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By: Pat Cotter Chiang Mai University was the venue for the penultimate round of the 2020 Lanna Rugby 10’s League and it was hot. Not just the weather but the games had a lot riding on them, with Lanna Rugby Club claiming top sport with a win and any of CMU Rugby, Payap Rugby ClubContinue reading “Lanna Rugby Secure Finals Spot”

All Square On The Day Its coming to the business end of the season and although it looks like Lanna Rugby Club have all but booked their spot in the final, their opponents in the December 12th showcase are still yet to be decided, with both CMU Rugby Club and Payap Rugby Club still inContinue reading “CMU & Lanna Battle It Out”

THAILAND RUGBY UNION 7S SOUTHERN REGION CHAMPIONS 2020 By Anthony Van Sleeuwan The Phuket Vagabonds R.F.C. have returned victorious from the T.R.U. Southern Region Rugby Sevens Championship held in Suratthani on September 19 and 20, 2020. The 20 man squad of enthusiastic players and dedicated supporters produced a dominant performance, remaining undefeated across the weekendContinue reading “Vagabonds Victorious in Surat”

Will endeavor to make rugby the No 1 sport in the country A visionary leader Mr Rizly Illyas was elected the 67th President of Sri Lanka Rugby(SLR) at their Annual General Meeting held at the Ramada Hotel in Colombo on Saturday 30th August with the highest number of participant members from the union. Mr IllyasContinue reading “Rizly Illyas Elected 67th President of Sri Lanka Rugby”

Team Captain Dan Ashburn has been voted in as Phuket Vagabonds team captain for the next year and will lead the team in the upcoming Thailand national 7s Championships. The Phuket Vagabonds will compete in the Southern region playoffs in Ranong province over the weekend of 19-20 September 2020. If the Vagabonds win the tournamentContinue reading “Dan Ashburn voted in as captain”

Our CovidCARE projects are delivering results…July 2020 update Dear ACF Friends,  Although the overall number of Covid cases didn’t increase in Thailand during July, the impact on the local economy definitely became more clearly visible. Five star hotels are closing down. Phuket is desperate to return to business as usual.Discussions is taking place to re-openContinue reading “ACF projects are delivering results…”

The Thai Rugby Union annual rugby 7s championship 2020 The TRU association invites you to send a team to apply for the 2020 Rugby Football Tournament Regional Finals of Thailand 2020 as detailed below.. Southern region between 19-20 September 2020 in Ranong Province * Application deadline 31 August 2020. Northeast Between October 3-4, 2020 inContinue reading “Thailand Rugby 7s Championship”

We would like to congratulate Mr. Rizly Illyas on his appointment as the new president of Sri Lankan Rugby. New SLR Chief Rizly out to help Sri Lanka recapture its past glory in rugby “I am very happy and delighted to inform that Rizly Illyas will be my successor uncontested and he has submitted his nominationContinue reading “New President of Sri Lankan Rugby Mr Rizly Illyas”

Since the game of rugby began all those years ago with Mr Ellis at Rugby School it has been tradition to have team mascots from the silly to the totally ridiculous & at the Phuket 10’s its no different and its a tradition to try and kidnap the opposition mascots and hold them for ransomContinue reading “Team Mascots”

CANCELLED Due to the ongoing Covid 19 virus doing the rounds and with no end date in sight it has been decided to cancel the Phuket 10s this year. The date for the 2021 event is Jun 25,26,27. With the ongoing uncertainty here in Thailand as to who will & who will not be allowedContinue reading “2020 Phuket Rugby 10s”