[1] The 2020 Global Rapid Rugby season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic after only one completed round of competition.

[10] A season of fourteen matches was played in 2019,[11] featuring the Western Force playing a Pacific Showcase Series in a round-robin format with teams from Fiji and Samoa, as well as an Asian Showcase Series in a round-robin format with teams based out of Hong Kong and Singapore.

One-off matches were also played against a World XV coached by Robbie Deans,[12] and the Malaysia Valke.

[13] The Singapore-based team, the Asia Pacific Dragons, did not continue in Rapid Rugby after the 2019 season [14] and was replaced by the China Lions in 2020.

[22] Rapid Rugby currently has live broadcast television coverage in 18 countries across Asia and Oceania.