October brought around again the joy that is the Cambodia 10s tournament. The Southerners were the defending champions this year, so expectations were high that the boys going to the tournament bring back something to add to the growing shelf of silverware. Most of the team were able to get the Friday night flight, except […]
Report written by Stefan van der Merwe and photos by Phusanisa “Kate” Chetabut. My bru it was lekkerrr! Please excuse grammar and speling, English is not my first language, AFRIKAANS is… On Saturday the 2nd of March, the handsome Southerners left BKK for Pattaya. I believe we were the biggest group of pure talent that […]
Alas fellow tourists, hope you’ve all arrived back home and are recovering well from a great tour. A brief account of the day per below, I take full responsibility for the accuracy of the report and will accept any fines issued… We were fortunate enough to have support from non-Southerner’s, so much so that we […]
After a dominant season of 10s rugby, there was a lot of silverware that needed to be protected. It was time to be proactive, about trophy protection. In the mean streets of Bkk, any chance encounter can result in disaster for your wallet or your dignity. Ever on point, our sensei Fat Jesus put together […]
The Friday night before the ball was an important night in the history of the club. For the first time in our 20 year history we cast a look back and identified the people who have made the biggest contributions to the Southerners. These people were named “Club Legends”. The way it worked was quite […]
Southerners Social Cricket 6s returns for 2015 at the home of Southerners Cricket, being Harrow International School. 10 teams will again compete for a variety of divisions over the two day event at Harrow. Some of the teams include Lanna CC from Chiang Mai, Black Swans from Perth, Pattaya CC, The Village CC from Phuket […]
The magnificent setting of RBSC saw another feast of running rugby; a well-attended tournament saw The Southerners drawn against the Navy and Laos and Thai Barbarians in their group games. A technically strong Southerners side looked to play possession rugby to counter-act the pace of the opposition. The warm up demonstrated that a number of […]
by Paul Stredder ‘Dat was Camboj! On Friday 31st October a select, athletic (I use athletic loosely) few of the Southeners boys gathered in Bangkok to make our way to take on a number of international teams in the Angkor 10s in Cambodia. Arriving at the hotel we quickly made our way to the welcome […]
by John Holt Embassy woes, some great touch and fussball! The drama started early, with two of our players, Jerome and Lea, in a battle against the clock with the Chinese embassy, with the rest of us sat at the airport waiting for the boarding call. Except Rafael, of course, he was still in bed […]