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RBSC Rugby competition dates announced

The Royal Bangkok Sports Club Thursday night rugby competition dates have just been announced – please see the Southerners’ fixtures below.

Spots are still available for any new players wishing to get a game of night rugby, in arguably one of Asia’s premier rugby grounds. Contact Darrel if you want to get involved.

9 September 2010 - Southerners vs Bangkok Bangers (1940hrs)

16 September 2010 - Southerners vs RBSC (1830hrs)

30 September 2010 – Southerners vs OV (1940hrs)

7 October 2010 – Southerners vs Bangkok Bangers (1940hrs)

14 October 2010 – Southerners vs RBSC (1830hrs)

21 October 2010 – Southerners vs OV (1940hrs)

Hooey releases album, gets botox

It’s been a big month for the Southerners’ own part-time model/clown/rockstar/halfback/ inspirational educator of small children, Damian J. Hoo.

Not only has he released his debut album, The Spectrum, including the hit Thai single “Still missing you”, but he has also undergone the start of a rigourous regime of botox injections in a bid to maintain his rockstar looks ahead of his upcoming European tour.

Click here to listen to Hooey’s hit single…

Bangers mashed, Southerners retain Soi 33 Cup

The place: Perth, Western Australia, June 12.
The teams: England and Australia.
The scene: Wallabies get pummeled in the scrum by the English, but win the overall battle.
The result: Wallabies win 27-17, despite the sustained pressure up front.

The place: Royal Bangkok Sports Club, Bangkok, June 24.
The teams: Bangkok Bangers and the Southerners.
The scene: Southerners get pummeled in the scrum by the Bangers, but win the overall battle.
The result: Southerners win 13-7, despite the sustained pressure up front.

Click here to read on…

Thailand Rugby Union Competition: Fixtures (Updated!)

The Thailand Rugby Union have finished consulting with their trusty team of clairvoyants, and have determined the most auspicious times and dates for Southerners Rugby to take the field in this year’s competition.

Southerners vs. Army 1 – Thursday 17^th June, KO 1945 @ RBSC
Southerners vs. Navy College – Sunday 20^th June, KO 1615 @ Vajiravudh College
Southerners vs. Bangers – Thursday 24^th June, KO 1945 @ RBSC
Southerners vs. RBSC – Thursday 1^st July, KO 1800 @ RBSC

Training will be on Tuesday at Kasetsart Uni (1900hrs). Bring a passport photo and a copy of your passport.

Yesterday’s Heroes: In Istanbul

Chris ‘Wagga’ Doherty recently traveled to Turkey to meet up with several of yesterday’s Southerners heroes and a few other blokes as part of the Asian Rhinos‘ 25th Anniversary Tour. Here’s his report…

Brendon Jones (now in Mauritius), Dick Perkins (still styling in Bangkok), Wagga (now in Perth) and Ron Rutland (now in Cape Town) sport their touring kit and some very fetching local headwear.

Click here to read Wagga’s report…

Sixty Southerners Seconds: Darrel

A Southerners stalwart as a player, administrator and vocalist (he is Welsh after all…), Darrel is the first participant in what will be a series of articles on the who’s-who of the Southerners Sports Club…

Nickname: Dazza
Starsign: Virgo
Time in Thailand: 10yrs (2 stints)
Job/industry: Storage/Warehousing
Home city: Edinburgh, UK
Sports played with the Southerners: Rugby
Preferred (playing) position: In theory scrumhalf, in reality wherever someone is tired.
Beverage of choice: White Russian – can drink it at night or with breakfast.
Best tour destination: Vientiane, Laos
Worst Southerner to share a room with on tour: J-Lo…personal space; Richie…his love of Richard Curtis films.
A little-known talent you possess: Valuing other people’s opinions.
Favourite Bangkok bar: Cheap Charlies (Suk Soi 11) & Rooftop (Khao San Road, Khao San’s answer to Cheers)
A little known Bangkok secret: My building seems to be a training ground for young Eastern European models…
Your greatest southerners moment: Saigon, Russians, Dominos
You love: Motorbike Taxis, Farang Chicks, Wales winning, toothpicking, Hooey’s pass (not his chat)
You don’t love: Singlets, Football, League, the English, Wales losing (I get emo), Glovebox’s expert sport explanations, Laurent’s French whinging
Rugby/sports teams you support: Llanelli Scarlets, whoever is playing the Bangers
Two points of advice to anyone new to Thailand/Bangkok: Always look down when you are walking; never ‘date’ a girl that is taller than you.
Facebook is…a vital tool for research.
Damian Hoo will never…put a shirt on.
Sukhumvit is like the…Mainstreet @ Disneyland.
Wales is to rugby, as Australia is to…Dingoes.
People say I look like…a young Charlton Heston or with beard; Brian Blessed.

Darrel co-ordinates the Southerners rugby section – get in contact with him if you’re keen for a game, or simply want to catch up over breakfast with a few cheeky White Russians.