The Thai women's rugby team beat Singaporean team 22-nil here on Saturday, winning the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) Women's Rugby 7's tournament.
"We are happy that we won the game and we played well this time, " said Thai coach Prateep Jusri.
"Before we came here, we trained hard. I will try to promote the rugby game to be a well-known game for younger generation," he told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, Laos took third place after beating the South Korea 12-10. Cambodia, who is the host country of the game, stayed at the bottom of all the five countries.
"Actually, we lost the game, but I am proud of my kids because we equal with Laos for a match and we are the youngest team in this sport field," said Andrew Newman, coach of Cambodian team.
The one-day tournament, which took place at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, featured women's rugby teams from Singapore, Laos, Thailand, South Korea and Cambodia.
Source: Xinhua
"We are happy that we won the game and we played well this time, " said Thai coach Prateep Jusri.
"Before we came here, we trained hard. I will try to promote the rugby game to be a well-known game for younger generation," he told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, Laos took third place after beating the South Korea 12-10. Cambodia, who is the host country of the game, stayed at the bottom of all the five countries.
"Actually, we lost the game, but I am proud of my kids because we equal with Laos for a match and we are the youngest team in this sport field," said Andrew Newman, coach of Cambodian team.
The one-day tournament, which took place at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, featured women's rugby teams from Singapore, Laos, Thailand, South Korea and Cambodia.
Source: Xinhua
Yay!!! Way to go, brother!
ReplyDeleteWe are very proud of Cambodia women in Rugby sport because there was never before for them in this sport.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, and this is a good idea because our men team didn't win much sport award in the past; so hopefully we see some change with women team.
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