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Rugby finds new fans among Viet youth

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Hoa Binh: Barefoot and muddied, a group of youngsters sprint across a makeshift pitch in rural Vietnam, passing the ball in a game of touch rugby in a country where few people have ever heard of the sport.

They belong to Vietnam’s only rugby programme for locals, rolled out for kids in a remote commune where some players have to travel by boat to training sessions often held against a backdrop of rice terraces and curious onlookers.

“I haven’t watched international rugby... but if possible I will surely watch the Rugby World Cup, ” said 14-year-old Bao Cham, a player on the Silver Fox team in Kim Boi district. Vietnam is one of the few countries in Southeast Asia with no rugby federation, and international games are not regularly aired on cable television.

Launched in 2015, the ChildFund Pass It Back programme is aimed at teaching youngsters life skills, with lessons on health or planning for the future interspersed with rugby training sessions.

 

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