The Southerners Women’s rugby team recently competed at the 2018 Bangkok International Tens Tournament late last month. Day 1: Our first match was against the KL Tigers and we were both excited and nervous in equal measure. This was to be our first match with a new look squad and the first ever match for some […]
This year has been a year of many firsts for the Southerners Women’s Rugby team; first tournament, first try, first win and just recently their very first international tour (and first time playing sevens rugby). The destination was our Marxist-Leninist neighbours Laos, with the Southerners participating in the Indochina Cup women’s competition held in Vientiane. […]
April in Thailand always means two things: The beginning of the hot season and the arrival of the Chris Kays Memorial Rugby Tens Tournament. The Pattaya tournament has always been a highlight for the Southerners who enter two teams, the Southerners Black and Gold, with the Gold team being a development side. And so it […]
Saturday saw a return to the pitch for the Bangkok Southerners Women’s Rugby Team (with some help from the Banger Belles) after their efforts at the Bangkok International Rugby Tens Tournament. The opposition this time was a touring university team from Hong Kong. The match was 10-a-side with four 10 minute quarters to be played. […]
June brought with it the start of the rainy season in Bangkok as well as the event that is the Annual Southerners Rugby Boat Cruise. Preparation had been weeks in the making, as the cruise had not been held for a couple of years. Excitement was high as stories and pictures of legends past circulated […]
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 […]
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 […]