjunction with the Hanoi Dragons but it seems it’s a collaborative effort with the new Đại Việt Rugby in 2025 and the date for the Women’s and Men’s comp is confirmed for 22-23 March.
There are early bird offers until 31st October 2024 – Teams can register here for the Hanoi 10s 2025.
- Venue: TBC Hanoi, Vietnam
- Date: 22-23 March 2025
All Girls Rugby Sevens 2025
The AGIR 7s returned in 2024 at Kings Park in the leadup to the Hong Kong Sevens as the All Girls International Rugby 7’s tournament aims to showcase teams from Hong Kong and overseas. In 2024, there were 7 different age grades in action.
Updates were made on their Instagram and not on their Facebook page – but 2025 details still need to be announced.
- Venue: TBC Kings Park, Hong Kong
- Date: TBC March 2025
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Kowloon RugbyFest 2025
Still a popular drawcard in a very busy Hong Kong Sevens rugby week, the Kowloon RugbyFest 2025 is scheduled to take place on 27th March 2025 once again at Kings Park.
- Rugbyfest is open to 16 Men’s teams and 8 women’s teams playing in a round-robin format.
- Each team has a maximum squad of 16 players.
- The Men’s tournament consists of four pools each comprising 4 teams, with the semi-final stage leading to the final stage a cup, bowl, plate, and shield.
- The Women’s tournament consists of 2 pools of four teams progressing to a cup, bowl, plate and shield competition, with the vets team being the same format.
The one-day social tens tournament features women’s and men’s rugby, as well as Men’s Vets (Over 40). Rugby sides from around the world participate – often with a few rugby stars on the sidelines watching on. The tournament also hosts a charity dinner and raises funds for an appointed partner every tournament.
- Venue: King Park, Hong Kong
- Date: 27 March 2025
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2025 Tradition HKFC 10s
The 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s will be the 37th edition of the Hong Kong Football Club’s flagship rugby event and will be played on Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th March.
There will once again be both women’s (8) and men’s (12) rugby teams playing at the Hong Kong Football Club.
- Venue: Hong Kong Football Club
- Date: 26-27 March 2025
Golden Oldies Rugby Festival 2025 (Singapore)
The popular Golden Oldies Rugby Festival heads to Singapore in 2025 and the tournament is due to take place from 6-13 April 2025. This will be the first time it will be staged in Southeast Asia.
Golden Oldies was first held in 1979 and the rugby tournament “has become a worldwide phenomenon on the rugby social calendar” said the organisers.
- Venue: Singapore
- Date: 6-13 April 2025
Pattaya 10s 2025 (Chris Kays Rugby Memorial Tournament)
The Pattaya Tens is due to be held from 3-4 May 2025 and tends to include Men’s social rugby only. There are always several Thai-based teams playing with a few international touring teams for this two-day event.
The Pattaya Panthers Rugby Football Club are the organisers and more will be announced.
- Venue: TBC Horseshoe Point Resort & Country Club Pattaya, Thailand
- Date: TBC 4-5th May 2025
Jakarta 10s 2025
The Jakarta Komodo Rugby Club organises the tens social tournament in Indonesia and it is currently scheduled to take place on May 17th and should feature Men’s and Vets (over 40) 10s, and Women’s 7s rugby.
- Venue: TBC GBK Rugby Field, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Date: 17 May 2024
Phuket Rugby 11s 2025
The Dimbulla Estate Phuket International Rugby 11s is open to Women’s & Men’s Open teams, and Vets (O35s and O45s) social 11s rugby and in 2025 is taking place from 6-8 June with registration open.
This is one of several 11s rugby tournaments planned by the same organisers in 2024.
- Venue: TBC Alan Cook Ground, Phuket, Thailand
- Date: 6-8 June 2025
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