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 […]
The Southerners Sports Club is delighted to invite you once again to SASMITTT, the Southerners Annual Social Mixed International Touch Tournament Thailand, to be held on Saturday, 19 November in Bangkok. As always it will be a social tournament with friendly competition, one category and only mixed teams. It’s a one day tournament so you […]
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 […]
On the May 20, 15 Southerners ladies headed down to take Phuket by storm, and that they did! Being a long weekend, many headed down on the Thursday for an extra night out on the town. Friday was spent around the pool at the hotel sipping on more than one cocktail and Saturday was an […]
16:00 Meet at Londoner 17:00 Initial fines: wearing real brand name clothing, not bargaining enough on purchases, not having passport, not having money belt, Callum for paying full price for a bum bag, and the twins for drinking hot pink cocktails 17:15 Backpacker quiz. 2 correct answers out of 21. 19 people drink 17:45 Depart […]
The organizing only took a couple of weeks and commitment from 7 players. Before we knew it our bags were packed and we were on our way to Singapore. The weekend kicked off with a few bottles of wine at the international lounge of Suvarnabhumi airport, and after a very jolly boarding we realized Air […]
Horseshoe Point, Saturday 2 December The Southerners trip to Pattaya started with that old clich? of all touring sides, the panic for numbers. At one stage we were missing an entire front row until rescued by a work colleague of marty’s, Dave who after much technical discussion conceded yes, he could throw a bit, conversation […]
The First Rugby Torrrre for 2006 was embraced by a merry band of 13 gracing the jewel of the north Chiang Mai. Although known for its rich history, art and culture (which is also important to the Southerners) CM is also home to many nightclubs and the mighty CM Sua’s Rugby Club. A perfect host […]
I had visions of writing a long an witty report on the torrr but have lost enthusiasm so this is all I could manage…(cry me a river) Report: Cone San Road Torr Slash Muff-Show dot com 2005 Lead-up: Boys were nervous. Some didn’t show. Dress code adhered to well. Good crowd. Mid Way: Smooth sailing. […]
