THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) has revealed that for nearly four years the association has not been receiving funding from the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service towards development of the sport, salaries of staff, maintaining of the Hage Geingob … THE chances of rugby being played in Namibia this year are slim.

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Namibia Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Namibia.

USA Rugby oversees four national teams, multiple collegiate and high school All-American sides, and an emerging Olympic development pathway for elite athletes.

2,590 likes. The Russians are great Olympians and the emergence of Rugby as an Olympic sport has opened up a huge market. The official website of the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States of America. Founded in 1952 and since 1988 an affiliate of World Rugby (formerly the International Rugby Board), the union organizes the world-renowned Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens as well as its own domestic leagues across all age groups, genders and standards of play. Every year, NRU receives a reported N$23 million from World Rugby for the development of local rugby, which includes women’s rugby, while government gives the union about N$1.5 million a year.

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It is bordered by Angola to the north, Zambia to the northeast, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the southeast and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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being brought to the country by students returning from Paris. As a result of this meeting, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was founded. Namibia's relationship with Rugby is closely tied to South Africa's as is Uruguay's to Argentina. Namibia have played just two Tests against the Springboks over the years conceding 192 points and scoring just 13. Three lawyers, who were Rugby School alumni (Rutter, Holmes and L.J. It was formed in March 1990, when it also joined World Rugby