The Bulgarian Rugby Federation is joining the new edition of the European FRIDAS project, which brings rugby, art and gamification together to support inclusion and accessibility.
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This past weekend, the 107th General Assembly of Rugby Europe was held in Alicante, Spain.
At a meeting, the Board of BF Rugby appointed the new coach and staff of the Rugby 15 national team, with full continuity of what has been achieved so far and the retention of most of the national team's staff.
Mr. Lyudmil Dimov is the new President of BF Rugby! Mr. Dimov replaced Mr. Atanas Zafirov, who is Deputy Prime Minister in the new Government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Rugby Federation offers members of local rugby clubs the opportunity to take part in World Rugby training programmes, including coaching, refereeing, strength and conditioning and more. Those interested should send an enquiry and a motivation letter to the specified email; the application deadline is 30 August 2024.
On Bulgaria's National Day in 2024, a meeting was held between the managements of Rugby Club "The Sailors" and the firstborn of Burgas rugby, "Botev".
Students and guests of the university had the exceptional opportunity to meet with the coach of the national rugby team Romain Balmis. The French selector gave a lecture on the topic of the coach. Being a vocation leader ”at the invitation of I.D. Dean of the Faculty of Basic Education, Ch. Prof. Dr. Georgi Gochev.
Among those unfamiliar with the philosophy of the sport of rugby, there is an opinion that it is a rough sport, full of pushing and other types of aggression. And in fact, it is a real contact sport, in which, however, the thoughts of individual competitors are directed for the sake of the good and success of the team, and the opponent is treated with great respect.
Sport is not only results, points and videos of what is happening on the field. The story and the destinies behind it, which are at the heart of the magic of any game, are actually far more key.
Meet Nikola and Ludovic. They are players in Bulgaria's national rugby team. Nikola is 20 years old, and Ludovic is 21.
The technical director of BF Rugby Pavel Velkov was recruited to the team of tournament directors for Rugby 7 of the European Rugby Federation.
The Bulgarian national rugby team won 54:13 against Turkey in front of nearly 5,000 spectators at the Vasil Levski National Stadium. Thus, the "lions" finished with a full asset of 18 points and next year they will play in Conference 1, and in the following days they will learn their rivals for 2023.
Software company Mixtable joins BF Rugby partners. Dimitar Michev, the founder of Mixtable, is a Bulgarian who grew up in South Africa, and currently lives and works between Canada and Bulgaria. His first interest in Bulgarian rugby began in the partnership with the men's champion of Bulgaria - Balkan Cats rugby club.
We share with you an interview with the leader of our National Rugby 15 team, men - Ivaylo Ivanov!
Along with the achievements of the National Rugby 15 team in its European performance, its inclusion in the team of the year ranking, we also have our successes in Rugby 7. In partnership with WINBET, BF Rugby also sends a successful year in the Olympic direction.
This highlights a post on the World RUGBY Federation website and notes that after Saturday's game our team progressed another 4 places up the rankings.
The Bulgarian national men's rugby 7s team achieved two very important victories in the final tournament of the "Trophy" division of Rugby Europe and remains in the group of the second strongest tournament on the Old Continent.
The captain of the Bulgarian national rugby team, Petar Nikolov, issued a special invitation to the audience for the match against Turkey on Saturday.
